Rudolf Brandts

Rudolf Brandts (born March 21, 1913 in Mönchengladbach ; † November 18, 2003 in Bergisch Gladbach ) was a German archivist . From 1954 to 1978 he headed the Rhineland archives advice center .

Life

After studying in Tübingen and Bonn (1934–1939) and receiving his doctorate in Bonn ("The Dukes of Upper Lorraine in the Empire from 1048 to the Exit of the Salian Imperial House"), he joined the archives advisory office in 1942 under the direction of Reichsoberarchivrat Dr. Wilhelm Kisky , where he worked until his retirement in 1978.

As a regional historian, he opened up a number of sources in regesta works .

Rudolf Brandts' grandfather, Franz Brandts , founded the Volksverein for Catholic Germany as the first chairman in 1890 .

Works

• Inventory of the archive of the parish church of St. Martin in Euskirchen . Düsseldorf: Archives Advice Center, 1956
• Inventory of the archive of the parish church of St. Antonius in Wickrath . Düsseldorf: Archives Advice Center, 1957
• (together with Carl Wilkes) Inventory of the documents from the archive of Diersfordt Castle near Wesel . Essen 1957
• House Selikum . Neuss: City Archives, 1962
• The archive in the Falkenstein house in Neuss . Neuss: City Archives, 1964
• Inventory of the documents in the archive of the parish church of St. Aldegundis in Emmerich . Cologne: Rheinland-Verlag 1993

literature

• Hanns Peter Neuheuser, Horst Schmitz, Kurt Schmitz (eds.): Archive and history. Festschrift by Rudolf Brandt . Rheinland-Verlag [u. a.], Cologne 1978, ISBN 3-7927-0383-1 ( online ), with bibliography by Hans Schmitz (the latter as PDF on Commons )
• Thomas P. Becker: List of the board members of the historical association for the Lower Rhine 1854-2004 . In: Annalen des Historisches Verein für den Niederrhein pp. 471–493, here p. 472 doi: 10.7788 / annalen.2004.207.1.471

Web links

Commons : Rudolf Brandts (1913-2003)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Rudolf Brandts in the catalog of the German National Library