Hermann Schmitz (ancient historian)

Hermann Schmitz (born March 25, 1891 in Mönchengladbach ; † before 1976 ) was a German ancient historian and high school teacher.

life and work

Hermann Schmitz attended high school in Mönchengladbach. From the summer semester of 1910 he studied history and classical philology at the Universities of Freiburg , Munich and Strasbourg , and from the summer semester of 1912 at the University of Bonn . Here he was in December 1914. Ulrich Wilcken with the work the Hellenistic-Roman city facilities in Egypt doctorate , only the part about the 1921 Hermopolis was printed. In December 1916, he passed the teaching examination for history, Greek and Latin. He completed his seminar year at the grammar school in Essen .

Due to the inflation in the early 1920s, he had to quit his job and worked as a bank clerk. At that time he was living in Freiburg im Breisgau . For a printing grant for his previously published treatise A Law of the City of Olbia to Protect Their Silver Money. Study of the Greek currency history of the 4th century BC Chr. By the Emergency Association of German Science he turned 1925 Ulrich Wilcken. This passed this on to Eduard Meyer for application.

Then he worked again as a high school teacher in the Rhineland. He was a teacher active in Koblenz , Brühl (1926) Prüm (1931-32) and from 1932 on Dreikönigsgymnasium in Cologne . In Cologne in the thirties he also worked part-time as a museum teacher at the Roman-Germanic department of the Wallraf-Richartz Museum . He systematically conducted classes in the museum for school classes and trained trainee teachers and teachers.

Scientifically, he dealt with the history of the city of Cologne in Roman times , the Roman Rhineland and the topography of the Roman Empire . He wrote numerous articles for the Realencyclopedia of Classical Antiquity . In addition, he had been a member of the Society for Rhenish History from 1950 . In 1955/56 he was awarded the title of professor. In retirement he lived in Grenzach (Baden) .

Publications

Fonts, selection

The Hellenistic-Roman city complexes in Egypt . Mors & Singler, Freiburg i. Br. 1921 (= partial print of the dissertation).
A law of the City of Olbia to protect their silver money. Study of the Greek currency history of the 4th century BC Chr. J. Waibel University bookstore, Freiburg i. Br. 1925. - Reviews: Bernhard Laum , in: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 3. Volume 71 (= 126), 1927, pp. 206–208; Kurt Regling , in: Deutsche Literaturzeitung 46, 1925, Sp. 1471–1473.
The building certificate in P. Vindob. gr. 12565 in the light of the results of the German Hermopolis expedition. In: Walter Otto , Leopold Wenger (Hrsg.): Papyri and antiquity. Lectures at the 3rd International Papyrologists' Day in Munich from September 4 to 7, 1933 (= Munich contributions to papyrus research and ancient legal history, Volume 19). Beck, Munich 1934, pp. 406-428.
On the economic importance of the Roman estate Cologne-Müngersdorf . In: Bonner Jahrbücher 139, 1934, pp. 80–93.
The consecration of a Prefect of the Guard to the Dea Vagdavercustis (CIL XIII 12057) . In: Germania 24, 1940, pp. 255-266.
The conquest of the West Germanic peoples in northern France, the Scheldt, the Meuse and the Lower Rhine . In: Rheinische Blätter. German cultural and political magazine in the west 18, 1941.
City and Empire. Cologne in Roman times . First volume: The beginnings of the city of Cologne and the Ubier . Cologne University Press Balduin Pick, Cologne 1948.
Public law investigations into Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium . In: Yearbook of the Cologne History Association 25, 1950, pp. 13–37.
Colonia Agrippinensium as the residence of the Gaulish special emperors . In: Yearbook of the Cologne History Association 28, 1953, pp. 16–40.
Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium (= publications of the Cologne History Association, Volume 18). Der Löwe publishing house, Cologne 1956.
On the topography of Hermopolis according to the Greek documents . In: Günther Roeder (Ed.): Hermopolis 1929–1939. Excavations of the German Hermopolis expedition in Hermopolis, Upper Egypt. Gerstenberg, Hildesheim 1959, pp. 100-105.
To the Roman cadastre of Orange . In: In the shadow of St. Gereon. Erich Kuphal on July 1, 1960 . Cologne 1960, pp. 343-351.
The time of Roman rule on the Rhine . In: The first millennium. Culture and art in the emerging West on the Rhine and Ruhr . Text volume 1. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1962, pp. 7-92.

literature

Robert Steimel: Cologne heads . Cologne 1958
Hermann Schmitz . In: Werner Schuder (Ed.): Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar . Founded by Joseph Kürschner . 10th edition. De Gruyter, Berlin 1966, OCLC 257208474 , p. 2188 .

Web links

Hermann Schmitz's personnel sheet in the BIL's personal file in the archive database of the Library for Research on Educational History (BBF)

Personnel card in the archive database of the Library for Research on Educational History (BBF)

Remarks

^ According to Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar . 12th edition. Stuttgart 1976, p. 3673 already deceased according to postal note 1976.
↑ Official population register of the city of Freiburg 1922, p. 226 Rosastr. 6, study assessor; 1924/25, p. 235 Goethestr. 6, bank clerk; 1925/26, p. 243 Erwinstr. 50, bank clerk.
↑ Ulrich Wilcken: Letters to Eduard Meyer, 1889–1930 , ed. by Gert Audring , Universitäts-Verlag, Konstanz 1994, ISBN 3-87940-487-9 , p. 90.
^ Peter Noelke : The debate about the mediation mandate of museums and archeology in Germany . In: Peter Noelke (ed.): Archaeological museums and sites of Roman antiquity. On the way from the treasure house to the adventure park and virtual information center. Lectures at the 2nd International Colloquium on Education in Museums, Cologne, 3. – 6. May 1999 organized by the Museumsdienst Köln and the Römisch-Germanisches Museum Köln . City of Cologne, Cologne 2001, ISBN 3-7749-3063-5 , p. 37.
^ Hermann Schmitz: On the practical implementation of school lessons in the museums . In: Museumskunde NF 6, 1934, 127–133; Hermann Schmitz: Ancient language teaching and museum . In: Die alten Sprachen 1940, pp. 36–40.
^ Request for the title of professor to be conferred on teacher Hermann Schmitz in the Historical Archives of the City of Cologne .

personal data
SURNAME	Schmitz, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Schmitz, Hermann Maria (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German high school teacher and ancient historian
DATE OF BIRTH	March 25, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mönchengladbach
DATE OF DEATH	before 1976

[1] According to Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar . 12th edition. Stuttgart 1976, p. 3673 already deceased according to postal note 1976.

[2] Official population register of the city of Freiburg 1922, p. 226 Rosastr. 6, study assessor; 1924/25, p. 235 Goethestr. 6, bank clerk; 1925/26, p. 243 Erwinstr. 50, bank clerk.

[3] Ulrich Wilcken: Letters to Eduard Meyer, 1889–1930 , ed. by Gert Audring , Universitäts-Verlag, Konstanz 1994, ISBN 3-87940-487-9 , p. 90.

[4] Peter Noelke : The debate about the mediation mandate of museums and archeology in Germany . In: Peter Noelke (ed.): Archaeological museums and sites of Roman antiquity. On the way from the treasure house to the adventure park and virtual information center. Lectures at the 2nd International Colloquium on Education in Museums, Cologne, 3. – 6. May 1999 organized by the Museumsdienst Köln and the Römisch-Germanisches Museum Köln . City of Cologne, Cologne 2001, ISBN 3-7749-3063-5 , p. 37.

[5] Hermann Schmitz: On the practical implementation of school lessons in the museums . In: Museumskunde NF 6, 1934, 127–133; Hermann Schmitz: Ancient language teaching and museum . In: Die alten Sprachen 1940, pp. 36–40.

[6] Request for the title of professor to be conferred on teacher Hermann Schmitz in the Historical Archives of the City of Cologne .