Dieter Hebig (born 23 February 1957) is a German archivist and historian.

Life

Born in

Heilbad Heiligenstadt Heilbad Heiligenstadt () is a spa town in Thuringia, Germany. It is the capital of the Eichsfeld (district), Eichsfeld Districts of Germany, district. Geography Heiligenstadt is approximately 14 km east of the tripoint where the states of ...

, Hebig comes from the Thuringian region of

Eichsfeld The Eichsfeld ( or ; 'Oak-field') is a historical region in the southeast of the state of Lower Saxony (which is called , 'lower Eichsfeld') and northwest of the state of Thuringia (, 'upper Eichsfeld') in the south of the Harz mountains in Germany ...

. After attending school, he completed a vocational training with a high school diploma as a mechanic for data processing and office machines. During this time, Hebig was already involved in voluntary work for the preservation of floors and monuments. After one year as a museum guide in

Kloster Veßra Kloster Veßra is a municipality in the district of Hildburghausen in Thuringia, Germany. Vessra Abbey (now an open-air museum) was founded and supported by the Henneberg family and abandoned after the Reformation. The church was used as a pa ...

, he studied archaeology and history for five years at the

Humboldt-University of Berlin The Humboldt University of Berlin (, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin, Germany. The university was established by Frederick William III on the initiative of Wilhelm von Humboldt, ...

. He completed his studies in 1982 with Botho Brachmann as a graduate archivist. He then became a research assistant at the (State Archive Administration) at the Ministry of the Interior of the GDR in Potsdam. His last position there was chief editor of the journal ' for theory and practice of archiving. In 1991, Hebig was also affected by the dissolution of the State Archive Administration, which had meanwhile been transformed into the Central Archive Office of the GDR. He then became self-employed and operated the company ''Archiv-Service Potsdam'' until 2007. Since then, Hebig has been working for the company Schempp Bestandserhaltung GmbH in

Kornwestheim Kornwestheim (; ) is a town in the district of Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated about north of Stuttgart, and south of Ludwigsburg. History Origins and Development Kornwestheim's history spans over 1200 years, first ...

. There, he is head of the departments of conservation and damage restoration as well as protective packaging for cultural property.

Work

* ''1000 Jahre deutsche Geschichte: Dokumente aus Archiven der DDR''.''1000 Jahre deutsche Geschichte : Dokumente aus Archiven der DDR''
on WorldCat * "Das 'Manuscriptum Nawense' im Staatsarchiv Potsdam – einer der ältesten Papiercodices im Gebiet der feudalen deutschen Ostexpansion." In ''Jahrbuch für Geschichte des Feudalismus'', vol. 9, Berlin, 1985, . * "Mittelalterliche Wehranlagen in Südwestthüringen – Grundzüge ihrer Entwicklung und Funktion." In ''Jahrbuch für Regionalgeschichte'', vol. 15, 1988, . * ''Zur Herausgabe der Methodischen Richtlinien zur Bewertung von dienstlichem Schriftgut.'' In Archivmitteilungen 38 (1988), . * with Gabriele Baumgartner (ed.): ''Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ/DDR. 1945–1990.'' Vol. 1: ''Abendroth – Lyr.'' K. G. Saur Verlag, Munich 1996, . * with Gabriele Baumgartner (ed.): ''Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ/DDR. 1945–1990.'' Vol. 2: ''Maassen – Zylla.'' K. G. Saur, Munich 1997, .

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