Wilhelm Pückert

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Wilhelm Pückert (* 2. January 1830 in Leipzig , † 13. September 1897 ibid ) was a German historian and librarian . From 1867 to 1897 he was Professor of History at the University of Leipzig .

Life

After attending grammar school, Pückert studied history at the universities in Leipzig, Berlin and Jena . One of his professors was Johann Gustav Droysen who made a deep impression on him. In 1859 he received his doctorate at the University of Leipzig with the dissertation The electoral neutrality during the Basel Council. A contribution to German history 1438-1448 to the Dr. phil. The monograph was published as early as 1858 and appeared again as a reprint in 1982 . For some time he took on a teaching post at the Kreuzschule in Dresden , where he prepared for his further academic career.

In 1862 he completed his habilitation at the Leipzig University with the habilitation thesis Das Münzwesen Sachsens 1518-1545 according to handwritten sources as a private lecturer . As early as 1859 he was given a position at the Leipzig University Library , initially as an assistant and later as curator , which he held until 1869. In 1867 Pückert received an extraordinary professorship for history at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Leipzig. For more than 30 years, until his death, he taught as a professor at the Leipzig University.

In 1880 he published How were the cathedral and cathedral chapter of Meissen won and secured from the Augsburg Confession? In 1884 his smaller work The small Lorsch Franconian Chronicle (Annales Laurissenses minores), its lost basis and the Annales Einharti , which was published in the reports on the negotiations of the Royal Saxon Society of Sciences in Leipzig, appeared. As a co-author of the commemorative publication on the occasion of the German Historians 'Days in Leipzig in 1894, he wrote The Monasteries and Canons' Monasteries in the Meersen Partition Act (870) . In his final years, Pückert dealt intensively with the history of medieval monasteries and orders. One result of this research was the Anione and Gellone work. Diplomatic-critical investigations into the history of the reforms of the Benedictine order in the IX. and Xth century that appeared in 1899 and whose publication he no longer lived to see. It was compiled from his written estate .

Wilhelm Pückert died on September 13, 1897, at the age of 67, in his home town of Leipzig.

Publications (selection)

  • The electoral neutrality during the Basel Council. A contribution to German history from 1438-1448. ( Dissertation ) Leipzig 1858.
  • The coinage of Saxony 1518–1545. According to handwritten sources. ( Habilitation thesis ) Leipzig 1862.
  • How were the cathedral and cathedral chapter of Meissen won and secured to the Augsburg Confession? Leipzig 1880.
  • The little Lorsch Frankenchronik (Annales Laurissenses minores), its lost foundation and the Annales Einharti. Leipzig 1884.
  • The so-called Notitia (Constitutio Hludovici Pii) de servitio monasteriorum. Leipzig 1890.
  • The monasteries and canons' monasteries in the Meersen partition file (870). Leipzig 1894.
  • Aniane and Gellone. Diplomatic-critical investigations into the history of the reforms of the Benedictine order in the IX. and Xth centuries. ( posthumously ) Leipzig 1899.

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SURNAME Pückert, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pueckert, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH January 2, 1830
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH September 13, 1897
Place of death Leipzig