Friedrich Dürr

This article deals with the pedagogue Friedrich Dürr. On the resistance fighter, see Friedrich Dürr (resistance fighter) .

Friedrich Dürr (born August 30, 1843 in Cannstatt , † October 14, 1926 in Heilbronn ) was a German educator and historian.

biography

Dürr was born the son of the coachman Johann Dürr and Elisabeth Johanna Fleiner and lived a poor youth. He was considered a talented student and after high school he attended the theological seminar in Blaubeuren and then the Tübingen Abbey , because he initially wanted to become a theologian . However, Dürr later decided to become a teacher and in 1866 came to the Latin school in Weinsberg as a preceptor . During the Weinsberg years, Dürr received his doctorate in 1868. phil. He came to the Karlsgymnasium in Heilbronn as an adjunct professor in 1874 . In Heilbronn, he and his family moved into an apartment at Karlstrasse 22. In 1876, Dürr became a teacher at the secondary school and gave ancient language lessons in the 7th to 9th grades. In the same year Dürr joined the Heilbronn Historical Society and began to work historically. In 1878 the family moved into another apartment at Kramstrasse 2, later they bought a house at Lerchenstrasse 9. As a teacher, Dürr was known for strict discipline and order and was nicknamed "the flayer".

In addition to his school duties, he began to sort and catalog the holdings of the Heilbronn City Archives in 1886, for which he was entrusted with the archival management in 1891. On September 1, 1898, Dürr became rector of the Karlsgymnasium, where he moved into the large official apartment in which, following the custom of the time, he also set up a small boarding school for up to five foreign students who lived there with Dürr's family. In the same year he was also elected to the board of directors of the Heilbronn Historical Society , but did not accept this position and instead recommended Hofrat Alfred Schliz . On July 15, 1911, Dürr retired from school and moved back to the house on Lerchenstrasse, but continued to manage the city archives until 1924. He died in 1926 at the age of 83 and was buried in the Heilbronn main cemetery.

He was married to Marie Wilhelmine Schnitzler (born October 28, 1851 in Weinsberg; † May 16, 1930) from May 24, 1870. The marriage had three children. In 1871 the daughter Hedwig was born, in 1875 the second daughter Elisabeth. In 1883 the ailing Hedwig died. In 1892 their son Carl was born.

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In addition to numerous local history lectures and small writings, Dürr's main work is the chronicle of the city of Heilbronn , which appeared in two volumes in 1895 and 1922 and describes the history of the city since it was first mentioned in 741. The chronicle, which is continued in other volumes to this day, is one of the most important publications on the history of the city of Heilbronn . Dürr's merit lies in the fact that he wrote the chronicle from archive materials such as the Heilbronn Wine Booklet and that the only printed work on the history of Heilbronn until 1803 by Karl Friedrich Jaeger from 1828 was critically examined with the help of the archive. Dürr probably created the 19th century depiction himself. The work is still valid today and has been reprinted several times. A need for revision according to the results of more recent research noted in the 3rd edition of the first volume and the 2nd edition of the second volume in 1986 has not yet been implemented due to the scope of the work.

Appreciation

The city of Heilbronn has taken care of the Dürr family grave and named Friedrich-Dürr-Strasse after him.

Works

• Heilbronner Chronik  : with illus. - Heilbronn: Salzer, 1895. Digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf

literature

• Wilhelm Steinhilber: Friedrich Dürr 1898–1911 . In: 350 years of high school in Heilbronn. Festschrift for the anniversary of the Theodor-Heuss-Gymnasium . Heilbronn City Archives, Heilbronn 1971 ( Publications of the Heilbronn City Archives. Volume 17)