Emil Engelmann (local history researcher)

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Emil Karl August Engelmann (born February 25, 1861 in Guben ; † 1945 ) was a German teacher and local researcher.

Life

Emil Engelmann was born as the son of the innkeeper Eduard Engelmann and attended grammar school in Guben, where he obtained his school-leaving certificate in 1881 . Then studied classical philology , history and philosophy in Berlin . On February 13, 1886, with a thesis on the right of the popes to be confirmed and approved in the German royal elections from 1077 to 1378, he became Dr. phil. PhD . On December 14, 1886, he passed the exam pro facultate docendi . At Easter 1887 he entered the Königliche Kaiser Wilhelms-Realgymnasium in Berlin as a test subject and remained there as an assistant teacher until Easter 1891. Then he went to the newly founded Royal Prince Heinrichs-Gymnasium in Schöneberg , to which he belonged until Easter 1905. In 1905 he became head of the grammar school in Sorau and remained so until 1926, when he retired due to an eye problem. In 1908 he was elected as a city councilor in the city ​​administration . At the end of the electoral period he was appointed councilor and later city council. When he left the city administration in 1930, he was appointed city ​​elder .

Engelmann was a member of the Association for the History of Sorau and the Sorau Crafts Association. From 1918 he headed both clubs, in 1933 he became honorary chairman of the history club. In addition, from 1916 to 1930 he was second chairman and from 1930 honorary member of the Niederlausitz Society for History and Archeology .

Engelmann married in 1891. He had three sons and a daughter.

Works

Engelmann worked on the art monuments of the Sorau district and the city of Forst and, in addition to historical treatises in newspapers and magazines, published the following works:

  • The right of the popes to be confirmed and approved in the German elections for kings (1077–1378). A contribution to the history of the struggle between papacy and German kingship in the Middle Ages . Wilhelm Koebner, Breslau [1886], also: Dissertation, Berlin, Philosophical Faculty, 1886
  • Philip of Swabia and Pope Innocent III. during the German controversy between 1198 and 1208 . Hayn, Berlin 1896 (Berlin, Königliches Prinz Heinrichs-Gymnasium, program 1896, supplement)
  • with Alfred Przygode: Greek initial lessons following Xenophon's Anabasis . 2 parts: 1. Unter-Tertia, FA Herbig, Berlin 1904, 2nd edition 1907; 2. Ober-Tertia, FA Herbig, Berlin 1905, 2nd edition 1909
  • Contributions to the history of the institution . Rauert & Pittius, Sorau 1908 (Sorau, Königliches Gymnasium, program 1908, supplement)
  • What the church tower button tells. An elegy from Sorau’s prehistory . Rauert & Pittius, Sorau 1910 (Sorau, Royal High School, program 1910)
  • The hometown of Sorau N.-L. A short guide to introducing the history of the city of Sorau . Rauert & Pittius, Sorau 1922
  • Butcher Chronicle from Sorau NL Jubilee publication for the 500th anniversary of the butcher's trade . [Rauert & Pittius], [Sorau] [1928]
  • On the history of the “Niederhospital”. For the 600th anniversary of the “Hospital of the Holy Spirit and Holy Cross” in front of the city of Soraw . Rauert & Pittius, Sorau 1929
  • The history of the city of Sorau in the century of self-government 1832–1932 . Rauert & Pittius, Sorau 1936

literature

  • Margarete Gebhardt : Director of Studies Dr. E. Engelmann - Sorau 80 years . In: Niederlausitzer Mitteilungen . Volume 29, Guben 1941, pp. 195-196
  • Biography in the program of the Sorauer Gymnasium in 1906. Republished in: Franz Kössler: Personal dictionary of teachers of the 19th century . Part 5: Ebbecke - Eyth

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personal data
SURNAME Engelmann, Emil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Engelmann, Emil Karl August (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher and local researcher
DATE OF BIRTH February 25, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH Guben
DATE OF DEATH 1945