Friedrich Schaltegger

Friedrich Schaltegger (born June 27, 1851 in Littenheid , today the municipality of Sirnach in Thurgau ; † September 23, 1936 there ) was a Swiss Protestant pastor, archivist, librarian and historian.

life and work

Friedrich Schaltegger's father Ulrich Schaltegger (1818–1901) was a teacher at the institution for the deaf and dumb (now a school for the deaf and speech healing school) in Riehen near Basel , then for the longest part of his professional life he was a primary school teacher in Alterswilen , now the municipality of Kemmental in Thurgau, where Friedrich grew up; As an elderly man, he moved to Württemberg, his wife's home, as a preacher in 1894. Friedrich Schaltegger attended the canton school in Frauenfeld from 1866 ; then he studied history, philosophy and theology at the universities of Basel and Tübingen until 1874 . From 1874 to 1879 he was a Protestant pastor in Wald AR , until 1888 in Safien , today the municipality of Safiental GR, until 1901 in Berlingen TG . Then he ended the pastoral care due to a progressive hearing loss and worked from then on as a historian.

First, Schaltegger collected the Thurgau openings together with Johannes Meyer on behalf of the Swiss Lawyers' Association , took on occasional genealogical work, and organized the civil archives of Arbon , Bischofszell , Ermatingen and Frauenfeld . After the former French Empress Eugénie had given Arenenberg Castle to the Canton of Thurgau, Friedrich Schaltegger compiled an inventory and a museum guide. From 1908 on, he worked in the Thurgau State Archives , which he took over in 1911 after the death of Johannes Meyer, together with the management of the Thurgau Cantonal Library . In this position he continued the work started by Meyer on the Thurgauisches Urkundenbuch, well beyond his years of service; Ernst Leisi followed him in it.

Schaltegger worked from 1906 on the board of directors of the Historical Society of the Canton of Thurgau, from 1921 to 1925 as vice-president. He was also a member of the board of directors of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings . Also succeeding Johannes Meyer, he edited the writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings from 1912 to 1920 . During the First World War, Schaltegger managed to maintain the historical exchange across national borders at Lake Constance. In the inflation year 1923, the loss of value of the mark threatened to ruin the association; Schaltegger then collected donations in Swiss francs, which contributed to stabilization. Schaltegger's scientific oeuvre is dedicated to the history of Thurgau; He had special knowledge of legal history, especially of fishing.

Schaltegger spent his old age in his native Littenheid. The painter Emanuel Schaltegger was the son of a cousin of Friedrich Schaltegger.

Fonts (selection)

Monographs

• The city arms of Bischofszell. Discussion about the historically, heraldically and aesthetically correct city arms of Bischofszell. Salzmann-Schildknecht, Bischofszell 1924.
• The sovereign border and fishing justice in the Konstanz funnel. Frauenfeld 1909.
• The private fishing rights in the Untersee and Rhine. Their origin and scope. Frauenfeld 1909.
• Guide through the historical collections of the Napoleon Museum Arenenberg. Frauenfeld 1907 (up to 1943 5 editions under the title Guide through the Napoleon Museum in Arenenberg Castle. ) Arr. Jakob Hugentobler .
• Thurgau document book. Published by resolution and event of the Thurgau Historical Society. Volume 2: 1000-1246. Part 5. Huber, Frauenfeld 1917.
• Thurgau document book. Published by resolution and event of the Thurgau Historical Society. Volume 1: 724-1000. Huber, Frauenfeld 1924.
• Thurgau document book. Published by resolution and event of the Thurgau Historical Society. Volume 3: 1251-1300. Huber, Frauenfeld 1925.
• Thurgau document book. Published by resolution and event of the Thurgau Historical Society. Volume 4: 1300-1340, supplements 949-1335. Huber, Frauenfeld 1931.

Essays

• Origin of the Thurgau coat of arms. In: Thurgauian contributions to patriotic history. Volume 64/65, 1928, pp. 137-145 ( digitized version ).
• History of the tower at Steckborn. In: Thurgauian contributions to patriotic history. Volume 62, 1925, pp. 1-104 ( digitized version ).
• (Court) opening of the 3 courtyards Mettendorf, Lustdorf u. Häschikon v. February 17, 1456. / Vid. 1516 April 3rd In: Thurgauian contributions to patriotic history. Volume 61, 1924, pp. 58-68 ( digitized version ).
• (Vogtei-) opening of the Kelnhöfe Mettendorf, Lustdorf u. Heschikoven v. February 18, 1479./13. February 1430. According to a Vidimus v. October 20, 1613. In: Thurgauian contributions to patriotic history. Volume 61, 1924, pp. 49-57 ( digitized version ).
• On the history of fishing in Lake Constance. In: Thurgauian contributions to patriotic history. Volume 60, 1921, pp. 59-91 ( digitized version ).
• At the court of an ex-queen. Notes by a lady of honor of Queen Hortense (end). VI. Stay in England (May to July 1831). In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings . Volume 48, 1919, pp. 1-44 ( digitized version ).
• At the court of an ex-queen. Notes from a lady of honor of Queen Hortense (continued). V. From Rome to Paris. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings . Volume 47, 1918, pp. 119-182 ( digitized version ).
• At the court of an ex-queen. According to the notes of one of her maids of honor. III. The Strasbourg adventure. October 1836 to February 1837. - IV. Queen Hortense's last days. April-October 1837. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings . Volume 46, 1917, pp. 105-165 ( digitized version ).
• At the court of an ex-queen. From the diary of a lady of honor of Queen Hortense. Introduction. - I. Journey to Rome (autumn 1830). - II. The Princess Mathilde and the Prince Louis Napoleon. April 1836 to May 1837. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings . Volume 45, 1916, pp. 93-178 ( digitized version ).
• The two oldest Thurbrücken letters. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings . Volume 44, 1915, pp. 180-193 ( digitized version ).
• Franz Alfons Forel †. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings . Volume 42, 1913, pp. XVIII-XX ( digitized version ).
• Joh. Heinrich Kappeler's Chronicle of Frauenfeld from the years 1600–1663. Based on the manuscript in the Frauenfeld citizens' archive. In: Thurgauian contributions to patriotic history. Volume 53, 1913, pp. 40-102 ( digitized version ).
• Dr. Johannes Meyer † . In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings . Volume 41, 1912, pp. VII-XIV ( digitized version )
• Thurgau Chronicle for the year 1912. In: Thurgau contributions to patriotic history. Volume 53, 1913, pp. 110-138 ( digitized version ).
• Thurgau Chronicle of the year 1911. In: Thurgau contributions to patriotic history. Volume 52, 1912, pp. 104-127 ( digitized version ).
• Thurgau Chronicle of 1910. In: Thurgau contributions to patriotic history. Volume 51, 1911, pp. 141-162 ( digitized version ).
• Thurgauer Chronik for the year 1909. In: Thurgauische contributions to the patriotic history. Volume 50, 1910, pp. 167-189 ( digitized version ).
• Thurgau Chronicle for the year 1908. In: Thurgauian contributions to patriotic history. Volume 49, 1909, pp. 107-129 ( digitized version ).
• The vineyard in Thurgau. Cultural-historical study based on memories of JH Thalmann, own observations and based on handwritten sources and official reports. In: Thurgauian contributions to patriotic history. Volume 48, 1908, pp. 114-189 ( digitized version ).
• On the history of the city of Frauenfeld, especially its structural development. In: Thurgauian contributions to patriotic history. Volume 46, 1906, pp. 5-41 ( digitized version ).

literature

• Ernst Leisi: Friedrich Schaltegger . In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings . Volume 64, 1937, pp. 25-26 ( digitized version )
• Ernst Leisi: Friedrich Schaltegger, June 27, 1851 to September 23, 1937 . In: Thurgauian contributions to patriotic history . Volume 74, 1937, pp. 86-91, with bibliography on pp. 90-91 ( digitized version ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Harald Derschka : The association for the history of Lake Constance and its surroundings. A look back at one hundred and fifty years of club history 1868–2018. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings , 136, 2018, pp. 1–303, here p. 219.
2. ^ Carl Breunlin: Presentation of the 1923 calculation result . In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings . Volume 53, 1924, p. 323 digitized .