Eugene Theodor Nübling

Dr. Eugene Theodor Nübling

Eugen Theodor Nübling (born May 28, 1856 in Ulm ; † January 24, 1946 at Neusteusslingen Castle ) was a newspaper publisher, economic historian and member of the Württemberg state parliament.

Origin and education

Eugen Nübling was the son of Ernst Nübling (* Ulm a. D. 1810, † Ulm a. D. 1878) and his wife Johanna geb. Dieterich (* Besigheim 1815, † Ulm a. D. 1877). The father started working as a printer in 1833, as a bookseller in 1835 and as a newspaper publisher in Ulm a. D. called. The father's brother named Theodor (1817–1873) was a partner in the company. Eugen Nübling had three sisters (one of whom died young) and a brother (who died young).

From 1866 to 1872 Nübling attended high school in Ulm a. D. Since Nübling was supposed to take over the family business, he was sent from 1872 to 1873 as a volunteer at the court bookshop Julius Weise in Stuttgart. In the years 1873 to 1874 he continued attending the grammar school in Ulm a. D. continued and left with the Abitur. In 1874 Nübling signed up as a one-year volunteer for Dragoon Regiment No. 26, stationed in Ulm a. D. Most recently he was captain of the Landwehr. Three photos of him have survived from this period (see photos).

From 1875 to 1877 Nübling studied economics in Leipzig with Wilhelm Roscher (1817-1894), the founder of the historical school of economics . In 1877 he moved to the University of Munich , where he turned more to law. His studies were more indebted to his inclinations than to the necessity of taking up an (academic) professional activity. The sudden death of his father in 1878 forced him to take over the family business.

Nübling as a publisher

On December 1, 1837, his father Ernst Nübling published Schnellpost, a daily newspaper for Ulm and the surrounding area ; this was renamed to Ulmer Schnellpost in 1841 . The newspaper received the license to publish political news in 1844 and developed into the most important newspaper in Ulm because it represented liberal positions. Uncle Theodor Nübling (1817–1873) died childless: Eugen was the only surviving male descendant in the family and had to take over the newspaper publisher with the Ulmer Schnellpost . From 1890 to 1897 the newspaper followed a national-conservative, at times anti-Catholic, but also anti-Semitic course. A conflict with the mayor of Ulm led to the withdrawal of advertisements and economic decline, so that Nübling leased the Ulm Schnellpost in 1903 and withdrew to Neusteusslingen.

Nübling as an economic historian

Nübling's scientific work falls mainly into the economic history of the Middle Ages, with a strong local reference to Ulm a. D. Nübling's turn to this area followed Gustav Schmoller's suggestion. Nübling wrote a number of articles on the commercial history of Ulm in the Middle Ages. For the current studies of the Verein für Socialpolitik on the “situation of the handicrafts in Germany with special regard to its competitiveness compared to large-scale industry”, he made several contributions to individual handicrafts in Württemberg. He also denied the commercial and commercial history parts of the second edition of the Württemberg description of the Ulm Oberamt. At the suggestion of Wilhelm Stieda in Rostock , who had reviewed Nübling's writings, he was awarded a doctorate in Rostock in 1896. phil. PhD.

Member of the state parliament

Nübling ran for the Reichstag in 1893 as a member of the German-Social-Anti-Semitic Party, DSP in the Stuttgart constituency. Faithful to his conservative and SME-friendly attitude, he stood in 1903 as a candidate for the Reichstag for the Bund der Landwirte (BdL) in the Ulm-Heidenheim constituency. Finally he managed to move into the Württemberg state parliament for the Münsingen constituency as a member of the farmers' union and the German Conservative Party from 1906 to 1908 .

Landowner in Neusteusslingen

In 1897 Nübling acquired the site with the ruins of Neusteusslingen Castle and Castle above Talsteusslingen in the Schmiechtal. He had the still considerable building remnants demolished and built a castle-like estate in the historicist style on the castle and palace site, using the building materials (limestone) that had accumulated during the demolition. The layout of the new building compared to the previous one is reproduced by Schmitt. Nübling also operated the nearby Talsteusslingen cooperative mill.

Neusteusslingen before 1910

Neusteusslingen, March 2016

Newspaper publisher again

At the advanced age of 69, he made another attempt as a newspaper publisher and from 1925 to 1932 published the Ulmer Schnellpost as monthly newspaper correspondence for medium-sized businesses.

family

On May 16, 1881 Nübling married Berta geb. Fuchs (born August 9, 1861, † March 26, 1922). The children are from the marriage:

• Ernst Wilhelm Eugen, b. June 30, 1882, † January 26, 1939, public prosecutor in Ulm a. D.
• Hermann Adolf, b. May 21, 1884, † September 10, 1914, first lieutenant, killed

Honors

In 1931 Nübling became an honorary member of the Association for Art and Antiquity in Ulm and Upper Swabia . In 1951 the "Nüblingweg" in Ulm a. D. named after him.

photos

• Raberg 2001 p. 620.
• Schwäbische Donau-Zeitung from May 26, 1956.
• Main State Archives Stuttgart M 708 No. 2319 Dr. Eugen Nübling, Rittmeister. 3 photos, 1 document.

Works (selection)

• Ulm's cotton weaving mill in the Middle Ages: documents and presentation. A contribution to German urban and economic history. (Political and social science research (edited by Gustav Schmoller) Vol. 9, Issue 5; = Issue 41 of the complete works). Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, 1890. IX, 207 pp.

• Ulm's trade and commerce in the Middle Ages: a collection of individual representations . 5 parts. Ulm a. D .: Nübling, 1892–1900:

• Ulm's fishing industry in the Middle Ages . (Ulm's trade and commerce in the Middle Ages: A collection of individual representations, part 1). Ulm a. D .: Nübling, 1892.

• Ulm's butchery in the Middle Ages: a contribution to German urban and economic history . (Ulm's trade and commerce in the Middle Ages: a collection of individual representations, part 2). Ulm a. D .: Nübling, 1892.

• Ulm’s food industry in the Middle Ages: a contribution to German urban and economic history . (Ulm's trade and commerce in the Middle Ages: a collection of individual representations, part 3). Ulm a. D .: Nübling, 1892.

• Ulm's wine trade in the Middle Ages: a contribution to German urban and economic history . (Ulm's trade and commerce in the Middle Ages: a collection of individual representations, part 4). Ulm a. D .: Nübling, 1893.

• Ulm's department store in the Middle Ages: a contribution to German urban and economic history . (Ulm's trade and commerce in the Middle Ages: a collection of individual representations, part 5). Ulm a. D .: Nübling, 1900.

• The shoemaker's trade in Württemberg. In: Studies on the situation of the craft in Germany: with special consideration of its competitiveness compared to large-scale industry . Writings of the Verein für Socialpolitik Vol. 3, Part 1 (entire series Vol. 64), pp. 221–285. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, 1895.

• The Jewish communities of the Middle Ages, in particular the Jewish community of the imperial city of Ulm: a contribution to German urban and economic history . Ulm a. D .: Nübling, 1896.

• The leather trade in Württemberg. In: Studies on the situation of the craft in Germany: with special consideration of its competitiveness compared to large-scale industry . Writings of the Verein für Socialpolitik Vol. 8, Part 2 (entire series Vol. 69), pp. 437-550. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, 1897.

• Contributions to the Royal State Statistical Office (ed.), Description of the Oberamt Ulm . Stuttgart. W. Kohlhammer, 1897. Vol. 1: Brief review of the city's most recent history 1810–1896 (pp. 182–195), Verkehrwesen (pp. 724–730); Vol. 2: Location of the city, buildings, the Ulmer (p. 1–63), Ulm as a garrison (p. 110–127), trade and commerce (p. 138–215, together with Trüdinger), Ulmer newspaper industry (p 243-246).

• The canvas trade in the Rauhen Alb, especially in Gerstetten and Laichingen. In: Studies on the situation of the peddler trade in Germany . Writings of the Verein für Socialpolitik (entire series, vol. 77), pp. 413-520. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, 1898a. XX, 520 pp.

• History and description of Neusteusslingen . Ulm a. D .: Nübling, [1898b]. 1 sheet.

• In memory of the reconstruction of the former Neusteusslingen castle ob der Schmiech . Ulm a. D .: Nübling, 1899. 4 sheets, illustrations.

• Ulm under Emperor Charles IV. 1347–1378: a contribution to German urban and economic history . Ulm a. D .: Nübling, 1902.

• Record-based representation of the laying down of the Wall in Ulm . Ulm a. D .: Gebr. Nübling, 1902. VIII, 88 pp.

• On the currency history of the mercantile age: a contribution to German economic history . Ulm a. D .: Nübling, 1903. XC, 179 pp.

• What the merchant needs to know about the currency issue and its history: A textbook and reading book for merchants, civil servants, tradespeople and students . Leipzig: Huberti, approx. 1902. XIII, 130 pp.

• The imperial city of Ulm at the end of the Middle Ages 1378–1556. Vol. 1: Collection of materials. Vol. 2: Presentation. Ulm a. D .: Nuebling, 1904 and 1907.

• On the history of the women's question: a contribution to the history of cities and the economy . Ulm a. D .: Nübling, 1907.

• Hard money or paper ?: an answer to GF Knapp's book on the state theory of money . Ulm a. D .: Nübling, 1907.

• Ten years of monetary and economic history: (1891–1900); with special consideration of Württemberg; a contribution to the currency issue . Ulm a. D .: Nübling, 1908. XXXXIX, 341, [3] p.

• The bank break of the Lauginger society: documents and presentation. A contribution to the history of the German-Venetian trade relations in the 15th century . Ulm a. D .: Nübling, 1917 (64 pages), continued and as masch. Manuscript completed in 1936.

• The Carolingians and the House of Montfort. In: Schwäbische Geschichtsblätter Vol. 1–7, 1926–1932.

literature

• Max Huber (1951), Eugen Nübling. In: Ulm and Oberschwaben, Vol. 32, pp. 115–119, with a list of publications. (Bibliography of the works of Eugen Nübling, also lists the articles published in the “Ulmer Sonntagsblatt” 1889–1906 and in the “Swabian Merkur” 1902–1905).

• Wolfgang Nübling (1993), Nüblinge in Ulm and around Ulm and Ulm . Part 2 Mähringen - Zuffenhausen. Roßdorf near Darmstadt: Nübling, pp. 381–770. (Part 1 Albeck - Langenau, 380 p., 1993).

• Frank Raberg (2001), Art. “Nübling, Eugen Theodor”. In: The same, Biographisches Handbuch der Württembergischen Landtag MPs 1815-1933 . On behalf of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg. W. Kohlhammer Verlag: Stuttgart, pp. 620-621. ISBN 3-17-016604-2

• Frank Raberg : Biographical Lexicon for Ulm and Neu-Ulm 1802-2009 . Süddeutsche Verlagsgesellschaft im Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2010, ISBN 978-3-7995-8040-3 , p. 295-296 .

• Günter Schmitt (1989), Castle Guide Swabian Alb. Bd. 2 Alb Middle - South. Hiking and discovering between Ulm and Sigmaringen . Biberach an der Riss: Biberacher Verlagdruckerei (Neusteusslingen pp. 89–96).

• Hermann Simon (1954), History of the Ulm Press from the Beginning to the Beginning of the 20th Century . Ulm a. D. 1954; University of Munich, Diss. Phil. (mach.) 341 p.

• Hans Eugen Specker (2006), Art. “Nübling, Eugen Theodor”. In: Maria Magdalena Rückert (ed.), Württembergische biographies including Hohenzollern personalities . Vol. 1. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, pp. 193-196. ISBN 978-3-17-018500-5

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Compare the two vedutas by Louis Kolb from 1829 [1] ; [2] .
2. ↑ Nübling reports on the history and reconstruction of Neusteusslingen Castle in Nübling in 1898b and 1899.
3. ↑ Schmitt 1989 p. 93f.