Joseph Klinkenberg

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Joseph Klinkenberg , also Josef Klinkenberg , (born February 23, 1857 in Aachen , † January 21, 1917 in Cologne ) was a German high school teacher and historian.

life and work

Joseph Klinkenberg, son of the weaver Michael Klinkenberg and Elisabeth Mohné, attended the Royal High School in Aachen, where he passed the Abitur in 1876. He then studied classical philology , philosophy , history and German at the University of Bonn . He was born on December 22, 1880 at Hermann Usener and Franz Bücheler with a thesis on Euripides doctorate .

In 1881/82 he completed his probationary year at the Royal High School in Aachen, where he taught Greek, Latin, Hebrew and French, and after taking the state examination in 1882, he stayed there as a provisional teacher until 1886. On April 1, 1886, he became a permanent senior teacher at the Marzellen-Gymnasium in Cologne , later he was awarded the title of high school professor.

In Cologne, Klinkenberg dealt with the history of the city, especially Roman Cologne . From 1901 to 1904 he was partially exempted from teaching and was able to work on his volume Das Roman Köln , published in 1906 in the series Die Kunstdenkmäler der Rheinprovinz . To this day, this volume represents the basis for any further academic study of Roman Cologne.

His son Johannes Klinkenberg (1887–1959) was also a high school teacher in Cologne and published on ancient Cologne.

Publications (selection)

Joseph Klinkenberg: "The Roman Cologne"
  • De Euripideorum prologorum arte et interpolatione Bonn 1880 (= dissertation with curriculum vitae p. 30, digitized version ).
  • The Roman-Christian epitaphs of Cologne . Bachem, Cologne 1891 ( digitized version ).
  • Cologne and its churches along with a guide through the city. Guide through Cologne for visitors to the 50th General Assembly of Catholics in Germany . Theissing, Cologne 1903.
  • The Roman grave monuments of Cologne . In: Bonner Jahrbücher 108/109, 1902, pp. 80-184.
  • Roman Cologne (= The Art Monuments of the City of Cologne, Vol. 1, 2 = The Art Monuments of the Rhine Province, Vol. 6, 2). Schwann, Düsseldorf 1906 ( digitized version ).
  • Guide through Cologne Cathedral . Theissing, Cologne 1910.
  • (Ed.): The Marzellen Gymnasium in Cologne 1450-1911. Pictures from his story. Festschrift dedicated to the grammar school on the occasion of its relocation by the former students . Kölner Verlags-Anstalt, Cologne 1911 ( digitized version ).
  • The civil society in Cologne 1863–1913 . Bachem, Cologne 1913.
  • Early Christian from Aachen and the surrounding area . In: Zeitschrift des Aachener Geschichtsverein 37, 1915, pp. 337-350.

literature

  • Ulrich S. Soénius, Jürgen Wilhelm (Ed.): Kölner Personen-Lexikon . Greven, Cologne 2008, ISBN 978-3-7743-0400-0 , p. 286.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ School chronicle of the Gymnasium Aachen 1881/82 ; according to the school's annual reports until 1886 .
  2. ^ Paul Clemen : preliminary remarks . In: Die Kunstdenkmäler der Stadt Köln Vol. 1, 1/2 (= Die Kunstdenkmäler der Rheinprovinz Vol. 6, 1/2). Schwann, Düsseldorf 1906, p. V ( digitized version ).
personal data
SURNAME Klinkenberg, Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Klinkenberg, Peter Hubert Joseph (full name); Klinkenberg, Josef; Klinkenberg, Josephus (Latinized form of name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German high school teacher and historian
DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH Aachen
DATE OF DEATH January 21, 1917
Place of death Cologne