Fritz Gause
Fritz Gause | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 4, 1893 |
| Died | December 24, 1973 (aged 80) Essen, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | University of Königsberg |
| Occupation(s) | Historian, archivist, museum curator |
| Known for | Founding the Haus Königsberg |
| Title | Professor |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | German Empire |
| Enlistment | 1914–1921 |
| War | World War I |
| Awards | Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany |
Fritz Gause (4 August 1893 – 24 December 1973) was a German historian, archivist, and curator described as the last great historian of his native city, Königsberg (now Kaliningrad), East Prussia. Gause's most important work was his three-volume history of Königsberg, Die Geschichte der Stadt Königsberg in Preußen (1965, 1968, and 1971). He was connected to nationalist historic movement called Ostforschung