August Ullrich

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Fresco on the corner house on Ullrichstrasse in Kempten

August Ullrich (born January 22, 1857 in Kempten (Allgäu) ; † March 15, 1928 there ) was a businessman and local researcher in his hometown of Kempten. He is considered to be the discoverer of the Roman Cambodunum .

Life

In the second half of the 19th century, the middle class in Kempten experienced an epoch of historical awareness, also known as the "Horchler era", whose circle of communication and impact was the antiquity association founded in 1884 (now the Heimatverein Kempten ). The association's co-founder, Adolf Horchler, was the city's mayor for many years and was just as interested in local research as the autodidact of the archaeological community , August Ullrich.

A first site inspection took place together with Johannes Ranke , the founder of the Prehistoric State Collection in Munich , and the staff auditor Wilhelm Sand. Ullrich started digging on September 19, 1885 with two workers from his apartment on the monastery stairs . It was clear from the outset that they would stumble upon historical finds, as the peasants uncovered while plowing and even the moles on their heaps of Roman coins and shards . Within a few weeks, Ullrich uncovered the foundations of several buildings and was thus able to map the layout of the ancient city. In a first phase, the excavations lasted until 1892 and then again from 1909 to 1911. The Allgäuer Geschichtsfreund published since 1888 reported regularly on the work from its first edition.

August Ullrich died in March 1928 at the age of 71. His grave is in the Kempten Catholic Cemetery .

Honors

On the Kemptener Lindenberg, August-Ullrich-Straße is named after him.

Publications (selection)

  • First report on the excavations of Roman building remains on the Lindenberg near kempten carried out by the Alterthumsverein kempten. Alterthumsverein Kempten, 1888.
  • The earlier course of the Iller in Kempten and the same confirming finds in Gerbergasse in Kempten . In: Allgäuer Geschichtsfreund , 2nd year, 1889, no. 2, pp. 18-20.
  • The farmhouse in the Allgäu and its development: home study . J. Kösel'sche Buchh., Munich 1916.
  • with Josef Rottenkolber: History of the Imperial Knights of Werdenstein . (= Allgäuer Heimatbücher series , Volume 3). F. Öchelhäuser, Kempten 1927.

literature

  • Gerhard Weber (eds.) And Andrea Faber: Cambodunum - Kempten .: First capital of the Roman province of Raetia ?. Special volumes of the ancient world, Zabern's illustrated books on archeology, Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 2000, ISBN 978-3-8053-2691-9 , p. 5 and p. 8–9.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Birgit Kata: "More than 1000 years--": the Kempten monastery between founding and releasing from 752 to 1802. (Allgäu research on archeology and history, volume 1), Verlag Likias, Friedberg 2006, ISBN 978-3-9807628 -6-1 , p. 43.
  2. ^ Karl Filser: Industrialization and Urbanization. Kempten 1850 to 1914. In: History of the city of Kempten. Dannheimer, Kempten 1989, ISBN 3-88881-011-6 , p. 386.
  3. ↑ Ralf Lienert: August Ullrich discovered the old Cambodunum , Das Allgäu online, Sept. 27, 2010
  4. ^ Gerhard Weber, Andrea Faber: Cambodunum - Kempten .: First capital of the Roman province Raetien? Special volumes of the ancient world, Zabern's illustrated books on archeology, Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 2000, ISBN 978-3-8053-2691-9 , p. 5.
personal data
SURNAME Ullrich, August
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ullrich, Hans August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German businessman and local researcher
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH Kempten (Allgäu)
DATE OF DEATH March 15, 1928
Place of death Kempten (Allgäu)