Philipp Wilhelm Gercken

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Philipp Wilhelm Gercken (born January 5, 1722 in Salzwedel ; † June 26, 1791 in Worms ) was a German historian and heraldist .

Life

The son of the businessman Georg Gercken was orphaned at the age of four and grew up with relatives. After having private lessons, he attended school in the old town of Salzwedel from 1738. Soon I went to the grammar school in Lüneburg . There he carried out the first archival studies that determined his life from then on. From 1741 he studied law and history at the University of Halle , in 1743 he moved to the University of Leipzig . In 1745 he settled on the Wollenrade estate near Osterburg, and in 1761 he moved to the Salzwedel Castle.

Gercken devoted himself above all to researching the history of the Mark Brandenburg .

Works (selection)

  • Detailed history of the monastery of Brandenburg. Along with a Codice Diplomatico from the Brandenburg Stifts-Archiv , Braunschweig 1766 (as an e-book [facsimile from the original] Verlag Becker, Potsdam 2009, ISBN 978-3-941919-28-0 )
  • Diplomataria Veteris Marchiae Brandenburgensis , collected from the archives and published, 2 volumes, Salzwedel 1765/67, online = digitizedhttp: //vorlage_digitalisat.test/1%3D~GB%3D~IA%3D~MDZ%3D%0A10013016~SZ%3D~doppelseiten%3D~LT%3D~PUR%3D , online = digitizedhttp: //vorlage_digitalisat.test/1%3D~GB%3D~IA%3D~MDZ%3D%0A10013017~SZ%3D~doppelseiten%3D~LT%3D~PUR%3D
  • Codex diplomaticus Brandenburgensis , 8 parts, (Salzwedel 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, Stendal 1775, 1778, 1782, 1785)
  • Notes on the seals for the benefit of diplomacy. First Part , Augsburg 1781 (Contains: 1. Notes on the seals of the Princely and Countess Ladies and generally of the women of the class. , 2. Attempt to critically examine the symbols on the coats of arms ... and the same meaning, etc. , 3. Examination the question of whether the princes and counts had no right to use their own seal during their father's lifetime and in the government ... ) (Reprinted by Karl R. Pawlas, Handbuch der Sphragistik, Series C, Volume 2, Burgpreppach Castle 1964)
  • Notes on the seals for the benefit of diplomacy. Second part , Stendal 1786 (Contains: 1. Critical examination of the seals of the first six German kings and emperors, Ludewig the child, Conrads I, Heinrichs I, and the three Ottonians. , 2. Notes on the golden and leaden bulls of these first six German kings and emperors. , 3. Detailed information about the Sigillis pedestribus, which also proves that they are completely equal to the Sigillis equestribus in terms of reputation, dignity and importance. 4. Critical examination of the seals of Duke Henry the Lion , whereby at the same time the point in time is being examined when the secular princes begin to have spicy coats of arms images on their seals. , 5. Preliminary remarks on saddles, chest straps, stirrups, reins and drooping horse blankets on seals. (Reprinted by Karl R. Pawlas, Handbook of Sphragistics, Series C, Volume 3, Burgpreppach Castle 1964)
  • Norbert Flörken (ed.): Travel through the Rhenish provinces

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gert Oswald : Lexicon of Heraldry . VEB Bibliographisches Institut Leipzig, 1984.
  2. ↑ [1] (1779 ff), III. Theil, Norderstedt (BoD) 2018

literature

  • Peter Jörg Becker: Library trips in Germany in the 18th century. In: Archive for the history of the book industry , ed. from the Historical Commission of the German Publishers and Booksellers Association V., Volume XXI, Delivery 5/6, Frankfurt am Main 1980, Column 1361-1534, zu Gercken va Column 1451-1464. (The author also deals with reports on library trips and comparable travel reports by Johann David Köhler , J. de Blainville, Zacharias Konrad von Uffenbach , Johann Georg Keyßler , Johann Karl Konrad Oelrichs , Martin Gerbert , Jacob Jonas Björnståhl, Heinrich Sander , Johann Kaspar Riesbeck , Georg Wilhelm Zapf , Christoph Friedrich Nicolai and Klement Alois Baader.)
  • Reinhard Müller: Gercken, Philipp Wilhelm . In: German Literature Lexicon. Biographical and bibliographical handbook , greeted by Wilhelm Kosch, 3rd edition, sixth volume: Gaa - Gysin, Francke Verlag, Bern and Munich 1978, column 227.
  • Hans-Joachim Schreckenbach: Gercken, Philipp Wilhelm, regional historian. In: Brandenburgisches Biographisches Lexikon. Edited by Friedrich Beck and Eckart Henning , Verlag für Berlin-Brandenburg, Potsdam 2002, p. 140.
  • Rudolf Schwarze :  Gercken, Philipp Wilhelm . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, pp. 1-3.
  • Gottfried Wentz: Philipp Wilhelm Gercken . In: Historical Commission for the Province of Saxony and for Anhalt (Hrsg.): Mitteldeutsche Lebensbilder. Volume 3, Pictures of Life in the 18th and 19th Centuries. Self-published, Magdeburg 1928, pp. 24–45.

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Gercken, Philipp Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and heraldist
DATE OF BIRTH January 5, 1722
PLACE OF BIRTH Salzwedel
DATE OF DEATH June 26, 1791
Place of death Worms