Stanisław Estreicher
Stanisław Estreicher (also Stanislaus von Estreicher ; born November 26, 1869 in Krakow , Austria-Hungary , † December 28, 1939 in Sachsenhausen concentration camp ) was a Polish legal historian and bibliographer . As an outstanding politician and publicist, he was one of the conservatives in Krakow.
Life
Stanisław Estreicher, whose father Karl was raised to the nobility by the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I in 1881 , came from the Krakow branch of the Estreicher family . From 1879 to 1887 he attended the Lyceum in Cracow. He then studied legal history and literary history at the universities of Krakow and Vienna until 1892 . In 1892 he received his doctorate in law . He then spent a year in Cracow with practical studies and 1893-1894 he studied at the University of Berlin . In 1895 he completed his habilitation with the legal history text Studya nad historyą kontraktu kupna w prawie niemieckim epoki frankońskiej (“History of German Contract Law in the Franconian Empire ”).
In 1902 he was appointed associate professor, in 1906 full professor at the University of Cracow, where he became a member of the Academic Council in 1914. He initially taught legal history of German law, from 1919 legal history of Western European law. In 1914 he was elected as a corresponding member of the Polish Academy of Learning (PAU), and in 1930 he became its full member.
In the academic years 1911, 1918 and 1926 he was dean of the law faculty and from 1919 to 1921 he held the office of rector of the university. In this position he founded the Conference of Polish University Rectors , of which he became chairman.
From 1887 he worked on Bibliografia Polska founded by his father Karol Estreicher , which he headed as editor from 1908 until his retirement in 1939.
On Monday, November 6, 1939, he was arrested by SS-Sturmbannführer Bruno Müller with over 100 professors as part of the Krakow special campaign and deported to Sachsenhausen concentration camp. There he fell ill under the inhumane conditions of his imprisonment and died on December 28, 1939.
Stanisław Estreicher was married to Helene Longchamps de Bérier.
Works (selection)
- Początki prawa umowego [The Beginnings of Contract Law], 1901
- Kraków a Magdeburg w przywileju fundacyjnym krakowskim [Kraków and Magdeburg in the Kraków founding privilege ], 1911
- Pacyfizm polski XVI stulecia [Polish pacifism in the 16th century], 1931
- Kultura prawnicza w Polsce XVI wieku [Legal culture in Poland in the 16th century], 1931
literature
- Jochen August (Ed.): Special Campaign Krakow - The arrest of the Krakow scientists on November 6, 1939. Hamburg 1997, p. 287f.
- AK Banach, J. Dybiec, K. Stopka: The History of the Jagiellonian University. Jagiellonian University Press, Kraków 2000.
- Edward Burek (ed.): Estreicher, Stanisław : in Encyklopedia Krakowa . PWN, Kraków 2000.
- Estreicher , Karol Jr .: Dziennik wypadków (Journal of Events), Vol I: 1939–1945. Pałac Sztuki, Kraków 2001.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Estreicher, Stanislaw |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Estreicher, Stanislaus von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish legal historian, bibliographer and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 26, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Krakow |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 28, 1939 |
| Place of death | Sachsenhausen concentration camp |