Wilhelm Gottlieb Beyer

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Wilhelm Gottlieb Beyer

Christian Wilhelm Franz Gottlieb Beyer , also Wilhelm Theophilus Beyer (born December 25, 1801 in Parchim , † August 11, 1881 in Schwerin ) was a German lawyer and archivist.

Life

Wilhelm Gottlieb Beyer was a son of the Protestant theologian and superintendent of the Parchim church district Georg Gottlieb Beyer (1737–1808) from his second marriage to Juliane Friederike, née. Brandt (1762-1819).

Beyer attended the Friedrich-Franz-Gymnasium (Parchim) and the Fridericianum Schwerin before studying theology, history and law at the Friedrichs-Universität Halle and the University of Rostock from 1820 . On June 10, 1831, he was promoted to Dr. iur. PhD. He first worked as a lawyer in Parchim , then from 1845/46 as a secretary at the Secret and Main Archives in Schwerin. In 1863 he became archivist and in 1867 archivist. When he retired in 1880, he was given the character of a secret archivist .

Wilhelm Gottlieb Beyer had been a member since 1835 and an honorary member since 1876 of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology . He was the bearer of the house order of the Wendish Crown .

His estate with material collections on Mecklenburg history, records of his collection of civil seals, manuscripts and correspondence is in the Schwerin State Main Archive .

Works

  • 1844 superstition in Mecklenburg
  • 1846 Documented history of Prince Pribislav von Parchim-Richenberg
  • 1855 memories of Nordic mythology in folk tales and superstitions of Mecklenburg
  • 1867 The Wendish Schwerine
  • 1872 The Landwehr and the border sanctuaries of the Land of the Redarians . In: Yearbooks of the Association for Mecklenburg History

literature

  • Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 970 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entry in the Rostock matriculation portal from May 1, 1822, stud. theol .; Entry in the Rostock matriculation portal from October 12, 1826, stud. iur.
  2. ↑ Entry in the Rostock matriculation portal
  3. ↑ Entry in the central database of bequests
personal data
SURNAME Beyer, Wilhelm Gottlieb
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Beyer, Christian Wilhelm Franz Gottlieb; Beyer, Wilhelm Theophilus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and archivist
DATE OF BIRTH December 25, 1801
PLACE OF BIRTH Parchim
DATE OF DEATH August 11, 1881
Place of death Schwerin