Theodor Hirsch

Theodor Hirsch ( born December 17, 1806 Altschottland in Gdansk, † February 17, 1881 in Greifswald ) was a German historian.

Theodor Hirsch, son of Ferdinand Hirsch, cousin of Siegfried Hirsch, studied in Berlin theology, history and geography teacher was then at the Friedrich- Wilhelm-Gymnasium in Berlin and was in 1833 appointed to the High School in Gdansk, where he 32 years teaching headed in history.

In addition to his teaching, he devoted himself particularly to the history of his native city, whose authority he transferred in 1850 the reorganization and administration of the City Archives.

In addition to numerous works of individual institutions Danzig ( St. Mary's Church, the gymnasium, the Artus Court ), on the neighboring monasteries Oliva and Zuckau, over the course of trade of Danzig with the Italian States in the 16th century, etc. he wrote especially the winning of the Jablonowskischen society font Danzig retail and commercial history under the rule of the Teutonic Knights (Leipzig, 1858 ), joining in 1860 with Ernst Gottfried Wilhelm Strehlke and Max Toeppen to surrender the Scriptores rerum Prussicarum (Leipzig: Hirzel, 1861-1874, Vol 1-5). From the documents and files pieces on the history of the Great Elector, he gave in 1880 a ribbon.

In 1865 he was appointed full professor of history at the University of Greifswald, where he was also active as a director of the Royal University Library and treated in addition to the Prussian and Ancient History. He died there on February 17, 1881 of a stroke.

Writings (selection )

  • The preacher Pancras. A contribution to the history of the Reformation in Gdansk. Danzig 1842 (full text).
  • The Upper Parish Church of St. Mary in Gdańsk in its monuments. Volume 1, Gdansk 1843 (full text).
  • The monastery of Oliva. A contribution to the history of the West Prussian civil engineering structures. Danzig 1850 ( full text ).
  • Danzig trade and tradesmen history under the rule of the Teutonic Order. Leipzig 1858 (344 pages, award-winning essay, reprinted 1969).
  • On the origin of the Prussian King Arthur courtyards. In: Journal of Prussian History and Area Studies. Volume 1, Issue 1, Berlin 1864, pp. 3-32 ( full text )
  • History of Karthauser circle until cessation of religious domination. In: Journal of the West Prussian history association. Issue 6, 1882, pp. 1-148.
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