Paul Spang

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Paul Spang (born July 6, 1922 in Echternach , † March 15, 2009 in Luxembourg ) was a Luxembourg historian and archivist .

Life

After studying in Leuven , Zurich and Paris , Spang taught history and languages ​​at the Lycée classique in Echternach from 1950 to 1963. Then he was appointed to the newly created position of director of the National Archives, which he held until his retirement in 1987. He was also head of the historical department of the "Institut Grand-Ducal". He was the initiator of an important Willibrord exhibition in 1958. In 1980 he organized an exhibition in the National Archives on the Codex Aureus Escorialensis , a 1046 commissioned by Emperor Heinrich III. Gospels produced in Echternach .

A number of his publications were devoted to the history of his hometown, one focus was the Echternach scriptorium . In 1998 he was therefore awarded the “mérite culturel” from the city of Echternach.

Fonts

  • Manuscripts and their scribes: A look into the scriptorium of Echternach Abbey . Luxembourg: Bourg-Bourger 1967 (Editiones Epternacenses)
  • Echternach en cartes postales anciennes = Echternach in old views . Zaltbommel / Pays-Bas: Bibliothèque Européenne 1983 ISBN 90-288-2389-1 .
  • Bertels abbas delineavit: (1544-1607); les dessins de l'abbé Jean Bertels ; comment le premier historien du pays de Luxembourg a vu et dessiné notre région européenne et les hommes qui y vivaient . Luxembourg: RTL edition 1984
  • From the magic flute to court martial: Nazi posters in Luxembourg 1940–1944; the backdrops of a time with the reproduction of 678 posters, 78 of them in color, numerous documents, pictures and a record Luxembourg: Verlag der Sankt-Paulus-Druckerei, 1983
  • Etat général des fonds conservés aux Archives Nationales du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg et aux archives de la Section Historique de l'Institut Grand-Ducal , 2 volumes Luxembourg: Section Historique de l'Institut Grand-Ducal, 1995-2003 (Publications de la Section Historique de l'Institut G.-D. de Luxembourg; vol. 112–113).

literature

  • Meintz, Claude (1997): Paul Spang: Bibliographie pour la période de 1952 à 1997. Luxembourg, Archives nationales, 64 p.
  • Seiler, Emile (2009): Historian, researcher, organizer: Paul Spang (1922-2009), a loyal colleague of “Wort” and “Warte” . In: Die Warte 2009, No. 13 (April 23), pp. 1–3.
  • Spang, Paul (1989): My detour to the archive. In: From the work of the archives: Contributions to archives, source studies and history: Festschrift for Hans Booms. Boppard am Rhein, H. Boldt: 357-367 (Writings of the Federal Archives, 36).
  • Spang, Paul (1998): A childhood around the cradle of the city of Echternach. Nos Cahiers, 19 (2-3): 63-94.
  • Wilhelm, Frank (2010): En mémoire de Paul Spang, directeur honoraire des Archives de l'Ėtat. Galerie 27 (2009), No 3, pp. 327-334.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ P. Kauthen, 1999. Echternach 698-1998: Chronicle of the anniversary year. In: Annuaire de la Ville d'Echternach 1999: 363-403 (see: pp. 400-401).
personal data
SURNAME Spang, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Luxembourg historian and archivist
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Echternach
DATE OF DEATH March 15, 2009
Place of death Luxembourg