Wolf Erich Kellner

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Wolf Erich Kellner (1930–1964)

Wolf Erich Kellner (born September 18, 1930 in Wetzlar ; † July 6, 1964 in Marburg ) was a German archivist , historian and politician ( FDP ).

Training and activity as an archivist

Wolf Erich Kellner, son of the banker Otto Kellner and his wife Berta, went to school in Wetzlar, Frankfurt am Main , Brandenburg an der Havel and Fulda . In 1949 he passed the Abitur at the Realgymnasium in Wetzlar. He then began studying chemistry and mineralogy at the Philipps University of Marburg , but then switched to law . In 1957 he passed the first state examination in law . Between 1957 and 1959 he worked as a research assistant at the University of Marburg. After the parallel study of history and art history , he was in 1960 in Marburg at Heinrich Büttner with a dissertation on "The St. Bartholomew Reichsstift to Frankfurt in the Late Middle Ages " for Dr. phil. PhD . In the same year he began the academic course for training as a senior archive service at the Marburg Archive School . From 1962 to 1964 he worked as an archive assessor at the Hessian State Archive in Marburg . Since 1964 has taught at the archive school in Marburg. He was no longer able to realize his plan to get a doctorate in law.

Political activities

Kellner was already politically active during his studies. In 1952 he joined the Liberal Student Union of Germany (LSD), the Young Democrats (DJD) and the Free Democratic Party (FDP). In 1956/57 he was the state chairman of the Liberal Student Union of Hesse and since 1961 he has been a member of the state board of the Young Democrats of Hesse. A year later he was elected state chairman and was an assessor in the federal executive committee of the Young Democrats. He was also the executive district chairman of the FDP Marburg and a member of the state board of the FDP Hessen .

Kellner was married to Annelott Scherer since 1958. He was killed in a car accident in 1964.

Wolf-Erich-Kellner-Gedächtnisstiftung and Wolf-Erich-Kellner-Stiftung

In 1964, his father Otto Kellner set up the Wolf-Erich-Kellner Memorial Foundation in memory of Wolf Erich Kellner . It is administered in trust by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom and has been awarding the Wolf-Erich-Kellner Prize every year since 1966 .

In 1965 Otto Kellner established the dependent "Wolf-Erich-Kellner-Foundation" at the Philipps University of Marburg because his son had received his doctorate in 1960 at the Philipps University of Marburg. In 2005, the University Presidium abolished this foundation. Since then, "with the greatest possible consideration of the founder's will, the funds that have accrued up to this point in time have been used for an annual award for an excellent thesis (dissertation, master's thesis, master's thesis or state examination thesis) in medieval history until they are used up."

Works

  • The Reichsstift St. Bartholomäus in Frankfurt am Main in the late Middle Ages. Frankfurt a. M. 1962, DNB 452366453 .
  • Johann Philipp Chelius (1610-1683). The imperial city of Wetzlar and the beginnings of its history. Wetzlar 1962, DNB 458771139 .
  • Constitutional battles and the State Court of Justice in Kurhessen. Marburg / Witzenhausen 1965, DNB 452366461 .

literature

  • Ewald Bucher : More than a hope. In: Wolf Erich Kellner: Constitutional struggles and the state court in Kurhessen. Marburg / Witzenhausen 1965, DNB 452366461 , p. 7.
  • Kurt Dülfer : Wolf Erich Kellner. A picture of his work. In: Wolf Erich Kellner: Constitutional struggles and the state court in Kurhessen. Marburg / Witzenhausen 1965, DNB 452366461 , pp. 9-13.
  • Wilhelm A. Eckhardt : Wolf Erich Kellner. In: The archivist . Vol. 18, 1965, Col. 109-112.
  • Barthold C. Witte : Wolf Erich Kellner - life, work, effect. In: liberal. Quarterly issues for politics and culture. Vol. 42, 2000, No. 4, pp. 68-71.

Web links

Commons : Wolf Erich Kellner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Marburg Prize for Medieval History .
personal data
SURNAME Waiter, Wolf Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German archivist
DATE OF BIRTH September 18, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Wetzlar
DATE OF DEATH July 6, 1964
Place of death Marburg