Heinrich Welzhofer

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Heinrich Welzhofer (born August 6, 1851 in Donauwörth , † 1911 in Rohrbach near Heidelberg ) was a German high school teacher, historian and playwright .

Life

The son of Karl Welzhofer (1810–1882), secretary at the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek in Munich, and Amalie Welzhofer, née Zimmermann, passed the Abitur examination at the Maximiliansgymnasium in Munich in 1870 and then studied - like his older brother Karl Welzhofer jun. (* 1848) - Philology at the University of Munich . Another brother, August Welzhofer (* 1850), studied law .

Heinrich Welzhofer initially worked as a teacher training candidate and assistant at the Realgymnasium Regensburg and then as a study teacher at the Realgymnasium in Munich. Under Wilhelm von Giesebrecht he was promoted to Dr. phil. PhD ; then he completed his habilitation. As a specialist author, he published numerous works on the history of antiquity and religions. After he was released for a year at his own request in 1891, he later worked in Wiesbaden (1896–1900) and in Baden-Baden (1900). From 1905 he was based in Rohrbach near Heidelberg.

Heinrich Welzhofer was married to the writer and editor Emilie Escherich from Munich. Their daughter Emilie, called Mela , worked as an art historian and specialist writer.

As a historian, Welzhofer initially followed the convictions of his teacher Wilhelm von Giesebrecht. In his work “ Der Europäische Völkerverein ” ( The European Association of Nations ) (1897) he represented an “imperialist” point of view. Among other things, he propagated the superiority of the European over other races and a "world empire of the Aryans " or all peoples of European descent and race. In 1907 a work was published about the founders of religions Buddha, Jesus and Mohammed. In it, "after a short introduction, Welzhofer treats the life and teachings of the three great religious founders and gives in a final chapter" Review and Outlook "an appreciation of the Buddhist, Christian and Mohammedan worldview".

He also wrote dramas.

Fonts

Historical writings

  • Investigations into the German imperial chronicle of the twelfth century . Ackermann, Munich 1874.
  • Thucydides and his history. A contribution to the history of historiography . Literary and artistic establishment (Th. Riedel), Munich 1878.
  • The beginnings of William of Orange. In: Historisches Taschenbuch , 5th episode, 10th year, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1880, pp. 141–171.
  • History of the Greek people up to the time of Solon . Perthes, Gotha 1889.
  • History of the Orient and Greece in the sixth century BC Chr. Seehagen, Berlin 1892nd
  • Sophocles' Antigone. A contribution to the history and assessment of ancient drama . O. Seehagen, Berlin 1892.
  • General history of antiquity. Volume 3: History of the Orient and Greece in the Sixth Century BC Chr. Perthes, Gotha 1892.
  • The sea battle at Salamis . 1892.
  • Dati's campaign and the battle of Marathon. In: Historical paperback , 6th episode, 11th year, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1892.
  • The march back of the Xerxes. In: New Year Books for Philology and Education, 66th Volume, Volume 153, 1896, pp. 673–679.
  • The European Association of Nations. Its development and future. O. Seehagen, Berlin 1897.
  • The little book from the Most High. Natural doctrine of God with reflections on old and new religion. Strecker & Schröder, Stuttgart 1906.
  • The great religious founders Buddha, Jesus, Mohammed. Life and Doctrine, Truth and Error. Strecker & Schröder, Stuttgart 1907.
  • The world conquerors: Alexander, Temujin, Napoleon. Live and strive, achieve and succumb. Wegner, Stuttgart 1911.

Reviews

In: Sheets for the Bavarian high school system , edited by Adolf Römer. 27, 1891:

  • P. 51: HW Stoll: Hikes through ancient Greece. First part: The Peloponnese. Second part: middle u. Northern Greece. Teubner, Leipzig 1889.
  • P. 325: JN Prasek: Media and the House of Kyaxares. (Berlin studies for classical philology and archeology. Eleventh volume, third issue). Galvary et al. Co., Berlin 1890.
  • S. 550–551: Alfred von Gutschmid: Small writings. Edited by Franz Rühl. Volume II: Writings on the history and literature of the Semitic peoples and on older church history. BG Teubner, Leipzig 1890.

Dramas

  • Emperor Otto III. 1902.
  • Semiramis. 1905.

Letters

  • Letter to Johann Friedrich (1836–1917), professor in Munich (old Catholic theologian); Historian; Würzburg, January 17, 1892: Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek; Signature: Döllingeriana IV.

literature

  • Franz Brümmer (Ed.): Lexicon of German poets and prose writers from the beginning of the 19th century to the present . 6th edition, Volume 7, Leipzig 1913, p. 391.
  • Kürschner's German Literature Calendar . Nekrolog 1901-1935. Leipzig 1936.
  • Bert Riehle: A New Order of the World. Federal theories of peace in the German-speaking area between 1892 and 1932 . V & R unipress, Göttingen 2009, ISBN 978-3-89971-558-3 , pp. 147-148.
  • Wilhelm Kosch (Greetings): German Literature Lexicon. Biographical-bibliographical manual . 3rd edition, 30th volume, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin et al. 2010, ISBN 978-3-11-023159-3 , Sp. 490.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Annual report on the K. Maximilians-Gymnasium in Munich for the school year 1869/70 .
  2. ↑ Karl Welzhofer jun. later worked as a classical philologist and Germanist at the Straubing High School and at the Ludwigsgymnasium in Munich; he was a collaborator and author of several specialist publications.
  3. ^ Maximiliansgymnasium Munich, Abitur class 1868
  4. ^ [Escherich, Emilie entry Emilie Escherich] in the Wiesbaden city dictionary .
  5. ↑ cit. n. Riehle, p. 148.
  6. ↑ Gustav Pfannmüller (Ed.): Handbuch der Islam-Literatur . Walter de Gruyter, Berlin and Leipzig 1923, p. 196.
personal data
SURNAME Welzhofer, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and playwright
DATE OF BIRTH August 6, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH Donauwörth
DATE OF DEATH 1911
Place of death Rohrbach near Heidelberg