Felix Wilhelm

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Friedrich Ferdinand Felix Wilhelm (born February 19, 1863 in Budissin , today Bautzen , † December 16, 1941 there ) was a German pedagogue and local researcher.

Life

Felix Wilhelm's birthplace in Bautzen, Burglehn 1; the old Luttitz-Nostitzsche Ritterhaus, today the "Mönchshof" restaurant
Memorial plaque on the birthplace

Felix Wilhelm attended the municipal citizen school in Bautzen, the grammar school and then until 1883 the rural seminar to become a teacher. Then he first taught as a substitute teacher in the Seidau , then as vicar at the evangelical school in Schirgiswalde and a part-time nine years at the Kapitulantenschule of infantry and Hussars Regiment. 103 in Bautzen.

In 1911 Felix Wilhelm became a senior teacher. From 1913 he was deputy director of the Pestalozzi School in Bautzen and director of this institution during the First World War .

From 1896 to 1919, with a short interruption, he was a city councilor, and for several years he was a city councilor for public education and riflemen. As a city councilor, he campaigned heavily for the building of the museum , which came about in 1911.

In 1901 Wilhelm founded the Society for Prehistory and History of Upper Lusatia in Bautzen , thereby establishing institutional research into prehistory and early history in the region. He published numerous publications on his research, in particular on the history of Bautzen .

Felix Wilhelm was married to Maria Martha Groß (1865–1942) from Wuischke near Weissenberg since 1888 .

He died of a stroke at the age of almost 79 and was buried in the cemetery of the Bautzen divers' church.

Fonts (selection)

  • Our home - Lausitz. Bautzen, Weller, 1st edition 1905, 2nd edition 1925
  • The medieval fortifications of the city of Bautzen and the reasons for their partial demolition. Bautzen, Bautzener Tageblatt , 1928
  • Bautzen's well-fortified citizenship in the Middle Ages. Bautzen, Bautzener Tageblatt, 1929
  • The riflemen and vigilante groups in old Bautzen. Bautzen, Bautzener Tageblatt, 1930
  • The history of the Luttitz-Nostitzschen Burglehnhaus. In: Bautzener Geschichtshefte Vol. 15, Bautzen 1937, pp. 63–74 ( E-Text ).

literature

  • Hermann Wilhelm: Felix Wilhelm: For the 95th birthday of the deserving homeland researcher. In: Bautzener Kulturschau, 8th year, February 1958, pp. 13-14

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personal data
SURNAME Wilhelm, Felix
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wilhelm, Friedrich Ferdinand Felix (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pedagogue and local researcher
DATE OF BIRTH February 19, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH Budissin (Bautzen)
DATE OF DEATH December 16, 1941
Place of death Bautzen