title: Ernst Gotthelf Gersdorf
text: # Ernst Gotthelf Gersdorf
  
  Ernst Gotthelf Gersdorff (also known as Ernst Gotthelf von Gersdorff or Karl Gotthelf) (2 November 1804 – 5 January 1874) was a German librarian, most notable for his work at the Leipzig University Library. He wrote under the pseudonym Woldemar Egg.
  
  ## Life
  
  Gersdorf was born in Tautendorf, the son of a clergyman. In 1820 he began his studies in Theology and Philosophy. By 1826 he was working at the Saxon State Library in Dresden.
  
  He died in Leipzig.
  
  ## Works
  
  * Bibliotheca Patrum ecclesiasticorum Latinorum selecta. Leipzig 1838–1847.
  * Clemens <Papa, I.>: Recognitiones. Lipsiae 1838. 254 S.
  * Repertorium der gesammten deutschen Literatur. Leipzig Bd. 1 (1834) - Bd. 34 (1842).
  * Fortsetzung: Leipziger Repertorium der deutschen und ausländischen Literatur. Leipzig Bd. 1 (1843) - Bd. 72 (1860).
  * Chronicon terrae Misnensis seu Buchense. Leipzig 1839. 33 S.
  * Zur Territorialgeschichte des Herzogthums Sachsen-Altenburg. Leipzig 1854. 47 S.
  * Stadtbuch von Leipzig vom Jahre 1359. Leipzig 1856.
  * Die Urkundensammlung der Deutschen Gesellschaft. Leipzig 1856.
  * Urkundenbuch des Hochstifts Meissen, in: Codex diplomaticus Saxoniae regiae. Leipzig 1864- 67.
  * Beitrag zur Geschichte der Universität Leipzig. Leipzig 1869. 141 S.
  * Urkundenbuch der Stadt Meissen und ihrer Klöster. Leipzig 1873. 455 S.
  * Codex diplomaticus Saxoniae regiae. Leipzig 1882 -.
  