Karl Preisendanz

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Karl Leberecht Reinhard Preisendanz (born July 22, 1883 in Ellmendingen , † April 26, 1968 in Heidelberg ) was a German classical philologist , papyrologist , palaeographer and librarian .

Life

Karl Preisendanz studied classical philology, German and philosophy at the universities of Heidelberg and Munich . After receiving his doctorate in Heidelberg in 1906, he worked as a high school teacher. In addition to teaching, he dealt with library and book studies and published translations of Greek and Latin authors. As early as 1904, as a 21-year-old Heidelberg student, he published a selection of German adaptations of Greek poetry under the title Hellenic Singers in German Verse . This was followed by four of the German Plato volumes and a German Seneca selection published by Eugen Diederichs between 1908 and 1910. For hisFrom 1910 to 1914 he was released from school service for paleographic work. Karl Preisendanz continued his philological work with several special essays, which reached a climax in 1911 with the large facsimile edition of the Anthologia Palatina . His introduction with a detailed codicological examination of the manuscript has remained fundamental to anthology research, and the anthology has accompanied him throughout his life: he was able to publish individual results of these studies again and again. After several months of service in the First World War (1914/1915), he was appointed administrator of the manuscript department of the Badische Landesbibliothek in Karlsruhe in 1916 . In the following decades he became one of the leading papyrologists and paleographers.

In 1934 Karl Preisendanz, who had joined the NSDAP in May 1933 , was appointed director of the Badische Landesbibliothek as the successor to Ferdinand Rieser, who had been dismissed under the National Socialist race laws . In 1935 he moved to the Heidelberg University Library as chief library director . Since 1917 he was titular professor and since 1937 honorary professor and since 1939 a member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences . In the same year he founded the Institute for Paleography at the University of Heidelberg and from 1941 to 1944 he represented Hildebrecht Hommel , Professor of Classical Philology, who was called up for military service .

In 1945, Preisendanz was dismissed by the American occupation forces as a beneficiary of National Socialism . He was classified as a "fellow traveler" in 1947 and reinstated in 1949 as library councilor and head of the manuscript department of the university library. In 1951 he retired and remained connected to the university and library through his palaeography lessons. He was also the editor of the New Heidelberg Yearbooks from 1935 to 1951 . In April 1968 he brought his program for the summer semester to the Philological Seminar, but died on April 26, 1968. Karl Preisendanz could have celebrated the 30th anniversary of his membership in the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences that year.

For classical studies, Karl Preisendanz is particularly important as the editor of numerous manuscripts and papyri. The main result of his work was the edition of the Papyri Graecae magicae collection begun by Albrecht Dieterich and Richard Wünsch from 1928 to 1931 . The Greek magic papyri to which he could add his translations. The edition was revised after his death (2nd improved edition, 1973–1974) and last reprinted in 2001. His overall presentation of papyrology, papyrus finds and papyrus research was published in 1933 by Verlag Hiersemann. In old age, Karl Preisendanz also dealt with modern literature and published the first complete edition of the works of Emanuel von Bodman (Reclam-Verlag, 1951–1960). His book Liselotte von der Pfalz was published by Insel Verlag in 1941 . Letters ( Insel-Bücherei 352/2).

Karl Preisendanz had two children and was married to Anneliese Preisendanz, with whom he lived in Heidelberg until his death.

literature

  • Herbert Hunger: Karl Preisendanz 75 years old. In: Research and Progress 32, 1958, pp. 221-222.
  • Heinz Martin Werhahn: Karl Preisendanz on his 80th birthday. In: Heidelberger Jahrbücher 7, 1963, pp. 168–170.
  • Margreth Diehl, Sacha Nokk: Karl Preisendanz. Directory of his writings. In: Heidelberger Jahrbücher 7, 1963, pp. 170–183.
  • Heinz Martin Werhahn: Karl Preisendanz. In: Ruperto Carola: Journal of the Association of Friends of the Student Union of Heidelberg University 20, 1968, p. 67
  • Franz Dirlmeier : Karl Preisendanz † (July 22, 1883– April 26, 1968). In: Yearbook of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences. 1969 (1970), pp. 49-53.
  • Richard Seider: Karl Preisendanz. In: Bibliothek und Wissenschaft 7, 1970, pp. 11-23.
  • Lexicon of German Scientific Librarians 1925–1980 / Alexandra Habermann; Rainer Klemmt; Frauke Siefkes. - Frankfurt a. M.: Klostermann, 1985. - pp. 103-104.
  • Hildegard Müller: Preisendanz, Karl. In: Baden-Württemberg biographies. Vol. 1, 1994, pp. 282-284.
  • Sources on the history of the Heidelberg University Library 1870-1945. An inventory. Started by Hildegard Müller (Preisendanz estate) and continued by Jutta Hager, Heidelberg, University Library 1996 (pp. 183–275, part of Karl Preisendanz's estate).
  • Johannes Buder:  Preisendanz, Karl Leberecht Reinhard. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6 , p. 686 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • Angelos Chaniotis , Ulrich Thaler: Classical Studies . In: Wolfgang Uwe Eckart , Volker Sellin , Eike Wolgast : The University of Heidelberg under National Socialism. Springer, Heidelberg 2006, ISBN 978-3-540-21442-7 , pp. 391-434 (on price endance especially pp. 406, 411, 425-426) ( online ).
  • Armin Schlechter : The university library. In: Wolfgang Uwe Eckart, Volker Sellin, Eike Wolgast: The University of Heidelberg under National Socialism. Springer, Heidelberg 2006, ISBN 978-3-540-21442-7 , pp. 95ff.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Werhahn (1963) 168.
  2. ↑ Chaniotis / Thaler (2006) 406 and 412.
  3. ↑ a b Chaniotis / Thaler (2006) 406.
  4. ↑ Chaniotis / Thaler (2006) 411.
  5. ↑ Werhahn (1963) 170.
  6. ↑ a b Dirlmeier (1969) 53.
personal data
SURNAME Preisendanz, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Preisendanz, Karl Leberecht Reinhard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical philologist, papyrologist, palaeographer and librarian
DATE OF BIRTH July 22, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Ellmendingen
DATE OF DEATH April 26, 1968
Place of death Heidelberg