Gottlieb Matthias Carl Masch

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, pastor, historian, numismatist 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. In the field of heraldry he published "Wappen-almanach der souveränen Regenten Europa's" (1842).[1]

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.[2]

Bibliography

References
  1. ADB:Masch, Gottlieb Matthias Karl in Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
  2. Gottlieb Matthias Karl Masch de.Wikisource
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