Heinrich Eduard Ausfeld (27 May 1850, Schnepfenthal bei Gotha – 4 April 1906, Magdeburg) was a German archivist and historian. Following studies at several German universities, he obtained his doctorate in 1880 at the University of Marburg. Subsequently he worked at the ''Staatsarchiv'' (state archives) in

Idstein Idstein () is a town of about 25,000 inhabitants in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany. Because of its well preserved historical Altstadt (Old Town) it is part of the ''Deutsche Fachwerkstraße'' ...

(trainee status), Wiesbaden (from 1881),

Koblenz Koblenz (; Moselle Franconian language, Moselle Franconian: ''Kowelenz''), spelled Coblenz before 1926, is a German city on the banks of the Rhine and the Moselle, a multi-nation tributary. Koblenz was established as a Roman Empire, Roman mili ...

(from 1892) and Magdeburg (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

Province of Saxony The Province of Saxony (german: link=no, Provinz Sachsen), also known as Prussian Saxony () was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and later the Free State of Prussia from 1816 until 1944. Its capital was Magdeburg. It was formed by the merge ...

and the Duchy of Anhalt) and the ''Geschichtsverein und dem Verein für Nassauische Altertumskunde und Geschichte'' (Historical Society and the Association of Nassau Archaeology and History).

Written works

* ''Lambert von Hersfeld und der Zehntstreit zwischen Mainz, Hersfeld und Thüringen'', Dissertation 1879; - Lambert of Hersfeld and the tithe dispute between Mainz, Hersfeld and Thuringia. * ''"''Aktenstücke zur Geschichte der Reformation in Halle", in: ''GeschBll'' 34, 1899, 163–189; - Official documents on the history of the Reformation in

Halle Halle may refer to: Places Germany * Halle (Saale), also called Halle an der Saale, a city in Saxony-Anhalt ** Halle (region), a former administrative region in Saxony-Anhalt ** Bezirk Halle, a former administrative division of East Germany ** Hall ...

. * ''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

Erfurt Erfurt () is the capital and largest city in the Central German state of Thuringia. It is located in the wide valley of the Gera river (progression: ), in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, north of the Thuringian Forest. It sits in ...

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

Mühlhausen Mühlhausen () is a city in the north-west of Thuringia, Germany, north of Niederdorla, the country's geographical centre, north-west of Erfurt, east of Kassel and south-east of Göttingen. Mühlhausen was first mentioned in 967 and bec ...

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