Nikolaus Kindlinger

Nikolaus Kindlinger, copper engraving [1] (detail) 1801

Johannes Nikolaus Kindlinger (born February 17, 1749 in Neudorf im Rheingau ; † September 15, 1819 in Mainz ) was a German Catholic priest , collector of manuscripts and seals, archivist , editor and writer.

Life

After studying in Mainz, he joined the Franciscan Order (religious name Venantius ) and stayed in its Münster branch until 1790. Already there he performed archival tasks and carried out historical studies. As a result, he was asked to look through various Westphalian aristocratic archives and to organize them for the first time. The archives of the cathedral chapters of Münster and Paderborn and the beginning of the processing of the archives of the Electorate of Cologne were in his hands. After leaving the order with papal approval, he became the last archivist of the Essen and Corvey monasteries .

At the beginning of the 19th century he became a pastor in his hometown in order to become briefly archivist of Wilhelm von Orange , the Prince of Fulda , very soon .

Considering a pension, he moved to Mainz, where he died in 1819.

Works

As the father of the Münsterland historical research , he mainly devoted himself to the sources of this region.

• Münster contributions , 3 volumes, with many documents, 1787–1793 volume 2.
• More detailed information on the oldest use of sealing wafers and sealing wax in the 16th and 17th centuries. A contribution to the history of diplomacy and the useful inventions n .., Dortmund & Essen 1799 (in: Kindlinger, Nikolaus: Vermischte Aufzüge)
• History of the family and rule Volmestein , 2 vols., Osnabrück 1801
• Collection of strange news and documents for the history of Germany , Leipzig 1806 [2]
• Fragments about the farm, the court constitution and the peasant law , Dortmund 1812 digitized at the MPI for European Legal History , digitized
• History of German bondage , 1819 [3] Reprint Aalen 1968
• Catalog and news from the former library in Fulda , Leipzig, which was made up of manuscripts in 1819 [4]
• Minorites - Münster contributions to the history of Germany, mainly Westphalia , Münster [5]
• News and documents from the noble family called by the stone [6]
• List of books and manuscripts from the Nicolaus Kindlinger collection . Dortmund: Blothe & Comp, 1803, 70 pp.

estate

• Münster State Archives , copies of documents by Johann Nikolaus Kindlinger, around 1770–1800, handwriting, bound, ca. 35 × 22 cm, NW Msc. II Vol. 1 to 2, 4–9, 11–13, 15, 17–20, Vol. 30, 36, 43–44 (20 volumes)

literature

• Gerhard Baader :  Kindlinger, Nikolaus. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1977, ISBN 3-428-00192-3 , p. 620 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Ernst Friedländer:  Kindlinger, Nikolaus . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, p. 769.
• Gerhard Pfeiffer, Nikolaus Kindlinger . In: Westfälische Lebensbilder V, pp. 66–81
• Walter Gockeln, Johannes Nikolaus Kindlinger. Collector, archivist and historiographer succeeding Justus Möser , in: Westfälische Zeitschrift 120, 1970, p. 11
• F. Schmidt, Kindlinger as Essen monastery archivist (1794–1802 ). In: Contributions to the history of the city and monastery Essen 46, 1927, pp. 197–232.
• Helmut Müller: Nikolaus Kindlinger, archivist at Essen Abbey. According to his autobiographical notes . In: Das Münster am Hellweg , Volume 24, 1971, pp. 117–138

Web links

• Literature by and about Nikolaus Kindlinger in the catalog of the German National Library
• Kindlinger, Venantius Nikolaus .  Publications in the bibliographic database of the Regesta Imperii .
• Writings by Kindlinger in the Opac of the SB Berlin PK
• The volumes of the document copies in the archive (picture)
• Digital copies of Kindlinger's manuscripts in the State Archive of North Rhine-Westphalia
• Entry on Nikolaus Kindlinger in Kalliope
• Kindlinger's letters to Baron von Stein in the Cappenberg archive
• Kindlinger's fragment of the Freckenhorster Heberolle in the Paderborn repertory of the German text tradition