Hans Rommel

Hans Rommel (born January 4, 1890 in Hausen ob Urspring ; † May 24, 1979 in Freudenstadt ) was senior lecturer at the Keplergymnasium Freudenstadt, city and district archivist and founder of the "Freudenstädter Heimatblätter"

Life

Johann Baptist August (nickname "Hans") Rommel was born in Hausen ob Urspring as the son of the local school teacher Johann Paul Rommel and his wife Maria Anna Dachser. The parents married in Hausen oU on November 29, 1888. Hans Rommel's paternal grandfather, Johann Baptist Rommel, was Baron von Freybergscher Revierjäger in Allmendingen; the maternal grandfather Johann Georg Dachser was Baron Freyberg's economic overseer in Haldenwang, Bavaria. The family originally came from the Großer Lautertal (hunters on the Schülzburg ). Besides Hans Rommel, the brother Franz August (* 1891) and the sister Paula (* 1892) were born in Hausen oU .

Rommel attended elementary school in Hausen oU, where his father had to teach all seven school classes in one classroom. When he was 6 to 7 years old, his father was transferred to Hürbel . Prepared through private tuition, he was able to transfer to the grammar school in Ehingen and attend school there until he passed the state exam . He then moved to the Ehinger Konvikt , and from there in 1910 to the Tübingen Wilhelmsstift to study at the University of Tübingen . There he studied ancient languages ​​and history, also spent a semester at the University of Berlin and returned to Tübingen in 1912. Rommel reported as a war volunteer and was discharged from military service at the end of 1918 after various deployments. It was not until 1918 that he was able to take his first service examination after a break of several years. He immediately began completing his dissertation and received his doctorate in Tübingen in 1921 with a thesis on the scientific-paradoxographic excursions under Philostratos , Heliodoros and Achilleus Tatios .

After completing his studies, Rommel was initially an assistant teacher in Rottenburg am Neckar . This was followed in 1920 by his appointment as a teacher in Freudenstadt at the secondary school there with a newly integrated Latin department, in which city he also settled at home. In 1929, the Realschule was expanded to become a full-service facility called "Realgymnasium und Oberrealschule". When the new building of the high school, the “Keplerschule”, was inaugurated in 1930, Rommel wrote the commemorative publication “The new building of the Realgymnasium and Oberrealschule in Freudenstadt”. His subjects were mainly ancient languages ​​(Latin) and history.

In the 1930s, Rommel began to dedicate himself to the history of his new home Freudenstadt and the surrounding area. It was he who took the initiative in 1936 to found the “Freudenstädter Heimatblätter”. The publication of a historical magazine for a city the size of Freudenstadt was a rarity. As publisher and editor of the papers, Rommel drew from its foundation in 1936 until his death in 1979. In addition, he was the author of several dozen articles in the magazine, many of which were not even signed by his name. In addition, Rommel wrote several other independently published publications on the history of Freudenstadt.

Until now, Freudenstadt did not have an independent city archive until Rommel was commissioned by then mayor Ernst Blaicher in 1937 to set up a city archive. The expansion of the city museum was also important to him. Rommel was then also appointed archivist and curator for the entire Freudenstadt district.

The Second World War, in which he was still used as a reserve officer, then ruined much of his work. While large parts of the city archive could be saved by being stored in bunkers, extensive and valuable archival material such as B. the inventories and divisions, the church registers and the Black Forest newspaper "Der Grenzer" (later the Black Forest messenger). The city museum was also opened on the night of 16./17. April 1945 destroyed by bombs and artillery fire. After the war, the archive and museum had to be painstakingly rebuilt. In 1955, Rommel retired when he reached retirement age. Rommel died in Freudenstadt on May 24, 1979.

Works

Appeared independently

• Two former therapeutic baths around Freudenstadt. Edited by the Heimat- u. Museum association for the city and district of Freudenstadt. Freudenstadt: homeland u. Museum Association for the City and District of Freudenstadt, 1978. 52 pp. (Freudenstadt Contributions to the Historical Geography between Neckar, Murg and Kinzig, No. 2).
• (revised by W. Dürring) The Protestant city church of Freudenstadt: new guide through the city church . New edition. Freudenstadt: Verlag Schwarzwälder Bote, 1974 and 1975. 19 p.
• (together with Georg Kopp) The city church of Freudenstadt . Revision. Freudenstadt (Black Forest): Kaupert, 1963. 22 pp.
• Ten years ago: 16./17. April 1945; how it came to the destruction of Freudenstadt . Freudenstadt (Black Forest): Kaupert, 1955. 52 p. (Freudenstädter Heimatblätter, supplement no. 1).
• (together with Georg Kopp) The city church of Freudenstadt . 1st edition Freudenstadt (Black Forest): Kaupert, 1954. 22 pp.
• A home greeting in the field from the city and district of Freudenstadt . Compiled by Hans Rommel on behalf of the district leader. Freudenstadt (Black Forest): Kaupert, 1940. 160 pp.
• Heinrich Schickhardt, the builder of Freudenstadt: Commemoration on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of his death, January 1935 in Freudenstadt . Compiled on behalf of the Schickhardt Family Association and presented to its members by the Schickhardt Family Association for the 4th Family Conference in 1935. Freudenstadt (Black Forest): Kaupert, 1935. 12 pp.
• The new building of the Realgymnasium and the Oberrealschule in Freudenstadt: Festschrift of the Schwarzwald-Zeitung "Der Grenzer" . Freudenstadt (Black Forest): Kaupert and Kepler-Oberschule, 1930. 68 pp.
• The scientific paradoxographic excursions in Philostratus, Heliodorus and Achilleus Tatios . Tübingen: University, dissertation, 1921. Print: Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 1923. IV, 82 pp.

Contributions to the "Freudenstädter Heimatblätter"

Rommel was the editor of Volume 1/1936 up to Volume 13/1979

• What we want. Vol. 1, 1936, pp. 5ff.
• (with G. Haag) Biography of the schoolmaster Joh. Gaiser in Baiersbronn I. Vol. 1, 1936, p. 38ff.
• From old house signs in Freudenstadt. Vol. 1, 1936, pp. 80ff.
• Old stone carvings in Schwarzenberg. Vol. 1, 1936, pp. 84f.
• The oldest view of Freudenstadt. Vol. 1, 1936, pp. 86f.
• Obituaries. Vol. 1, 1936, pp. 92ff.
• Book review by G. Bossert, Aus Horb and surroundings. Vol. 1, 1936, pp. 99ff.
• Looking for the "document". A supplement to the previous article. Vol. 2, 1937, pp. 24ff.
• The future Freudenstadt district. Vol. 2, 1937, pp. 75f.
• From the genealogical literature of our homeland (new publications 1936). Vol. 2, 1937, pp. 130f.
• Twenty-five years in the service of the homeland. From the history of the "Association for Local Lore" in Freudenstadt. Vol. 2, 1937, pp. 132ff.
• A Freudenstadt bell from Adelberg. Vol. 3/4, 1938/9, p. 16.
• An old view of the Reichenbacher monastery church. Vol. 3/4, 1938/9, p. 17f.
• Of bricks and bricks in and around Freudenstadt. Vol. 3/4, 1938/9, p. 49ff.
• (with A. Nestle) Colorful all sorts. Vol. 3/4, 1938/9, pp. 92ff.
• From the local literature. Vol. 3/4, 1938/9, pp. 95ff.
• (with Georg Albrecht) On the topography and history of Alpirsbach. Vol. 6, 1949, pp. 9ff. u. 25ff.
• 40 years of Freudenstädter Heimatblätter. Vol. 12, 1972/77, No. 30 (March 1976).
• A short-lived memorial plaque on the former Stuttgart Gate. Vol. 12, 1972/77, No. 38 (January 1977).
• List of residents as hereditary homage. Vol. 13, May 1977-Dec. 79, No. 12.
• The inns in Freudenstadt mentioned 300 years ago and their history. Vol. 13, May 1977-Dec. 79, No. 12.
• The former brickworks in Freudenstadt. Vol. 13, May 1977-Dec. 79, no. 15, 16 and 17th

literature

• Gerhard Kaller: Obituary - Hans Rommel, b. Hausen ob Urspring January 4th, 1890, died Freudenstadt May 24th, 1979. In: The archivist. Bulletin for German archives . 33, 1980, column 480.
• Otto Schoell: Dr. Hans Rommel. A few things about his life and life's work, especially for school. In: Freudenstädter Heimatblätter 13, No. 15, June / July 1979, p. 1 and 4th
• Freudenstadt City Archives. Inventory overview booth 2011. Freudenstadt: Municipal Archives, 2011. (With presentation of the activities Rommel as a city archivist) [1]

Web links

• Freudenstädter Heimatblätter

Individual evidence

1. ^ A photo by Rommel is printed in Otto Schoell (1979), Dr. Hans Rommel: A few things about his life and life's work, especially for school. In: Freudenstädter Heimatblätter , Vol. 13, No. 15, June / July, p. 1.