Hermann Großler

Hermann Großler, around 1880

Georg Paul Hermann Großesler (born April 2, 1840 in Naumburg ad Saale , † February 4, 1910 in Eisleben ) was a German teacher and historian. His greatest success was the discovery of the prince's grave near Helmsdorf near Heiligenthal . He has published over 250 writings.

Life

Childhood and youth

Hermann Großler was born in Naumburg in 1840 and attended the Domgymnasium there . From 1859 to 1863 he studied theology and philosophy at the University of Halle . First he worked as a teacher in Hamburg and Altona and thus experienced the German-Danish War of 1864 and the German War of 1866. In April 1869 he passed the higher teachers' examination in Berlin in the subjects of religion, German, history, geography, Hebrew, Greek and Latin and then completed a probationary year in Stargard in Pomerania.

With the subject " The causes of the permanence of the so-called everlasting Reichstag in Regensburg ", Großerler received his doctorate on January 14, 1870 in Jena . From 1870 to 1871 he was employed at the Luisenstädtisches Gymnasium in Berlin. At the age of 31, Großerler finally came to Eisleben. He taught German, history, religion and Hebrew for 34 years at the Royal Gymnasium , which later became the Luther Gymnasium .

The Association for History and Antiquities

The Society for History and Antiquities of the County of Mansfeld was founded in 1864 by Pastor Karl Krummhaar (1807–1881) from Helbra and grammar school professor Karl Immanuel Gerhardt (1816–1899). Larger's cooperation since 1871 (1884-1910 chairman) significantly advanced the work of the association. Thus from 1887 (until 1944) the reports of the history association were published under the title Mansfelder Blätter . These were exchanged with over 120 clubs. In return, the association received countless publications from all over the German-speaking area to further develop the library. This collection still forms the basis for the Eisleber museum library today . Today (2008) the library is maintained by the Luther Memorials Foundation based in Eisleben.

In 1883 Großerler was awarded the title of professor. Since 1892 he was deputy chairman of the historical commission for the province of Saxony (since 1900 also for the duchy of Anhalt). In 1905 he retired from school for health reasons.

The princely grave

In 1906, Großerler began excavating the Helmsdorf prince's grave , a Bronze Age burial site that was discovered during the construction of a railway line to the Paulschacht . The finds were later given to the Museum of History and Antiquities in Eisleben. This included gold jewelry weighing 177 grams and the so-called death drawer, a wooden bed-like lounger for the deceased. Following the zeitgeist of the early 20th century, the main focus of Großerler and the public was on gold jewelry. The outstanding importance of the dead drawer for Central European prehistory was only recognized much later. The famous jewelry and the chest of the dead are today (2008) in the State Museum for Prehistory in Halle an der Saale. Some finds from Großerler's excavations are exhibited today in the building of the Eisleber City Archives.

The Großlerstrasse

When Großler died in 1910, his bibliography, consisting mainly of regional historical literature, comprised 252 monographs and journal articles. Soon afterwards the city of Eisleben renamed the Grüne Gasse in his honor in Großerlerstraße.

Works (selection)

• "Documented history of Eisleben up to the end of the twelfth century", Halle adS 1875, ed. by Joachim Jahns
• "Chronicon Islebiense Eisleber city chronicle from the years 1520–1738", 1882
• "Person directory for the Chronicon Islebiense, Eisleber town chronicle from the years 1520–1738", 1903
• "Messages from Eislebischen church registers, the years 1632-1780 comprehensive", 1888
• "Inscriptiones islebienses the inscriptions of the city of Eisleben", 1883
• “From the single courtyard to the city district: A look at d. Development d. Stadt Eisleben ”, Halle (Saale) as 1910, ed. by Joachim Jahns
• "The historical development of the Mansfeld copper slate mining", Eisleben 1900
• "The art monuments of the Mansfeld lake district", Halle adS 1895
• "The Mansfeld dialect: its limits, internal structure and origin", 1890
• "Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Mansfeld lake district", Halle adS 1895
• "Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Mansfeld mountain range", Halle adS 1893
• "The older documents of the city of Hettstedt in the Mansfeld mountain district", 1894
• "The desert areas of the Friesenfeld and Hassegau", Halle 1875
• “Legends of the County of Mansfeld and its immediate surroundings”, 1880
• "Gleanings from the legends and customs of the County of Mansfeld and its immediate surroundings", 1887
• "Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the province of Saxony, Naumburg-Land district", Halle (Saale) 1905
• "The community and church seals of the Querfurt district", 1904
• "Historical map of the district of Querfurt", Querfurt 1908, as a supplement to: Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the province of Saxony, district of Querfurt.
• "Guide through the Unstrut Valley from Artern to Naumburg", Freyburg (Unstrut) 1904, 2nd volumes
• "The foundation of the Christian church in the country between Saale and Elbe", 1907
• "The sagas of Winfried Bonifatius ", Eisleben 1899
• "The division of the country between the lower Saale and Mulde into Gaue and Archidiakonate", 1905
• "Thuringia's Fall: Dramatic Poetry in Two Parts", 1902
• "Radegundis of Thuringia in the poems of their time", 1894

as well as numerous articles on regional history in various magazines, including:

• “The fall of the Thuringian Kingdom 531 AD”, in: Journal of the Association for Thuringian History and Archeology 1899
• “News about the fall of the Thuringian Kingdom”, in: Journal of the Association for Thuringian History and Archeology, 1904
• "Again the Thuringian-Franconian War of 531", in: Journal of the Association for Thuringian History and Antiquity, 1907
• "Prehistoric graves and finds in the district of Burgscheidungen ad Unstrut, Querfurt district ", in: Annual journal for the prehistory of the Saxon-Thuringian countries, 1st volume; Part 2 and 3, 1902
• "The Gesundbrunnen near Dorndorf adUnstrut", in: Messages from the Geography Association in Halle 1893
• "The linguistic affiliation of the name Pforta ", in: New communications from the field of historical-antiquarian research 1908
• "About the seals of the villages of the Mansfeld Seenkreis", in: Journal of the Harz Association for History and Archeology 1880
• “Sexology of the noble lords of Hakeborn ”, with family tree, in: Mansfelder Blätter, 1890, pp. 31–84
• "Radegundis, Princess of Thuringia, Queen of France, patron saint of Poitiers", in Mansfelder Blätter 1888, p. 69ff
• "The common scope of the Gaue Friesenfeld and Hassegau ", in: Messages from the Association for the History and Antiquity of Erfurt 1883
• "The desertions of the Friesenfeldes and Hassegaues", In: Journal of the Harz Association for history and antiquity. Volume 11, 1878, pp. 119-231
• "The meaning of the Hersfeld tithe directory for local knowledge and history of the Gaue Friesenfeld and Hassegaues", In: Zeitschrift des Harzverein für Geschichte und Alterthumskunde , Volume 7, 1874, pp. 85-130
• "The time of writing the Hersfelder Zehntverzeichnis", In: Zeitschrift des Harzverein für Geschichte und Alterthumskunde , Volume 8, 1875, pp. 302-310

Individual evidence

1. ^ Regional literature : Prof. Hermann Großler , Biographical Notes Dingsdaverlag ( Memento from September 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Bernhard Fabian (Ed.): Handbook of the historical book inventory in Germany, Austria and Europe . Hildesheim 2003.
3. ^ Klaus-Rüdiger Mai: The bronze dealers: A hidden high culture in the heart of Europe. Frankfurt am Main 2006.

Web links

Commons : Hermann Großler  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Hermann Großesler in the catalog of the German National Library
• Hermann Großler's personnel sheet in the BIL's personal file in the archive database of the Library for Research on Educational History (BBF)