Otto Beneke
Otto Aldabert Beneke (born October 5, 1812 in Hamburg ; † February 9, 1891 there ) was a Hamburg archivist , historian and writer .
Life
Ferdinand Beneke's son grew up in Hamburg and successfully attended the Johanneum's school for scholars there . from 1870 to 1828 he was a member of the Hamburg gymnastics association from 1816 . Beneke soon gave up the original plan to study medicine and studied law in Berlin from 1833 . He later moved to Heidelberg and completed his studies there in 1836. In the same year he settled in Hamburg as a lawyer, but gave up this activity when he got a position in the Hamburg Senate Archives in 1840 . When Johann Martin Lappenberg retired in 1863, Beneke became head of the archive with the official title of head of the Senate Archives and at the same time he became a non-voting member of the Hamburg Senate .
Beneke dealt with genealogical and family history research, wrote numerous articles on the General German Biography and published several popular books on the history of Hamburg, some of which are still published today, including his Hamburg stories and sagas from 1853. Anton Hagedorn was his successor as head of the Senate Archives .
Works
- Hamburg stories and legends . Edited by Ariane Knuth. Edition Temmen, Bremen and Rostock 1999, ISBN 3-86108-742-1 .
- Some news about the von Axen family from Hamburg , Gutenberg, Berlin 1900, digitized .
- The England-born Banks family in Hamburg - contributions to their history and genealogy. Researched and communicated by Dr. Otto Beneke. Printed as a manuscript for the family members. Hamburg 1884. Digitized
- Dat Slechtbok: Gender register of the Hamburg family Moller [vom Hirsch] ... - Hamburg: Kellinghusen's Foundation, 1876. Digitized edition of the University and State Library in Düsseldorf
- Hamburg stories and memorabilia - Second corrected and supplemented edition. Verlag Wilhelm Hertz , Berlin 1886 (with foreword to the 1st edition 1856)
literature
- Dirk Brietzke : Beneke, Otto . In: Franklin Kopitzsch, Dirk Brietzke (Hrsg.): Hamburgische Biographie . tape 3 . Wallstein, Göttingen 2006, ISBN 3-8353-0081-4 , p. 35-36 .
- Anton Hagedorn : Beneke, Otto . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 46, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1902, pp. 355-358.
Web links
- Literature by and about Otto Beneke in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Festschrift for the 110th Foundation Festival. Hamburger Turnerschaft from 1816, p. 18. ( digitized by the State and University Library Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky ).
- ↑ Carl Heitmann: Timeline of the history of the Hamburg gymnastics association from 1816: 1816 - 1882. Herbst, Hamburg, 1883, p. 14. ( online )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Beneke, Otto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Beneke, Otto Aldabert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hamburg archivist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 5, 1812 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 9, 1891 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |