Georg Wolfgang Karl Lochner

Georg Wolfgang Karl Lochner (born August 30, 1798 in Nuremberg ; † December 3, 1882 there ) was a German educator and archivist .

Life

Born the son of a copper engraver, Lochner went to high school in Nuremberg. He studied theology and philosophy in Erlangen . During his studies he became a member and senior of the Franconian Landsmannschaft , but was then one of the founders of the Old Erlangen fraternity in 1817 , of which he was spokesman . He stood out as an opponent of Karl Ludwig Sand and the Erlangen fraternity of Teutonia . Lochner was a member of the Youth League .

After completing his studies, he worked from 1819 to 1823 as a teacher at a nursery school in Nuremberg and then became the tutor of a noble family. He passed his examination for the higher education authority and temporarily took over a high school class in Nuremberg. In 1824 he was in the course of Demagogenverfolgung relieved of his teaching and came to 1825 in Munich custody . After his release he worked as a private teacher in Nuremberg. In 1826 he became a teacher of modern languages. In 1827 he became administrator of a high school professorship . In 1830 he became sub-principal and chief director of the Latin school. In 1845 he became administrator of the rectorate at the Melanchthongmynasium in Nuremberg . There he became professor of the senior class and rector in 1846. In 1857 he retired.

From 1857 to 1860 he worked as an unskilled worker in the editorial office of the correspondent from and for Germany . The magistrate of Nuremberg called Lochner in 1864 to set up a municipal archive . From 1865 until the end of his life he was first and city ​​archivist of Nuremberg. During this time he researched the history of Nuremberg . He was editor of the Nuremberg yearbooks . Lochner wrote several articles in the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie .

Honors

• 1854: Honorary doctorate (Dr. phil. Hc) from the University of Erlangen
• 1856: Order of Merit of St. Michael , 1st class
• Honorary member of the Association for the History of the City of Nuremberg

Publications (selection)

• The city of Nuremberg at the end of its imperial freedom. Nuremberg 1858.
• CVs of famous and deserving Nuremberg residents. Nuremberg 1861.
• The names of persons in Albrecht Dürer's letters from Venice. Nuremberg 1870.
• Nuremberg and its peculiarities: a guide for strangers. Nuremberg 1873. ( Online )

literature

• Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Volume 3: I-L. Winter, Heidelberg 1999, ISBN 3-8253-0865-0 , pp. 298-299.
• Ernst Mummenhoff :  Lochner, Georg Wolfgang Karl . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884, pp. 65-67.

Web links

Wikisource: Georg Wolfgang Karl Lochner  - Sources and full texts