Gottlieb Matthias Carl Masch (also known as Carl Masch, Karl Masch or misspelled as Gottlieb Matthäus Carl Masch; 4 August 1794, Schlagsdorf – 28 June 1878, Demern) was a German theologian,

rector Rector (Latin for the member of a vessel's crew who steers) may refer to: Style or title *Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations *Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...

, pastor, historian,

numismatist A numismatist is a specialist in numismatics ("of coins"; from Late Latin ''numismatis'', genitive of ''numisma''). Numismatists include collectors, specialist dealers, and scholars who use coins and other currency in object-based research. Altho ...

and writer on heraldry. He worked as a schoolteacher and rector in the town of Schönberg. For forty years, up until his death in 1878, he served as a pastor in Demern. He wrote extensively on the

history of Mecklenburg Mecklenburg (; nds, label=Mecklenburgisch dialect, 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 regi ...

. 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 branch ...

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 The Diocese of Ratzeburg (german: Bistum Ratzeburg, la, Dioecesis Ratzeburgensis) is a former diocese of the Catholic Church. It was erected from the Diocese of Oldenburg c. 1050 and was suppressed in 1554. The diocese was originally a suffragan ...

. * ''Mecklenburgisches Wappenbuch'', J. G. Tiedemann, Rostock (1838) – Mecklenburg

armorial A roll of arms (or armorial) is a collection of coats of arms, usually consisting of rows of painted pictures of shields, each shield accompanied by the name of the person bearing the arms. The oldest extant armorials date to the mid-13th centur ...

. * ''Wappen-almanach der souveränen Regenten Europa's'', Rostock:: Tiedemann (1842) –

Crest Crest or CREST may refer to: Buildings *The Crest (Huntington, New York), a historic house in Suffolk County, New York *"The Crest", an alternate name for 63 Wall Street, in Manhattan, New York *Crest Castle (Château Du Crest), Jussy, Switzerla ...

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 imperially immediate territory of Duchy of Mecklenburg and was part of the Holy Roman Empire. Mecklenburg was split up in the third partition of Meckle ...

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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

References

{{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