Ernst Neeb

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Ernst Neeb (born September 8, 1861 in Bischofsheim ; † April 23, 1939 in Mainz ) was a German high school teacher, art historian and museum director.

Life

Neeb was born in 1861 as the son of a railway official in Bischofsheim. He studied classical philology , history and German in Berlin and Giessen . In 1885 he passed the state examination in Giessen . From 1888 to 1924 Neeb taught at the Mainz secondary school . From 1910 he was in charge of the Museum of Antiquities in Mainz on a voluntary basis , and from 1924 he took over the management of the museum on a full-time basis. From 1909 to 1933 Neeb was the editor of the Mainz magazine .

When remnants of the wall were found during canal works in Mainz in 1914, Neeb recognized them as the remains of a Roman stage theater, today's Roman theater at Mainz's south train station . A search excavation in 1916 confirmed his assumption, but because of the First World War , no major excavations could be carried out. In 1934 Neeb retired, but continued to work on the inventory of the Mainz art monuments.

In 1936 the city of Mainz made him an honorary citizen. Furthermore, a street in the Upper Town of Mainz was named after Neeb.

Publications (selection)

  • Directory of the art monuments of the city of Mainz Mainz, H. Prickarts, 1905.
  • Mainz and the Stuttgart area, W. Seifert, 1915.
  • with Rudolf Kautzsch : The art monuments in the Free State of Hesse . Province of Rheinhessen, city and district of Mainz Darmstadt 1919.
  • The Mainz Juppiter Column. Explanations and interpretations of her figurative jewelry Mainz, Oscar Schneider, 1923.
  • The electoral palace at Mainz Wiesbaden, Dioskuren-Verlag, 1924.
  • The ceiling paintings of the Augustinian Church in Mainz Mainz, Druckerei Lehrlingshaus, 1936.
  • with Karl Nothnagel and Fritz Arens : Existing and disappeared Mainzer Kirchen AG Darmstadt 1940.

literature

  • Fritz Arens : Ernst Neeb. A commemoration of his 100th birthday on September 8, 1961. In: Mainzer Almanach 1961, pp. 167–173.
  • Walter Heist u. a .: Ernst Neeb and the old Mainz. Publishing house Dr. Hanns Krach, Mainz 1981, ISBN 3-87439-077-2 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jens Hoppe: Jewish history and culture in museums: on the non-Jewish museology of the Jewish in Germany , Waxmann Verlag, 2002; ISBN 3830911785 ; available online at books.google
  2. ↑ Honorary Citizen of the City of Mainz , accessed on October 28, 2009.
  3. ↑ Mainzer street names directory ( Memento of the original from January 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (pdf, page 13; 180 kB) on mainz.de, accessed on October 28, 2009.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mainz.de
personal data
SURNAME Neeb, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German high school teacher and art historian
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH Bischofsheim (Mainspitze)
DATE OF DEATH April 23, 1939
Place of death Mainz