Ulrich Wendland

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Ulrich Wendland (born February 18, 1897 in Hohenkirch , Briesen district ; † August 12, 1957 in Lüneburg ) was a German archivist and historian . He was director of the state archives in Danzig and Berlin-Dahlem .

Life

Wendland was an officer . From 1925 to 1931 he studied at several German universities and received his doctorate from the University of Greifswald . Then he worked in the Prussian archive administration in Berlin. On May 1, 1934, Wendland moved to the State Archives of the Free City of Danzig , which was renamed “Reichsarchiv Danzig” during the Second World War in 1940. As the successor to Walther Recke , he became archive director in 1941. Two years later he was in charge of the escape . At the turn of the year 1944/1945 he moved to the archive in Berlin-Dahlem.

From 1945 to 1947, Wendland took over the management of the “ main archive for official files ” (since 1963 “Secret State Archive of Prussian Cultural Heritage”) in Dahlem. From 1952 until his death he can be proven as head of the Lüneburg City Archives .

Wendland published anti-political articles in daily newspapers and magazines.

Fonts (selection)

  • The theorists and theories of the so-called gallant style epoch and the German language. A contribution to the recognition of the language reform efforts before Gottsched . ( Dissertation ) H. Eichblatt, Leipzig 1930.
  • Danzig in 1593. The portrait of an old German city. Danzig Publishing Company, Danzig 1937.
  • Danzig as a military city. Danzig Homeland Service, Danzig 1937.
  • Gdansk gates and towers. Kafemann, Danzig 1938.
  • Danzig and West Prussia in front of the Versailles peacemakers' forum. Danzig Homeland Service, Danzig 1938.
  • As editor: From Lüneburg's thousand-year past. Festschrift. Heliand, Lüneburg 1956.

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ^ DNB : Wendland, Ulrich. (accessed on May 26, 2020)
  2. ↑ a b c Mirosław Gliński: Wendland Ulrich. In: Gedanopedia. (Polish, accessed May 26, 2020)
  3. ^ Lüneburg City Archives. In: Minerva manuals: Archives. Archives in German-speaking countries. 2nd Edition. Walter de Gruyter , Berlin - New York 1974. p. 586.
personal data
SURNAME Wendland, Ulrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German archivist and historian
DATE OF BIRTH February 18, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Hohenkirch , Briesen district
DATE OF DEATH August 12, 1957
Place of death Luneburg