Wolfgang Leesch
Wolfgang Leesch (born June 7, 1913 in Königshütte , Upper Silesia , † March 9, 2006 in Münster ) was a German historian and archivist .
Life
Leesch studied history, German and English in Breslau and Berlin . In 1937 he received his doctorate from the University of Breslau with a thesis on the history of German Catholicism in Silesia in the 19th century. From 1937 to 1939 he attended the archivist course at the Institute for Archive Studies in Berlin-Dahlem.
He began his archival career in 1939 as an archive assessor at the Reichsarchiv in Potsdam, where he worked until 1945. After the war he made a fresh start in his career in the Federal Republic by going to the archives advisory office in Westphalia in Münster in 1946 . He worked there for a total of eleven years. In 1957 he moved to the State Archives in Münster , where he retired in 1978.
In 1966 Leesch was elected a full member of the Historical Commission for Westphalia .
Fonts
- The history of German Catholicism in Silesia (1844–1853) with special consideration of its political position. Wroclaw 1938.
- Adolf Brenneke : archival studies. A contribution to the theory and history of European archiving. Editing according to lecture transcripts and estate papers and supplemented. With a photograph and a portrait of Adolf Brennekes. Central antiquariat of the GDR, Leipzig 1953.
- Wolfgang Leesch, Ernest Persoons, Anton G. Weiler (Eds.): Monasticon Fratrum Vitae Communis , Volume 2: Germany , Archives et Bibliothèques de Belgique, Brussels 1979 (= Archives et Bibliothèques de Belgique / Archief- en Bibliotheekwezen in Belgie , extra number 19 ).
- History of tax constitution and administration in Westphalia since 1815. Bonifatius-Druckerei, Paderborn 1985.
- Administration in Westphalia. 1815-1945. Organization and responsibility. Aschendorff, Münster 1992.
literature
- Mechthild Black-Veldtrup : Wolfgang Leesch † . In: Der Archivar 59 (2006), Heft 3, p. 307.
Web links
- Biographical information on the website of the Historical Commission for Westphalia
- Literature by and about Wolfgang Leesch in the catalog of the German National Library
Remarks
- ↑ See Wolfgang Leesch: The history of German Catholicism in Silesia (1844-1853) with special consideration of its political position. Wroclaw 1938.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leesch, Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German archivist and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 7, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Königshütte , Upper Silesia |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 9, 2006 |
| Place of death | Muenster |