Traugott Märcker

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Karl Friedrich Traugott Märcker (also Maercker or Märker ; pseudonym : Paul Theodor Marck ; born August 11, 1811 in Meiningen , † May 17, 1874 in Bayreuth ) was a German historian and archivist .

Life

Märcker was the son of a teacher and grandson of the educator Christian Gotthilf Salzmann . He received his education first at the Salzmann school in Schnepfenthal , then at the Gotha grammar school . This was followed by a degree in philology and history at the universities of Leipzig , Jena and Breslau . During his studies he became a member of the Jenaische Burschenschaft / Burschenschaft Arminia in 1831 . He completed his studies in Breslau in 1835 with a doctorate with the dissertation De Theodectis Phaselitae vita et scriptis . Märcker is mentioned in the Black Book of the Frankfurt Central Authority (1833-1838). After he was denied the teaching post in Racibórz due to activities as a fraternity , he first became a travel companion of a young Count von Wallwitz, with whom he toured the Netherlands in addition to France . When he returned to Dresden, he tried to gain a scientific foothold there. However, he was also denied a state job there.

Märcker came into contact with the royal Prussian chamberlain Rudolf Freiherr von Stillfried and initially became his private assistant. When King Friedrich Wilhelm IV asked Stillfried for further research and publications in 1844 , Märcker also became Stillfried's assistant in the government service. In 1848 he was appointed royal archivist. In 1852 he was appointed archivist and finally in 1855 the secret archivist and a member of the new heraldry . In 1873 he had to because of a serious eye disease in the retirement leave.

He was a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences .

Märcker received a total of 13 medals from Prussia and abroad.

Works (selection)

  • De Theodectis Phaselitae vita et scriptis Friedländer, Breslau 1835.
  • Diplomatic-critical contributions to the history and constitutional law of Saxony , Brockhaus, Leipzig 1843.
  • The Hohenzollern family castle, its present and past , Hechingen 1846.
  • The royal tribe of the Hohenzollern family. A historical contribution , Hechingen 1849.
  • with Rudolf Freiherr von Stillfried : Monumenta Zollerana: Document book on the history of the House of Hohenzollern , 7 volumes, Ernst and Koch, Berlin 1851–1861.
  • The stem and arrival book of the Burggrafthum Nürnberg , Hayn, Berlin 1861.
  • Sophia von Rosenberg, née Margravine of Brandenburg: from Bohemian sources , Oberhofbuchdrucker, Berlin 1864.

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SURNAME Märcker, Traugott
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Märcker, Karl Friedrich Traugott (full name); Maercker, Karl Friedrich Traugott; Marck, Paul Theodor (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and archivist
DATE OF BIRTH August 11, 1811
PLACE OF BIRTH Meiningen
DATE OF DEATH May 17, 1874
Place of death Bayreuth