Max Toeppen

Max Pollux Toeppen ( born April 4, 1822 in Königsberg in East Prussia, † December 3, 1893 in Elbing ) was a German historian and high school teacher.

Toeppen had studied ancient languages ​​and history at the University of Königsberg. After the PhD. in 1843, he worked at various schools in East Prussia and Posen as a teacher. In 1847 he completed his habilitation at the University of Königsberg, and in 1854 director of the Progymnasium in Hohenstein East Prussia. In the years 1869-1882 he headed the school in Marienwerderstraße, 1882-1893, he stood in front of the school in Elbing. Toeppen dealt intensively with the history of Prussia, wrote several books and was co-editor of the Scriptores rerum Prussicarum, a five volumes (1861-1874) comprehensive collection of sources on Prussian history, and the further collection of source files of the Days of the Estates of Prussia under the rule of the Teutonic Knights, also five volumes ( 1878-1886 ).

Works (selection)

  • The founding of the University of Königsberg and the life of her first rector Georg Sabinus, Königsberg in 1844, 311 pages.
  • About a poem from the 16th century, the history of Elbląg on. In: New Prussian provincial leaves, Volume IV, Konigsberg 1847, pp. 153-156 ( full text )
  • On the history of feudal relations in Prussia. ( Especially after the Landtagsacten ). In: History Paperback, published by Friedrich von Raumer. New Series, Volume 8, Leipzig 1847, pp. 301-492 (full text).
  • History of the Prussian historiography of P. Dusburg up to K. contactor. Or list shall and criticism of printed and unprinted chronicles the history of Prussia under the rule of the Teutonic Order. Berlin 1853 (full text) ( 290 pages).
  • History of the Office and the City of Hohenstein, 1854, 132 pages.
  • Historical- comparative geography of Prussia, Gotha 1858 (full text) ( 398 pages).
  • Releases Prussian legal history. In: Old Prussian monthly magazine, Volume 2, Konigsberg, 1865, pp. 413-422 (full text) and pp. 694-717 (full text).
  • The interior of the elementary schools in Ortelsburger main office under the government of King Frederick William I. In: . Old Prussian monthly magazine, Volume 3, Konigsberg 1866, pp. 302-311 (full text).
  • The division of the diocese of Warmia between the Teutonic Order and the Warmia bishops. In: Old Prussian monthly magazine, Volume 3, Konigsberg, 1866, pp. 630-648 (full text).
  • Superstition from Masuria, Gdansk 1867 (full text).
  • About Prussian Lischken, stains and cities. A contribution to the history of the church constitutions in Prussia. In: Old Prussian monthly magazine, Volume 4, Konigsberg, 1867, pp. 511-536 (full text) and pp. 621-646 (full text).
  • Old German manuscripts in Prussia. In: New Prussian provincial leaves, band 72, Konigsberg 1869, pp. 97-115 ( full text )
  • Memories of F. Neumann. In: New Prussian provincial leaves, band 72, Konigsberg 1869, pp. 327-354 ( full text )
  • History of Mazury - A contribution to the Prussian state and cultural history, 1870, 540 pages, reprint, 1979 ( full text ).
  • Topographical and statistical notices of the domain outworks of the Teutonic Order in Prussia. In: Prussian provincial leaves, band 73, Konigsberg 1870, pp. 412-486 ( full text )
  • Remembrance of the sufferings of Königsberg in in 1807. Reporting of police director Frey to the President of the Chamber v. Auerswald. In: Prussian provincial leaves, band 73, Konigsberg 1870, pp. 703-716 ( full text )
  • Proving the following burdens of war and war damage Prussia from 1806 to 1813. In: Prussian provincial leaves, band 74, Issue 1, Konigsberg, 1871, pp. 46-58 (full text).
  • Certificate Fund. In: Old Prussian monthly. Volume 6, Konigsberg, 1869, pp. 270-280 ( full text )
  • Files of the Days of the Estates of Prussia under the rule of the Teutonic Order, Reprint 1974 (786 pages).
  • History of the city Marienwerderstraße and their engineering structures. Marienwerderstraße 1875.
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