Hermann Wiegand

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Hermann Wiegand (born January 1, 1951 in Heidelberg ) is a German high school teacher, headmaster and neo-Latin philologist .

Hermann Wiegand attended the Kurfürst-Friedrich-Gymnasium in Heidelberg from 1962 to 1970 and studied Classical Philology, Middle and New Latin Philology, History, Theology and German at the University of Heidelberg from 1970 to 1975 . In 1977 he became a teacher at the Karl-Friedrich-Gymnasium in Mannheim, whose director he was from 1996 until his retirement in 2014. In 1983 he received his doctorate at the University of Heidelberg with a thesis on the Hodoeporica (the neo-Latin travel poetry ), the second neo-Latin dissertation in Germany after that of Paul Gerhard Schmidt . He has been a lecturer there since 1987, and since 2001 he has been an honorary professor of neo-Latin literature at Heidelberg University. Since 2007 he has been chairman of the Mannheimer Altertumsverein , of which he has been a board member since 1982.

Wiegand's areas of work are Middle and Neo-Latin literature , German literature and history, and in particular the literature and regional history of southwest Germany .

Fonts (selection)

  • Hodoeporica. Studies on neo-Latin travel poetry in the German cultural area in the 16th century. With a bio-bibliography of the authors and prints (= Saecvla spiritalia. Volume 12). Koerner, Baden-Baden 1984 (also dissertation, University of Heidelberg 1983).
  • The two-peaked Musenberg. Studies on humanism in the Electoral Palatinate (= Rhein-Neckar-Kreis: Historische Schriften. Volume 2). Regional culture publishing house, Ubstadt-Weiher 2000.
  • And his work was bold. Poets from Schopfheim - Schopfheim in poetry. Booklet accompanying the special exhibition in the Museum of the City of Schopfheim. Schopfheim 2003.
  • with Wilhelm Kreutz: A short history of the city of Mannheim. G. Braun / DRW-Verlag Weinbrenner, Karlsruhe / Leinfelden-Echterdingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-7650-8358-7 .
  • Marquard Freher. The father of Palatinate historiography. Hennecke, Ludwigshafen 2015, ISBN 978-3-9816488-6-7 .

literature

  • Jonas Göhler (Ed.): Bibliography Hermann Wiegand. On the festive farewell as headmaster of the Karl-Friedrich-Gymnasium Mannheim on July 14th, 2014 . Mattes, Heidelberg 2014.

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personal data
SURNAME Wiegand, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German high school teacher and neo-Latin philologist
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Heidelberg