Otto Titan from Hefner

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Otto Titan von Hefner (1861)

Otto Titan von Hefner (born January 18, 1827 in Munich ; † January 10, 1870 there ) was a Munich heraldist .

Life

In 1843 he finished high school in Munich with the Abitur.

Like his father Johann von Hefner (* 1799; † 1862 in Munich), Otto Titan was a historian and benefactor. The final resting place of both Hefners is the old south cemetery of Munich in a common grave site.

He was the main editor of the Studbook of the Blossoming and Dead Nobility in Germany, edited by some German nobles , which contains news about about 35,000 noble families.

This four-volume work was published by Georg Joseph Manz in Regensburg from 1860 onwards and, according to Hefner's statements, contained “all of the flourishing or dead noble families that we knew were either of German descent or were employed or wealthy in Germany .” The only exceptions were those then ruling houses.

For each family, the following are given as far as possible: home; first documentary appearance; Progenitor; Diploma awards and recipients; other important namesake; with the same name also the description of the coat of arms ; References to sources and literature.

tomb

Grave of Otto Titan Hefner on the old southern cemetery in Munich location

The tomb of Otto Titan Hefner is on the old southern cemetery in Munich (burial site 15 - Row 7 - 5th place) Location .

Works (selection)

  • Mecklenburg nobility . Schwerin 1858 ( full text )
  • The Chronicle of Rosenheim . Rosenheim 1860 ( full text ).
  • Studbook of the flourishing and dead nobility in Germany, published by some German nobles . Georg Joseph Manz, Regensburg 1860–1866. ( Digitized version )
  • Manual of theoretical and practical heraldry .
    • Part I: Theoretical Heraldry. Munich 1861 ( full text )
  • New coat of arms of the flourishing nobility in the Kingdom of Hanover and in the Duchy of Braunschweig Munich 1862 ( full text )
  • New book of arms of the flourishing nobility in the kingdom of Galicia. Munich 1863 ( full text )
  • The memorable and useful Bavarian antiquarian. 2 volumes, Heraldisches Inst., Nuremberg 1867
  • Old Bavarian heraldry. Munich 1869 ( full text )
  • J. Siebmacher's large and general book of arms : in a new, fully ordered and richly increased edition with heraldic and historical-genealogical explanations
    • The coats of arms of the sovereigns of the German federal states I. 1856, digitized
    • The coats of arms of the sovereigns of the German federal states II. 1856, digitized
    • The nobility of the Kingdom of Bavaria I. 1856, digitized
    • The nobility of the Kingdom of Bavaria II. 1856, digitized
    • The nobility of the Duchy of Braunschweig. 1861, digitized
    • The nobility of the Kingdom of Saxony. 1857, digitized
    • The coats of arms of the Schwarzburg and Waldeck nobility. 1860, digitized
    • The nobility of the principalities of Reuss. 1873, digitized
    • The coat of arms of the Württemberg nobility. 1857, digitized
    • The arms of the Nassau nobility. 1856, digitized
    • The nobility of the free city of Frankfurt. 1856, digitized
    • The Hanoverian nobility. 1870, digitized
    • The nobility of Alsace. 1871, digitized
    • The nobility of the Kingdom of Prussia. 1857, digitized
    • The nobility of the Kingdom of Prussia. 1906, additions
    • The nobility of the free cities of Hamburg, Bremen and Lübeck. 1871, digitized
    • The nobility of the Electorate, Grand Duchy and the Landgraviate of Hesse. 1857, digitized
    • The nobility of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg. Digitized
    • The coat of arms of the Mecklenburg nobility.
    • The nobility of the Duchy of Anhalt. 1869, digitized
    • The flourishing nobility of the duchies of Schleswig-Holstein-Lauenburg.
    • The nobility of German Lorraine. 1873, digitized
    • The Luxembourg nobility. 1871, digitized
    • The nobility of the principalities of Lippe and Schaumburg-Lippe. 1872, digitized

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Max Leitschuh: The matriculations of the upper classes of the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich. 4 volumes, Munich 1970–1976; Volume 4, p. 27.
personal data
SURNAME Hefner, Otto Titan from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German heraldist
DATE OF BIRTH January 18, 1827
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH January 10, 1870
Place of death Munich