Gottlieb Matthias Carl Masch (also known as Carl Masch, Karl Masch or misspelled as Gottlieb Matthäus Carl Masch; 4 August 1794,

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– 28 June 1878, Demern) was a German theologian,

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, pastor, historian,

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and writer on heraldry. He worked as a schoolteacher and rector in the town of

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. For forty years, up until his death in 1878, he served as a pastor in Demern. He wrote extensively on the history of Mecklenburg. In the field of

heraldry Heraldry is a discipline relating to the design, display and study of armorial bearings (known as armory), as well as related disciplines, such as vexillology, together with the study of ceremony, rank and pedigree. Armory, the best-known bran ...

he published "''Wappen-almanach der souveränen Regenten Europa's''" (1842).

Selected works

* ''Geschichte des Bisthums Ratzeburg'', F. Aschenfeldt, Lübeck (1835) – History of the Bishopric of Ratzeburg. * ''Mecklenburgisches Wappenbuch'', J. G. Tiedemann, Rostock (1838) – Mecklenburg armorial. * ''Wappen-almanach der souveränen Regenten Europa's'', Rostock:: Tiedemann (1842) – Crest almanac of the sovereign rulers of Europe. * ''Geschichte und Urkunden der Familie von Kardorff'', Schwerin: Stiller'sche Hofbuchhandlung (1850) – History and records of the Kardorff family. * ''Gesetze, Verordnungen und Verfügungen, welche für das Fürstenthum Ratzeburg erlassen sind'', Schönberg: L. Bicker (1851) – Laws, regulations and decrees that are adopted for the

Principality of Ratzeburg The Principality of Ratzeburg was a former state, existing from 1648 to 1918. It belonged to the imperial immediacy, imperially immediate territory of Mecklenburg, Duchy of Mecklenburg and was part of the Holy Roman Empire. Mecklenburg was split up ...

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Bibliography

*https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/ADB:Masch,_Gottlieb_Matthias_Karl *https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm?method=simpleSearch&query=100839711 *http://www.landesbibliographie-mv.de/REL?PPN=233274677 *http://www.landesbibliographie-mv.de/REL?PPN=595581811

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Masch, Gottlieb 1794 births 1878 deaths People from Nordwestmecklenburg People from Mecklenburg-Strelitz German Lutheran theologians 19th-century German historians German numismatists 19th-century Lutherans