Max Berbig

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Max Berbig , completely Maximilian Arnold Berbig, (born November 16, 1856 in Großkundorf ; † August 24, 1926 in Gotha ) was a German teacher and local history researcher.

Life

Max Berbig was the son of a teacher and attended the teachers 'seminar in Gotha from 1873 to 1876 , where he passed his school leaving examination and then became a teacher at the higher boys' school in Gotha. From 1888 until his retirement on March 31, 1923 he was a teacher at the teachers' college in Gotha.

He began early on to deal with the history and local history of Gotha and the Duchy of Saxony-Gotha , became a member of the Association for Gotha History and Antiquity Research , and published numerous works in this field.

He was married to (Anna Adeline) Therese, geb. Weissenborn (1896-1940). Her son Clemens Berbig (1849–1921) became a high school teacher.

Publications (selection)

  • The first German contributions to the exploration of East Africa . In: Daily review . Berlin, No. 58, March 10, 1886.
  • The wives of the regents of the Gotha land since the rule of the Ernestines . Glasses, Gotha 1890 ( digitized ).
  • From the captivity of Johann Friedrich the Middle Duke of Saxony. A contribution to the imperial and church history of the Reformation century . Schloessmann, Gotha 1898.
  • The appreciation of Duke Ernst the Pious's services to the school system in literature, a bibliographical commemorative sheet . In: Annual report of the Herzog-Ernst-Seminar zu Gotha 24. 1901, pp. 3-19.
  • For the 650th anniversary of the Augustinian monastery in Gotha on December 13, 1908 . Stollberg, Gotha 1908.
  • The family relationships of the warring princely houses with special consideration of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha . Perthes, Gotha 1917.

literature

  • Georg Witzmann: Obituary for Professor Max Berbig . In: Communications of the Association for Gotha History and Antiquity Research 1926/27, pp. 1–2 ( digitized version ).
  • Georg Witzmann: Max Berbig (1856–1926) . In: Mitteilungen des Verein für Gothaische Geschichte und Altertumsforschung 1928, pp. 8–9 ( digitized version ).

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personal data
SURNAME Berbig, Max
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Berbig, Maximilian Arnold (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher and local researcher
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH Großkundorf
DATE OF DEATH August 24, 1926
Place of death Gotha