Felix Atenstädt

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Paul Felix Atenstädt (born August 10, 1866 in Schirgiswalde near Bautzen , † December 4, 1943 in Leipzig ) was a German classical philologist and grammar school teacher who taught at various grammar schools in the Kingdom of Saxony . Especially in his retirement (from 1913) he was scientifically concerned with the geographic literature of antiquity .

Life

Paul Felix Atenstädt was the son of the pharmacist Karl Heinrich Atenstädt and Laura geb. Heinze; his younger brother was the food chemist Paul Atenstädt. He attended Bautzen grammar school from 1877 to 1886, where he was one of the best students of his year. After the death of his father in 1881, he continued his high school years with various private and state scholarships and gave a Latin speech to a Horazode at the graduation ceremony . For his excellent grades in the school leaving examination, he received an award from the city council and a royal scholarship with which he was able to study.

According to his inclinations and the recommendations of his teachers, Atenstädt studied classical philology at the University of Leipzig , where Otto Ribbeck , Justus Hermann Lipsius and Kurt Wachsmuth were active at the time. On May 26, 1891 he was promoted to Dr. phil. doctorate , in July 1891 he passed the examination for the higher education authority.

After the probationary year at the Leipzig Nicolaigymnasium (1891/1892), Atenstädt taught at Dr. Schuster's private school. In May 1894 he passed the extension test for German lessons and then went on a research and educational trip through Switzerland and Northern Italy for several months. At Easter 1895 Atenstädt went to the Realschule with Progymnasium in Stollberg / Erzgeb as an assistant teacher . where he was permanently employed in 1896. From 1902 he worked as a senior teacher at the grammar school in Schneeberg (Erzgebirge) , where he was appointed grammar school professor on November 23, 1908.

He took early retirement on April 1, 1913 and moved to Leipzig with his wife a week later. There he devoted himself entirely to his research work. Since his studies he occupied himself with the Greek geographers, especially with Stephanos of Byzantium . He published numerous articles in renowned specialist journals ( Rheinisches Museum für Philologie , Hermes , Philologus ), in which he dealt primarily with questions of localization, sources and authenticity.

Felix Atenstädt died on December 4, 1943 in an air raid on Leipzig.

Fonts (selection)

  • De Hecataei Milesii fragmentis quae ad Hispaniam et Galliam pertinent . Leipzig 1891 ( Leipzig Studies in Classical Philology 14.1; = Dissertation)
  • Source studies on Stephanos of Byzantium. First part: Alexander Polyhistor - Philon of Byblos and Hesychios of Miletus . Schneeberg 1910 (school program)
  • To Stephen of Byzantium . In: Rheinisches Museum für Philologie . Volume 72 (1917/1918), pp. 479-480
  • Two sources of the so-called Plutarch de fluviis . In: Hermes . Volume 57 (1922), pp. 219-246
  • A contribution to Stephen of Byzantium . In: Philologus . Volume 80 (1925), pp. 312-330
  • [Apollodoros] Περὶ γῆς. On the source and authenticity question . In: Rheinisches Museum für Philologie . Volume 82 (1933), pp. 115-144
  • To Steph. Byz. Δύμη and Strab. VIII 386ff. In: Philologus . 89: 54-62 (1934)
  • Addendum to Apollodorus 61. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Supplementary volume VI, Stuttgart 1935, Col. 8-10.
  • Chewing cones and triphylic pylos . In: Philologus . Volume 92 (1937), pp. 378-382
  • Apollodors κατάλογος νεῶν near Strabo . In: Philologus . Volume 95 (1942), pp. 55-78

literature

  • Ernst Bischoff : The teaching staff of the Nicolaigymnasium in Leipzig 1816–1896 / 97: Biographical-bibliographical contributions to school history . Leipzig 1897, p. 66
  • Franz Kössler: Personal dictionary of teachers of the 19th century. Band Abbehusen – Aydam . Preliminary publication, Giessen 2008 ( PDF )

Web links

Wikisource: Felix Atenstädt  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Program of the Bautzen grammar school . Bautzen 1886, p. 31.
  2. ^ Program of the Bautzen grammar school . Bautzen 1887, p. 1.
  3. ^ Letter from the Saxon State Archives, State Archives Leipzig, March 26, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Atenstädt, Felix
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Atenstädt, Paul Felix (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical philologist and high school teacher
DATE OF BIRTH August 10, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Schirgiswalde
DATE OF DEATH December 4, 1943
Place of death Leipzig