Ernst Alfred Stückelberg

Ernst Alfred Stückelberg (born August 17, 1867 in Basel ; † July 31, 1926 there ) was a Swiss historian , art historian and preservationist .

life and work

Ernst Alfred Stückelberg, son of the painter Ernst Stückelberg , studied history and art history in Basel, Berlin , Bonn and Zurich . In 1890 he was awarded a PhD at the University of Zurich with a dissertation on the Constantinian patriciate. phil. PhD . In 1893 he also completed his habilitation in Zurich. There he worked from 1894 to 1903 as a private lecturer , from 1897 with a teaching position for numismatics . From 1903 he taught at the University of Basel , first as a private lecturer, from 1905 as an associate professor for Christian antiquity.

In 1917, on his 50th birthday, Jakob August Heer created a commemorative medal for Stückelberg and a birthday font was published in Schweizer Illustrierte .

In 1919 he was appointed Basel's first public conservationist.

As a scientist, Stückelberg researched the history of the veneration of saints , Christian archeology , numismatics, heraldry , sphragistics and epigraphy as well as monument preservation.

In 1896 he was one of the founders of the Swiss Society for Folklore .

Fonts (selection)

• Der Constantinische Patriciat , Basel 1891 (= dissertation)
• Longobard sculpture , Zurich, 1896
• The succession to the throne from Augustus to Constantine. Genealogical studies on the history of the Roman Empire, Vienna 1897
• The coin collector. A manual for experts and beginners , Zurich 1899 (2nd edition 1919)
• The cult of St. Euphrosyna of Basel. In: Basler Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Altertumskunde , Vol. 3, 1904, pp. 37–46 ( digitized version ).
• The coat of arms in arts and crafts, Zurich 1901 (2nd edition Leipzig 1906)
• History of relics in Switzerland , 2 volumes, Basel 1902, 1908
• The Swiss saints of the Middle Ages. A reference book for researchers, artists and laypeople , Zurich 1903
• Monuments to Basel history , Basel 1907 and 1912
• The minster of Basel , Basel undated (1908) (3rd edition 1927)
• The Roman imperial coins as historical sources , Basel 1909 (2nd edition 1915)
• The portraits of the Roman emperors and their families. From Augustus to the extinction of Constantine , Basel 1916
• Basel Monument Preservation. In: Heimatschutz = Patrimoine , Vol. 12, 1917, pp. 33-40 ( digitized version ).
• (Editor) Basel Churches. Existing and lost places of worship in the city and canton of Basel, 4 volumes, Basel 1917–1922
• Monuments of the Kingdom of Hochburgund mainly in western Switzerland, Zurich 1925
• The excavation at Disentis . In: Basler Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Altertumskunde , Part 1 , Part 2

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 1917 birthday pamphlet

Web links

• Literature by and about Ernst Alfred Stückelberg in the catalog of the German National Library
• Stefan Hess : Stückelberg, Ernst Alfred. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Ernst Alfred Stückelberg in the online catalog of the Basel-Stadt State Archives
• Publications by Ernst Alfred Stückelberg in the Opac of the Regesta Imperii
• Overview of the courses taught by Ernst Alfred Stückelberg at the University of Zurich (winter semester 1894 to summer semester 1900)