Friedrich Ebert (historian)

Friedrich Ebert (born May 19, 1882 in Memmingen ; † May 10, 1971 in Bad Steben ) was a German high school teacher, archaeologist and local history researcher in Hof (Saale) .

Life

Friedrich Ebert grew up in Ansbach as the son of high school teacher Adolf Ebert (1855–1923) and his wife Helene (1857–1925); there High School in 1900. After military service, studied classical philology in Erlangen and Munich (1900-1905), an educational seminar year in Erlangen and boarding line in Oettingen was Friedrich Ebert 1909-1947 teacher at the Humanities College in Hof (Saale) . During his studies in Erlangen he became a member of the Bubenreuther fraternity in the winter semester of 1900/01 . Its archaeological Doctoral thesis (1909) with Heinrich Bulle earned him the archaeological travel grant of the Bavarian state for the year 1910/11, which took him to all important archaeological sites of the entire Mediterranean area in Rome , Sicily , Tunisia , Algeria , Greece , Asia Minor , Constantinople and the Greek island world . In 1912 he married Else Wißmath (1887–1982). In Hof he carried out archaeological studies in addition to his school activities, which were reflected in 50 (1921–1950) contributions to Pauly-Wissowa 's Realencyclopadie for classical antiquity , which shows him to be an international archaeological expert. In the First World War he was deployed on the Western Front. Then he began to deal with the city ​​history of Hof, was active in family history research, and also active as a gymnast and figure skater (1924–1940 supervisor of Hof figure skating , most recently district administrator). Since 1931, deputy head of the high school, took over Friedrich Ebert in 1936 against political opposition whose leadership as headmaster in the intention of preventing the Nazi indoctrination at his school as possible, which exposed him to frequent suspicions. In 1936 he came to terms with the local Nazi leadership, whereupon the National Socialist Lord Mayor of Hof, Dr. Richard Wendler, appointed speaker and expert for the chronicle of the city of Hof. After the Second World War , in which he had to take part between the ages of 57 and 61, he started teaching again at the grammar school, which was named Jean-Paul grammar school on his initiative in 1946 on the occasion of the 400th anniversary . Retired in 1947, he was available as a teaching assistant until he was 70. A life-long nature lover and excellent bird connoisseur, he published a 25-year list of the arrival times of domestic migratory birds based on his own observations , which he continued until the end of his life.

Achievements as a city historian

Friedrich Ebert's excellent knowledge of ancient excavation sites , which he had visited on his archaeological study trip, allowed him to penetrate the building history of Hof with a trained eye , which made him recognize the course of the medieval city ​​fortifications as early as 1911/12 . Participation in the First World War had given him an understanding of what happened during the siege of the city of Hof in 1553. This brought with it that Friedrich Ebert further into the Hofer history - especially in structural terms - in-depth, with the threefold village - City of Hof, a typical medieval - Market City Foundation was able to prove, and soon in the field of local history became the expert : More than 160 publications, most of which appeared in local media until his death, provide impressive evidence of this. In addition, he was responsible for the continuation of the chronicle of the city of Hof , of which he presented two volumes. From 1921 to 1966 he was involved with a large number of lectures in the North Upper Franconian Association for Nature, History and Regional Studies, of which he was Vice Chairman from 1951 to 1965, and on the advisory board of the City Museum .

Honors

In 1956 Ebert received the First Class Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany , in 1957 the Gold Medal of Honor from the Bavarian Ice Sports Association , in 1960 the Jean Paul Medal in silver, and in 1962 the Golden Citizen Medal of the City of Hof. In 1966 he became an honorary member of the North Upper Franconian Association for Natural, Historical and Regional Studies, and in 1978 a Hofer Strasse was named after him.

Works (selection)

• Technical terms of the Greek building trade, I. The temple . philosophical dissertation Würzburg 1909
• How the yard grew. From village to factory town . Hof 1950 (= 12th report of the North Upper Franconian Association for Natural, Historical and Regional Studies ).
• Building history . Hof 1957 (= Chronicle of the City of Hof, V)
• Brief history of the city of Hof . Hof 1961, new edition edited by A. Herrmann, Hof 1988; ISBN 3-88267-034-7
• F. Ebert and K. Waelzel: Old Hofer city descriptions. Translated from Latin texts . Hof 1966 (= Chronicle of the City of Hof, VI)

literature

• Ch. Weisser: Dr. phil. Friedrich Ebert. Life and work of the Hof city historian . Hof 1982 (= Heimatkundliche Quellenhefte edited by Hof Stadtarchiv , 3)
• W. Schmiedel: Famous teachers and students of the high school. Directors as scientists . in: The court's high school anniversary. 450 years of Jean-Paul-Gymnasium Hof. Festschrift and report on the 1995/96 school year, Hof 1996, pp. 115–119
• Ch. Weißer: Ebert, Friedrich, Dr. phil. In: Famous Vogtländer, Vol. 2, ed. from the Association for Vogtland History, Folklore and Regional Studies e. V., Plauen 1999, p. 21
• A. Mintzel: Prominent Hofer in the shadow of the swastika. Examples of individual entanglements, in: Miscellanea curiensia. Contributions to the history and culture of Northern Upper Franconia and neighboring regions, Volume X, Hof 2013, pp. 174–214.
• A. Mintzel: About dealing with the National Socialist past, in: Beatrix Münzer-Glas / Arnd Kluge: The monuments of the city of Hof. "Chronicle of the City of Hof", Volume XI. Hof 2017, pp. 682–716, especially p. 685.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ernst Höhne: The Bubenreuther. History of a German fraternity. II., Erlangen 1936, p. 296.