Ferdinand Holzach (historian)

Family grave in the Hörnli cemetery , Riehen, Basel-Stadt

Ferdinand Holzach (* 1869 in Basel ; † June 8, 1942 ) was a Swiss historian.

Life

Ferdinand Holzach, son of the teacher and temporary entrepreneur Theodor Albrecht Friedrich Holzach, grew up mostly in Alsace , where he attended schools. He then studied history at the University of Basel and obtained his doctorate in 1892. phil. 1892–1903 he worked in Basel as a secondary teacher. 1903–1907 he was a curator at the Basel Historical Museum . In 1907 he was appointed rector of the boys' primary school in the canton of Basel-Stadt - an office that he held until his retirement in 1934.

Ferdinand Holzach was also politically active. So he sat in the Basel Grand Council from 1911 to 1934. 1911-1935 he was a member of the Education Council. From 1921–1933 he was also a member of the Further Citizens 'Council, from 1933 initially a member, then President of the Narrow Citizens' Council.

Fonts

Monographs

• The foreign policy of the Kingdom of Sicily from the death of Rogers II to the Peace of Venice 1154–1177, Basel 1892 (dissertation)
• The Basler in the Huguenot Wars. New year's paper of the GGG , Basel 1902
• Historical Museum IV. Musical instruments. Basel 1906 (with Karl Nef ).

Articles (selection)

• The sex of the Irmy, Basler Biographien, Vol. 1, Basel 1900, pp. 37–57.
• The Mülhauser Finingerhandel and the uprising of 1590, in: Contributions to patriotic history, Vol. 15, 1901, pp. 287-399.
• Mayor Theodor Brand , in: Basler Biographien, Vol. 2, Basel 1904, pp. 83-134.
• The fairy carpet in the Historisches Museum zu Basel, Historisches Museum Basel, annual report 1906, pp. 36–42.

literature

• Gustaf Adolf Wanner : The Holzach. Story of an old Swiss family. Basel, Frankfurt a. M. 1982.
• Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Vol. 4, 1927, p. 279.