Maximilian Gritzner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German historian
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Place of Birth: Żary, Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland
About Maximilian Gritzner
- Adolf Maximilian Ferdinand Gritzner (29 July 1843 – 10 July 1902) was a German expert on heraldry and a herald in the Ministry of the Interior in Berlin.
- His reference book on orders of knighthood was still in print in 2000.
- Gritzner was born in Sorau (Zary) and died in Berlin. According to Bruno Bernard Heim, Gritzner "coined the definitive terms of the German heraldry".
- In 1893 Gritzner published his authoritative book on faleristics and as a herald in the Prussian Home-Office he was involved in exposing several phoney noblemen. Gritzner was "Königlich Preussischer Kanzleirat und Premierleutnant ausser Dienst" (German for " Royal council to the Chancellery and First Lieutenant on leave").
- Gritzner's son, Dr.
- Erich Gritzner, was also a herald and a publicist.
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