Trier biographical lexicon
The Trier biographical encyclopedia is a reference work with short biographies on more than 1500 personalities who were born, worked or stayed in the city of Trier and in the area of the former administrative district of Trier . The reporting period begins with the invasion of the French revolutionary troops in 1794 and lasts until the end of the 20th century, although only people who have already died were admitted.
The work was published in 2000 by WVT Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier and as volume 87 of the publications of the Rhineland-Palatinate State Archives Administration with ISBN 3-88476-400-4 and ISBN 3-931014-49-5 and ISBN 978-3-931014 -49-0 .
Overall editor and editor of the more than 500-page work was Heinz Monz . The individual articles were written by experts but also by committed laypeople; all authors waived a fee.
In an otherwise positive review, the selection of people included in the lexicon was criticized, as was the fact that many articles were written by descendants or relatives of the person treated, which creates the risk of a lack of objectivity. The uncritical attitude in some articles was also criticized, such as the silence of anti-Semitic remarks by Friedrich Dasbach . The editor rejected the accusation that ancestors or relatives of sponsors were preferred to be included in the lexicon.
review
- Klaus Schreiber : Trier biographical encyclopedia on the website of the library service center (BSZ) Baden-Württemberg, Southwest German library network
Web links
- Table of contents of the Trier biographical lexicon
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Klaus Schreiber: Trier biographical lexicon on the side of the library service center (BSZ) Baden-Württemberg, Southwest German library network
- ↑ Compare the information in the catalog of the German National Library
- ↑ Review by Olaf Blaschke , in: Kurtrierisches Jahrbuch 2001, pp. 428–430.
- ^ Counter-declaration by Heinz Monz, in: Kurtrierisches Jahrbuch 2002, p. 345.