Gustav E. Lang

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Gustav Eugen Lang (born November 19, 1866 in Heilbronn ; † November 3, 1951 in Stuttgart ) was a German historian , journalist and high school teacher. Most recently, as Ephorus , he headed the Maulbronn Evangelical Seminary . He was a great-grandson of the writer Carl Lang .

Life

His father was Philipp Lang, owner of the Neubauer pharmacy in Heilbronn, his mother Helene Hauck. After attending grammar school, Gustav E. Lang studied classical philology , history and art in Tübingen, Berlin, Munich and Strasbourg and was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD. He made extensive trips through Europe, Asia Minor and North Africa. From 1895 he taught Greek, French, history and German at high schools in Württemberg. Lang belonged to the colleges of the Heilbronn Karlsgymnasium (until 1909) and the Eberhard-Ludwigs-Gymnasium in Stuttgart.

In the Reichstag election in 1912 , Lang ran as a representative of the Conservatives and the Federation of Farmers (unsuccessfully) in the constituency of Göppingen -Gmünd. During the First World War he served as a captain in the Landwehr in Flanders and in the Württemberg recruit depot. He was awarded the Iron Cross, Second Class.

Most recently, Lang worked as Ephorus of the Evangelical Seminary in Maulbronn and head of the educational institution until 1933 . He published various writings with a focus on Homer , Württemberg history and geography. He also published a biography of his great-grandfather Carl Lang (1911) as part of the series depictions from the history of Württemberg by Kohlhammer Verlag .

Gustav Lang had been married to Lina, daughter of construction clerk Hermann Ehmann , since 1902 . The marriage had four children.

Works

  • History of the Württemberg monastery schools, from their foundation to their final transformation into evangelical-theological seminars. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1938.
  • From religious life in the 18th century. Salzer, Heilbronn 1929.
  • History of the grammar school in the imperial city of Heilbronn. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1914.
  • Friedrich Karl Lang: Life and life's work of an epigone of the Enlightenment period. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1911.
  • Studies on the Geography of the Odyssey. Gutsch, Karlsruhe 1905.
  • From Rome to Sardis: Travel pictures from classic countries. Steinkopf, Stuttgart 1899.
  • Maulbronn and the other Evangelical theological seminaries in Württemberg under the Third Reich. In: Leaves for Württemberg Church History. 3rd episode, Volume 48, 1948, pp. 88-110.
  • Guide through the Maulbronn Monastery. Brackenheim 1972.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Annette Geisler: artist, author, publisher, educator: Carl Lang (1766–1822). In: Christhard Schrenk (Ed.): Heilbronner Köpfe IV. Heilbronn City Archives, Heilbronn 2007, ISBN 978-3-928990-99-8 , pp. 145–160. ( Small series of publications from the archive of the city of Heilbronn. Volume 52)
  2. ↑ a b c Lang, Gustav E. In: Degeners Who is it? 10th edition, Degener, Berlin 1935.
  3. ^ Ernst Wolfgang Becker: Theodor Heuss, Stuttgart edition / letters. Saur, Munich 2009, p. 583.
  4. ^ History of the humanistic school system in Würtemberg. Volume 2, part 1. Württemberg Commission for State History, W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1920, p. 91.
  5. ^ Karl-Heinz Fix, Carsten Nicolaisen , Ruth Pabst, Siegfried Hermle, Harry Oelke: Handbook of the German Protestant Churches, 1918 to 1949: Organs - Offices - People. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2017, ISBN 978-3-647-55794-6 , p. 635.
personal data
SURNAME Lang, Gustav E.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lang, Gustav Eugen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian, publicist and teacher
DATE OF BIRTH November 19, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Heilbronn
DATE OF DEATH November 3, 1951
Place of death Stuttgart