Friedrich Haagen

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Friedrich Haagen (born October 5, 1806 in Aachen ; † October 30, 1879 there ) was a German teacher and historian .

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Friedrich Haagen, son of respected citizens who had lost their fortune as a result of the French occupation of the Département de la Roer , was forced to finance his studies after graduating from high school through tutoring and proofreading as well as donations from family friends. From 1827 he was finally able to study philology with August Ferdinand Naeke and Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker and history with Eberhard Freiherr von Brandis , Karl Dietrich Hüllmann , Barthold Georg Niebuhr and Karl Joseph Hieronymus Windischmann at the University of Bonn . Haagen benefited most from Niebuhr, with whom he had a deep friendship and whose works he was also allowed to proofread and whose son Marcus von Niebuhr later used some of Haagen's colleges as references for his publications.

From Easter 1831, Haagen was initially appointed as an assistant teacher at the Aachen Jesuit grammar school and, from 1834, also took on a private teaching position in the family of the Dutch general Count de Cruquembourg. Despite an offer to work for this family for life, he took up a vacancy at the Aachen Higher Citizens School in autumn 1836 , where he was appointed senior teacher in 1845 and professor in 1873. He taught history and geography, as well as literature and French, which he had to teach himself within three months. In addition, he also gave private lessons at various daughter schools as well as in adult courses.

To make matters worse, a spinal cord disease set in from 1845, which gradually forced him into a wheelchair. Cared for by his own students and his daughter, who was secretary, librarian and nurse all in one, he was able to continue teaching until January 1873. After his retirement he worked from home on numerous other works until his death on October 30, 1879.

Since frühester time Haagen especially the understood by the embossed Niebuhr mainly as an accomplished local historian Early Middle and High Middle Ages . Among other things, he researched the time of Charlemagne , the royal coronations in Aachen and the influence of the Counts of Jülich . In addition, he produced numerous local historical articles for the 12th edition of the Brockhaus Encyclopedia as well as for the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie . For the Rheinisch-Westfälische Schulzeitung he wrote several articles about the teaching and educational institutions of Aachen from the end of the 8th century until his time. Likewise, during the restoration of the Aachen town hall, initiated by Mayor Johann Contzen (1809–1875) , Haagen and the archivist Josef Laurent (1808–1867) asked for his knowledge and expert advice regarding the design of the exterior front and the imperial hall. After all, shortly before his death, he was allowed to write an article on the historical topography of the city for the first journal of the Aachen History Association, which was founded in 1879 .

Ferdinand Haagen was married once, but his wife and five of his seven children died relatively early. Only his daughter mentioned above and a son who lived in Roermond , the Netherlands and who had become a recognized chemist , survived him.

Fonts (selection)

  • The majores domus from the house of Pippins von Landen and their elevation to royal dignity ; 1839
  • The German army kings after the introduction of Christianity to the Germanic peoples and the anointing and coronation of the German kings in Achen ; 1854
  • Aachen and the Counts of Jülich in the 13th century up to the catastrophe of 16./17. March 1278 ; 1862
  • History of Achens from its beginnings to the most recent times; Volume 1: From the beginning to the year 1400 ; Aachen, Kaatzer (Ed.), 1873 [book]; Volume 2: From 1400-1865; Aachen, Kaatzer (Ed.), 1874 [book]
  • Scattered messages on the history of Achens during the Middle Ages ; 1874

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personal data
SURNAME Haagen, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher and historian
DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1806
PLACE OF BIRTH Aachen
DATE OF DEATH October 30, 1879
Place of death Aachen