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Augustus Potthast
August Potthast (13 August 1824, Höxter, Province of Westphalia13 February 1898, Leobschütz), was a German historian, was born at Höxter, and was educated at Paderborn, Münster and Berlin. He assisted GH Pertz, the editor of the ''Monumenta Germaniae Historica'', and edited the ''Regesta pontificum romanorum, 1198-1304'' (Berlin, 1874–1875). From 1874 to 1894 he was librarian of the German '' Reichstag''. Potthast is chiefly known through his monumental Bibliotheca historica medii aevi' (1862), a guide to the sources of European history in the Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and .... The work, in the form of an index, gives particulars of practically all the historical writers of Europe and their work between 375 and 1500. A new and enlarged edition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Höxter
Höxter () is a town in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on the left bank of the river Weser, 52 km north of Kassel. It lies the heart of the Weser Uplands, and is the seat of the Höxter district. The district of Höxter has a population of 30,000, with the city itself making up around half of the population. Historical place names of Höxter are Hoxer and Huxaria. Subdivisions As part of North Rhine-Westphalia's municipal reforms, the collective municipality of Höxter came into being on 1 January 1970, formed out of the eleven communities of the former '' Amt'' of Höxter-Land, the main town, and the community of Bruchhausen from the former ''Amt'' of Beverungen. The communities voluntarily merged to pool their resources and establish a unified administration. The constituent communities are: *Albaxen *Bosseborn * Bödexen *Brenkhausen *Bruchhausen *Fürstenau *Godelheim *Lüchtringen *Lütmarsen *Ottbergen *Ovenhausen *Stahle History Höxter (Latin: Huxaria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |