Paul Hassel

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Johann Otto Paul Hassel (born July 22, 1838 in Berlin , † July 31, 1906 in Jena ) was a German historian and archivist .

Life

After attending grammar school, he first studied medicine and natural sciences, and later history at the universities of Giessen and Berlin , where he also received his doctorate in 1862 . In 1866 he completed his habilitation as a private lecturer at the University of Berlin. As a reporter for the "Prussian Gazette" he took part in the Franco-German War at the headquarters of the Crown Prince of Prussia .

In 1872 he began his archival activities at the Secret Ministerial Archives, before moving to the Secret State Archives in Berlin in 1874 . From 1882 until his death in 1906 he was director of the Royal Saxon Main State Archives in Dresden. In addition to the publication of a number of historical writings, he worked as editor of the magazine for Prussian history and regional studies (1867-1870). After being reburied, he found his final resting place in the south-west cemetery in Stahnsdorf .

Fonts

  • De imperio Brandenburgico ad Rhenum fundato, sive de primordiis belli Juliacensis commentatio historica , Berlin 1862.
  • The deposition of the dukes of Mecklenburg and the establishment of Wallenstein as prince of the state. A contribution to the politics of the House of Habsburg in the Thirty Years War , Leipzig 1867. (In: Friedrich von Raumer : Historisches Taschenbuch , 4th episode, vol. 8).
  • From the third army. War history sketches from the campaign of 1870–1871 , Leipzig 1872.
  • Fehrbellin June 18, 1675: For the 200 y. Memorial Day , Berlin 1875 (with August von Witzleben).
  • History of Prussian Politics 1807–1815 , Part 1, Leipzig 1881.
  • On the history of the Turkish war in 1683. The participation of the Electoral Saxon troops in the same . Dresden 1883 (with Karl Friedrich Graf Vitzthum von Eckstedt).
  • From the life of King Albert of Saxony , 2 vols., Berlin 1898–1900.
  • Joseph Maria von Radowitz , 2 vols., Berlin 1905–1913.

literature

  • Wolfgang Leesch : The German archivists 1500–1945. Volume 2: Biographical Lexicon. Saur, Munich a. a. 1992, ISBN 3-598-10605-X , p. 227.
  • German Biographical Encyclopedia , 2nd edition, Vol. 4, Munich 2006, p. 484.

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personal data
SURNAME Hassel, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hassel, Johann Otto Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and archivist
DATE OF BIRTH July 22, 1838
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH July 31, 1906
Place of death Jena