Gottlieb Felder

Gottlieb Felder (born March 3, 1866 in Gossau , † April 4, 1950 there , reformed , entitled to live in Kappel ) was a Swiss historian .

Life

Gottlieb Felder was born on March 3, 1866 as the son of the primary school teacher Johann Felder in Gossau. He graduated from high school and secondary school in St. Gallen . After doing apprenticeships in the Toggenburg region, Felder then taught German, French and history at the Talhof girls’s secondary school in St. Gallen from 1896 to 1931. He was also a board member of the Swiss Castle Association and the Historical Association of the Canton of St. Gallen.

The castle researcher Gottlieb Felder, known as the “castle father”, is the author of the standard work The Castles of the Cantons of St. Gallen and Appenzell, published between 1907 and 1942, and promoted the preservation of these buildings. Gottlieb Felder, who remained unmarried, died on April 4, 1950 at the age of 84 in Gossau.

Honor

• 1936: Honorary doctorate to Dr. phil. H. c. at the University of Zurich for his contribution to enhancing history teaching .

Works

• The castles of the cantons of St. Gallen and Appenzell. DNB 560467257 :
  • Part 1: (= Historical Association of the Canton of St. Gallen [Hrsg.]: New Year's Gazette 1907 ). Zollikofer, St. Gallen 1907, OCLC 636646342 .
  • Part 2: (= Historical Association of the Canton of St. Gallen [Hrsg.]: New Year's Gazette 1911 ). Zollikofer, St. Gallen 1911, OCLC 636646379 .
  • Part 3: Report on the efforts to preserve and further research our castles (= New Year's Gazette. 82). Fehr, St. Gallen 1942, DNB 36578396X .
• The city of St. Gallen and its surroundings. Nature and history, life and facilities in the past and present. A local lore. Edited by the municipal teaching staff with the support of the authorities and with the participation of numerous experts by Gottlieb Felder. Volume 1 (so complete). Fehr, St. Gallen 1916, DNB 958090777 .
• Estate - in the Historical Museum St. Gallen

literature

• Dr. hc Gottlieb Felder in memory. [Zollikofer], [St. Gallen] 1950, OCLC 757762484

Web links

• Marcel Mayer: Felder, Gottlieb. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . February 10, 2004 .
• Gottlieb Felder's estate in the Vadiana St. Gallen Cantonal Library