Rudolf Freytag

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Rudolf Freytag (born November 22, 1879 in Regensburg ; † September 6, 1959 there ) was a German archivist .

Life

Freytag was the son of the Magistrate Secretary Friedrich Freytag and his wife Walburga. After graduating from the old grammar school in Regensburg, he studied classical philology and history in Munich from 1898 to 1902 . After the state examination, he first became an intern at the old grammar school in Regensburg and in 1903 a teacher at the Redemptorist grammar school in Gars am Inn . From 1904 to 1912 he worked as a private tutor to the Hereditary Prince Franz Joseph von Thurn und Taxis . In 1907 he received his doctorate in classical philology in Munich.

In 1912 he joined the Fürstlich Thurn und Taxis archive and library service as an archive assessor and became archivist in 1915, senior archivist in 1921 and headed the princely archives and library. From 1915 to 1918 he did service in the First World War and received the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd class as well as the Bavarian Military Merit Order . In June 1946 he retired. In 1956 he was honored with the Albertus Magnus Medal of the City of Regensburg.

Fonts (selection)

He published on the history of the Thurn-und-Taxis-Post , the history of the Thurn und Taxis house and the history of the city of Regensburg.

  • About the parentheses in Demosthenes' speeches. GJ Manz, Regensburg 1907 ( archive.org At the same time dissertation at the University of Munich, with a short curriculum vitae).
  • Pedigree of His Highness the Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis to 64 ancestors, based on printed sources and archival materials. Regensburg 1920 (1 sheet).
  • The Fridrich family of engravers. In: Journal of the German Association for Books and Literature 4, 1921, pp. 78–87.
  • Secret Archives Councilor Dr. Joseph Rübsam. An obituary, combined with the compilation of his postal history treatises and essays. In: Archives for Postal History in Bavaria 2, 1927.
  • The Regensburg Kasperl. 6 funny pieces for cool people and big kids. J. Habbel, Regensburg 1948.

literature

  • Reich manual of German society. Volume 1 A-K. Deutscher Wirtschaftsverlag, Berlin 1930, p. (with picture).
  • Georg Völkl: Dr. Rudolf Freytag . In: Negotiations of the Historical Association for Upper Palatinate and Regensburg 100, 1959, pp. 203-205 ( digitized version ).
  • Wolfgang Leesch : The German archivists 1500–1945. Volume 2: Biographical Lexicon. KG Saur, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-598-10605-X , p.?.
  • Fabian Fiederer: Times of change at the court of the Princes of Thurn and Taxis. The diary of the princely archivist Rudolf Freytag from the years 1918 to 1920. In: Negotiations of the Historical Association for Upper Palatinate and Regensburg. 158, 2018, pp. 203-211 ( digitized version ).

Remarks

  1. ^ City of Regensburg - Honorary Citizens and Medals - Albertus Magnus Medal. regensburg.de, accessed on March 10, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Freytag, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German archivist
DATE OF BIRTH November 22, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH regensburg
DATE OF DEATH September 6, 1959
Place of death regensburg