George Adalbert von Mülverstedt (4 July 1825, Danzig – 29 September 1914,

Magdeburg Magdeburg (; nds, label=Low Saxon, Meideborg ) is the capital and second-largest city of the German state Saxony-Anhalt. The city is situated at the Elbe river. Otto I, the first Holy Roman Emperor and founder of the Archdiocese of Magdebur ...

) was a German

archivist An archivist is an information professional who assesses, collects, organizes, preserves, maintains control over, and provides access to Document, records and archives determined to have long-term value. The records maintained by an archivist c ...

and

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the stu ...

. Beginning in 1844, he studied

philology Philology () is the study of language in oral and writing, written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is also defin ...

and later law (from 1847) at the

University of Königsberg The University of Königsberg (german: Albertus-Universität Königsberg) was the university of Königsberg in East Prussia. It was founded in 1544 as the world's second Protestant academy (after the University of Marburg) by Duke Albert of Prussi ...

, with his interests eventually turning to

genealogy Genealogy () is the study of families, family history, and the tracing of their lineages. Genealogists use oral interviews, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family and to demonstrate kins ...

and local history. At the "Provinzialarchiv" (provincial archives) in

Königsberg Königsberg (, ) was the historic Prussian city that is now Kaliningrad, Russia. Königsberg was founded in 1255 on the site of the ancient Old Prussian settlement ''Twangste'' by the Teutonic Knights during the Northern Crusades, and was named ...

he performed archivist duties on the so-called "Adelsarchiv" (nobility archives), afterwards devoting his energies to re-organization of the archives of the Estates of Brandenburg (1855–57). From this project he published an acclaimed work titled ''Die ältere Verfassung der Landstände der Mark Brandenburg, vornehmlich im 16. und 17. Jahrhundert'' (The old constitution of the Estates of Brandenburg, especially in the 16th and 17th centuries) (1858). From 1858, he served as director of the "Provinzialarchiv" (from 1867 known as "Staatsarchiv") in

, a position he maintained until his retirement in 1898. At Magdeburg he distinguished himself with the compilation and edition of the ''Regesta Archiepiscopatus Magdeburgensis'' (being released in 1876, 1881 and 1886). As an archivist, Mülverstedt's primary research was in the field of

family history Genealogy () is the study of families, family history, and the tracing of their Lineage (anthropology), lineages. Genealogists use oral interviews, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family a ...

, in particular families of nobility. He also made noteworthy contributions in the fields 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 branch ...

and

numismatics Numismatics is the study or collection of currency, including coins, tokens, paper money, medals and related objects. Specialists, known as numismatists, are often characterized as students or collectors of coins, but the discipline also includ ...

. He was a member of a number of historical societies; in 1865 he co-founded the ''Vereins für die Geschichte und Alterthumskunde des Herzogthums und Erzstifts Magdeburg'' (Association for the history and antiquities of the

Duchy A duchy, also called a dukedom, is a Middle Ages, medieval country, territory, fiefdom, fief, or domain ruled by a duke or duchess, a ruler hierarchically second to the king or Queen regnant, queen in Western European tradition. There once exis ...

and

Archbishopric of Magdeburg The Archbishopric of Magdeburg was a Roman Catholic archdiocese (969–1552) and Prince-Archbishopric (1180–1680) of the Holy Roman Empire centered on the city of Magdeburg on the Elbe River. Planned since 955 and established in 968, the Roma ...

), and from 1880 to 1883 served as vice-chairman of the ''Historischen Kommission der Provinz Sachsen und für 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 for

Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt ; nds, Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants, making it the ...

Selected publications

* ''Sammlung von Ehestiftungen und Leibgedingsbriefen ritterschaftlicher Geschlechter der Provinzen Sachsen, Brandenburg, Pommern und Preussen'', 1863 * ''Magdeburgisches Münzkabinett des neuen Zeitalters'', 1868 – Magdeburg

collection of the new age. * ''Codex Diplomaticus Alvenslebianus'' (5 volumes), (1879–1896) * ''Der abgestorbene Adel der Provinz und Mark Brandenburg'', 1880 – Erstwhile nobility of the Province and

Mark Brandenburg Mark Brandenburg may refer to: *Mark Brandenburg (baseball) (born 1970), pitcher in Major League Baseball * Mark Brandenburg (politician) (born 1955), Iowa State Representative *The historical Margraviate of Brandenburg in Germany *Gau March of Bra ...

. * ''Ausgestorbener Preussischer Adel, Provinz Sachsen (exl. der Altmark)'', 1884 – Erstwhile Prussian nobility (excl.

Altmark :''See German tanker Altmark for the ship named after Altmark and Stary Targ for the Polish village named Altmark in German.'' The (English: Old MarchHansard, ''The Parliamentary Debates from the Year 1803 to the Present Time ...'', Volume 32. 1 F ...

). * ''Die brandenburgische kriegsmacht unter dem grossen kurfürste'', 1888 – Brandenburg's military power under the

Great Elector Frederick William (german: Friedrich Wilhelm; 16 February 1620 – 29 April 1688) was Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia, thus ruler of Brandenburg-Prussia, from 1640 until his death in 1688. A member of the House of Hohenzollern, he is ...

. * ''Ausgestorbener Preussischer Adel, Provinz Pommern'', 1894 – Erstwhile Prussian nobility, Province of

Pomerania Pomerania ( pl, Pomorze; german: Pommern; Kashubian: ''Pòmòrskô''; sv, Pommern) is a historical region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea in Central Europe, split between Poland and Germany. The western part of Pomerania belongs to ...

. * ''Ausgestorbener Meklenburgischer Adel'', 1902 – Erstwhile

Mecklenburg Mecklenburg (; nds, label=Low German, Mękel(n)borg ) is a historical region in northern Germany comprising the western and larger part of the federal-state Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The largest cities of the region are Rostock, Schwerin ...

nobility. * ''Ausgestorbener Anhaltischer Adel'', 1905 – Erstwhile

nobility. * ''Ausgestorbener Adel der Saechsischen Herzogthümer'', 1907 – Erstwhile nobility of

Saxon Duchies The Ernestine duchies (), also known as the Saxon duchies (, although the Albertine appanage duchies of Weissenfels, Merseburg and Zeitz were also "Saxon duchies" and adjacent to several Ernestine ones), were a group of small states whose numb ...

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References

Biographies {{DEFAULTSORT:Mulverstedt, George Adalbert von 1825 births 1914 deaths Writers from Gdańsk People from West Prussia German untitled nobility German numismatists 20th-century German historians German archivists German male non-fiction writers 19th-century German historians University of Königsberg alumni