Paul Hinneberg

Paul Hinneberg

Paul Hinneberg (born March 16, 1862 in Felchow near Angermünde , † April 21, 1934 in Berlin ) was a German historian and publicist .

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Paul Hinneberg studied political science and philosophy in Berlin. In 1888 he received his doctorate in Halle on The Philosophical Foundations of History . From 1885 he worked as Leopold von Rankes ' private secretary . After his death he published the seventh volume of world history. Hinneberg found his position in life in 1892 when he took over the publication of the Deutsche Literaturzeitung , an important review magazine .

Hinneberg is best known today as the organizer and editor of the major encyclopedic work Die Kultur der Gegenwart , which appeared in numerous volumes from 1905 to 1926. He also founded the series of monographs The Scientific World View .

Due to the various editorial functions and based on his personal connection to the ministerial director Friedrich Althoff , Hinneberg exerted a not inconsiderable influence on the German science and university policy in the empire .

Works (selection)

• The philosophical foundations of historical science. In: Historical magazine . Vol. 63 (1889), p. 18 ff. (Dissertation, Halle, 1888)

literature

• Paul Ziche: Scientific systematics as a cultural task. Possibilities of an open concept of culture in Paul Hinneberg's encyclopedia project. In: Reports on the history of science . Vol. 31, No. 1, 2008, pp. 44-57, DOI: 10.1002 / bewi.200701283 .
• Michael Stöltzner: An Encyclopedia for the Empire. In: Reports on the history of science . Vol. 31, Issue 1, 2008, pp. 11-28, DOI: 10.1002 / bewi.200701326 .
• Friedrich Wilhelm Wentzlaff-Eggebert:  Hinneberg, Paul. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7 , p. 185 ( digitized version ).
• Ingeborg Goltdammer: Paul Hinneberg and the German literary newspaper 1880 to 1900: a contribution to the history of science in Germany . Berlin (HU Phil. Diss.) 1966