Walther Schultze (historian)

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Walther Schultze (born May 9, 1862 in Kolberg / Pomerania ; † February 21, 1939 in Berlin ) was a German historian and librarian .

Life

Schultze studied history , German and philosophy at the Humboldt University in Berlin and the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg . In 1883 he received his doctorate in Halle (Dr. phil.) With a dissertation on the history of the Cluniacensische and Lorraine monastery reform in the 10th century. In 1886 he joined the University Library in Halle until he moved to the Prussian State Library in 1906 . Here he became a department director in 1922. In the same year he succeeded Paul Schwenke as editor of the Zentralblatt für Bibliothekwesen , a position he held until 1936.

As a librarian, he made special contributions by building up a collection of extra sheets, leaflets, picture sheets, songs, posters and caricatures from the time of the First World War .

As a historian, he published a number of works, particularly on early German history . He also edited the speeches by Rudolf von Bennigsen and Johannes von Miquel .

Works

see also Monumenta Germaniae Historica OPAC and the author page on wikisource.

  • Research on the history of the monastic reform in the 10th century: 1. Cluniacensische and Lorraine monastery reform. Hall a. S. 1883: Schlesinger. 79 p. - Phil. Diss. Halle-Wittenberg 1883.
  • The Battle of the Marne. In: Writings of the historical society in Berlin [2]
  • The Importance of the Irish Scottish Monks in the Preservation and Propagation of Medieval Science. In: Zentralblatt für Bibliothekswesen , Vol. 6 (1889), pp. 233–240 ( online ) and pp. 281–297 ( online ).
  • The Franconian Gaue Baden, Stuttgart 1896
  • The districts of Alemannic bathing, Stuttgart 1896
  • The candidacy for the throne of Hohenzollern and Count Bismarck. In: Festschrift of the Thuringian-Saxon History Association: the chairman of the Central Directorate of Monumenta Germaniae, Dr. Ernst Dümmler offered to celebrate his 50th anniversary. Doctor's jubilee on August 5, 1902. Halle an der Saale: Anton 1902, pp. 85–139

as editor:

  • Clinton Thomas Dent: Full speed ahead. A guide for mountaineers. Leipzig 1893 (German translation)
  • Rudolf von Bennigsen's speeches. Edited by Prof. Dr. Walther Schultze and Dr. Friedr. Thimme, 1911
  • Johannes von Miquel's speeches . Edited by Walther Schultze and Friedrich Thimme . 4 vols., Orphanage, Halle adS 1911-14

literature

  • Ph. Losch: Walther Schultze †. In: Zentralblatt für Bibliothekswesen, Volume 56, Leipzig (1939), pp. 409-414
  • Karl Alexander von Müller: Obituary Walther Schultze. In: Historische Zeitschrift, 161 (1940), pp. 448–449

Web links

Wikisource: Walther Schultze  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Walther Schultze: War collections. In: Zentralblatt für Bibliothekwesen, XXXV. Year (1918), pp. 15–26, digital copy of the Berlin State Library separately
  2. ^ [1] Monumenta Germaniae Historica OPAC
personal data
SURNAME Schultze, Walther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and librarian
DATE OF BIRTH May 9, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH Kolberg / Pomerania
DATE OF DEATH February 21, 1939
Place of death Berlin