Otto Konrad Roller

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Otto Konrad Roller (born October 6, 1871 in Archangelsk ; † May 4, 1936 in Karlsruhe ) was a German historian , genealogist and numismatist .

Life

Otto Konrad Roller was the son of high school professor Eduard Roller (1845–1917). After he had passed the Abitur examination in Potsdam in 1893 , he began studying mathematics in Marburg in the same year, but soon switched to studying history with a focus on historical auxiliary sciences, which he completed in 1897 with the Prussian archivist examination. From 1898 to 1904 he worked in the Baden General State Archives in Karlsruhe . In 1902, Roller received his doctorate from the University of Marburg with a thesis on Eberhard von Fulda and his copies of documents .

In 1904, Roller was transferred to the Münzkabinett of the Badische Landesbibliothek , of which he was Wilhelm Brambach's successor from 1922 until his death in 1936. After his death, the Münzkabinett was incorporated into the Badisches Landesmuseum and Friedrich Wielandt was his successor.

In 1910, the Grand Duke Friedrich II of Baden awarded him the title of professor. From 1915 to 1918 he was drafted into the Landsturm in Upper Alsace. In 1919 he founded the Badische Gesellschaft für Münzkunde .

In 1924 he married Elisabeth Gumlich (1893–1979) with whom he had a son and a daughter.

Publications (selection)

  • Eberhard von Fulda and his copies of documents (= journal of the Association for Hessian History and Regional Studies NF Supplement 13). Kassel 1901 ( digitized version ).
  • Pedigree of the last ruling margraves of Baden-Baden and Baden-Durlach . Winter, Heidelberg 1902 ( digitized version , digitized version ).
  • The parents of Margravine Ursula. In: Journal for the History of the Upper Rhine Volume 58 = NF 19, 1904, p. 155 ( digitized version ).
  • The inhabitants of the city of Durlach in the 18th century . G. Braun, Karlsruhe 1907.
  • The Basel bishops' dispute between 1309–1311. In: Basler Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Altertumskunde Volume 13, 1914, pp. 276–362 ( digitized version ).
  • The coins of the Reichenau Abbey. In: Konrad Beyerle (ed.): The culture of the Reichenau Abbey . Munich 1925, Volume 1, pp. 540-556.
  • Child marriages in the late German Middle Ages. In: Sozialhygienische Mitteilungen Volume 9, 1925, pp. 3–29.
  • A late Roman coin find from Stockstadt a. M. In: Germania Volume 9, 1925, pp. 113-115.
  • The story of the noble lords of rubella. (= Sheets from the Margraviate of Schopfheim, born in 1927). Schopfheim 1927. (Digital copy from Freiburg University Library)
  • Coins, Money, and Assets in the Gospels . Karlsruhe 1929.
    • Reprint with a foreword and a complete list of Roller's writings as a commemorative publication of the Badische Gesellschaft für Münzkunde on the occasion of its 50th anniversary in 1969 , ed. by Friedrich Wielandt, Badische Gesellschaft für Münzkunde, Karlsruhe 1969.
  • The form of the Pauline letters. A contribution to the doctrine of ancient letters (= contributions to the science of the Old and New Testament, volume 58 = volume 4, volume 6). Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1933.
  • Coat of arms and inscription at the upper gate to Lauda and the city lords of Lauda. In: Journal for the history of the Upper Rhine Volume 88 = NF 49, 1936, pp. 623–628.
  • On the history of Wernher von Staufen, Bishop of Constance. In: Journal for the history of the Upper Rhine Volume 84 = NF 45, 1932, pp. 220-265.

literature

Web links

Wikisource: Otto Konrad Roller  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entry on the homepage of the Numismatic Commission of the States in the Federal Republic of Germany; accessed on June 30, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Roller, Otto Konrad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian, genealogist and numismatist
DATE OF BIRTH October 6, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH Arkhangelsk
DATE OF DEATH May 4, 1936
Place of death Karlsruhe