Heinrich Eduard Ausfeld (27 May 1850, Schnepfenthal bei

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– 4 April 1906,

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) was a German

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and

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. Following studies at several German universities, he obtained his doctorate in 1880 at the

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. Subsequently he worked at the ''Staatsarchiv'' (state archives) in

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(trainee status),

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(from 1881),

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(from 1892) and

(from 1897). In 1898 he succeeded George Adalbert von Mülverstedt (1825–1914) as director of archives at Magdeburg. In Magdeburg he took part in plans for construction of a new archives building on Augustastraße (now Hegelstraße), which first opened for business in 1908, two years after his death.University of Magdeburg
(biography of Georg Winter). Ausfeld was a member of the ''Historischen Kommission für die Provinz Sachsen und das Herzogtum Anhalt'' (Historical Commission for the

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and the

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) and the ''Geschichtsverein und dem Verein für Nassauische Altertumskunde und Geschichte'' (Historical Society and the Association of Nassau

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and History).

Written works

* ''Lambert von Hersfeld und der Zehntstreit zwischen Mainz, Hersfeld und Thüringen'', Dissertation 1879; -

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and the tithe dispute between

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, Hersfeld and

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. * ''"''Aktenstücke zur Geschichte der Reformation in Halle", in: ''GeschBll'' 34, 1899, 163–189; - Official documents on the history of the

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in Halle. * ''Hof- und Haushaltung der letzten Grafen von Henneberg'', 1901; - Court and household of the last Count of Henneberg. * ''"''Über die Inventarisierung der nichtstaatlichen Archive in der Provinz Sachsen", in: ''Korrespondenzblatt'' 49, 1901, 207ff.; - On the inventory of non archives in the

. * ''Übersicht über die Bestände des K. Staatsarchivs zu Coblenz'', 1903; - Overview of the holdings of the K. State Archives at Koblenz. * ''Das Stadtarchiv zu Erfurt und seine neuesten Erwerbungen'', 1905; - City Archives of

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and its recent acquisitions. * ''"''Soziale Zustände in Staßfurt zu Anfang des 17. Jahrhunderts", in: ''GeschBll'' 40, 1905, 61–72; - Social conditions in Stassfurt to the beginning of the 17th Century. * ''Regesten zur Geschichte des Klosters Anrode bei Mühlhausen in Thüringen 1262–1735'', 1906; - Calendar entries on the history of the monastery at Anrode near

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in Thuringia, 1262–1735.

References

University of Magdeburg
Biographies

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ausfeld, Eduard German archivists 20th-century German historians People from Gotha (district) 1850 births 1906 deaths German male non-fiction writers University of Marburg alumni 19th-century German historians