Julius Opel

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Julius Otto Opel (born July 17, 1829 in Loitzschütz , † February 17, 1895 in Halle an der Saale ) was a German educator and historian .

Life

Opel was the son of a country cantor . From 1841 he attended the Stiftsgymnasium in Zeitz and then from 1849 to 1853 the University of Halle . On July 30, 1853, he received his diploma as a candidate for a school office and was then able to complete a probationary year in Merseburg . From 1854 to 1856 he was a full teacher at the Higher Citizens School in Lübben and from 1856 a collaborator at the Latin School of the Francke Foundations in Halle.

Opel switched to the city of Halle in 1864. He became rector of the municipal preschool, which prepared children of wealthy parents for high school and secondary school. With the integration of this pre-school into the city ​​high school in Halle in 1868, he became a full senior teacher at this school. The Philosophical Faculty of the University of Halle awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1867 . On his retirement he received the Red Eagle Order IV class.

Opel was a long-time member of the Thuringian-Saxon History Association and its secretary from autumn 1862 to the beginning of 1893 . In addition, he was a member of the city ​​council in Halle from 1874 to the beginning of 1885 and also worked at the General German Biography (ADB).

Works (selection)

  • De Thoringis. Halle, October 15, 1852 (script awarded with an academic award).
  • Julius Otto Opel: The Chronicon Montis Sereni explained critically. Orphanage, Halle 1859 ( digitized version ).
  • JO Opel: Mìn good klôsenaere. An attempt to explain. Orphanage, Halle 1860 (= special reprint from Mützell's magazine for high schools. Volume XIII, 11, digitized version ).
  • JO Opel: Onno Klopp and the history of the Thirty Years War. Orphanage, Halle 1862, from: New communications from the field of historical and antiquarian research. Volume 9, Issue 3/4, 1862, pp. 153-236 ( digitized version ).
  • Julius Opel and Adolf Cohn (eds.): The Thirty Years War. A collection of historical poems and prose accounts. Orphanage, Halle 1862 ( digitized ).
  • Julius Otto Opel: Valentin Weigel. A contribution to the literary and cultural history of Germany in the 17th century. TO Weigel, Leipzig 1864 ( digitized version ).
  • JO Opel: Wallenstein in Halberstadt Abbey. 1625-1626. Orphanage, Halle 1866 ( digitized version ).
  • JO Opel: Struggle of Protestantism and Catholicism in Halberstadt Monastery from 1612 to 1620. Mittler, Berlin 1870 ( digitized version ).
  • JO Opel: Elisabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia, Electress of the Palatinate. Printed by Carl Georgi, Bonn 1870, separate print from Hisorische Zeitschrift. Volume 23, 1870, pp. 289-328 ( digitized version ).
  • Julius Otto Opel: The historical folk songs of the Germans. [Review of the work of the same name by R. von Liliencron] In: Historische Zeitschrift. Volume 25, Munich 1871, pp. 1-48 ( digitized version ).
  • Julius Otto Opel: The diary of the councilor Marcus Spickendorff von Halle. Orphanage, Halle 1872, In: Annual report of the city high school in Halle a. P. 1871/72 ( digitized version ).
  • Julius Otto Opel: The Lower Saxon-Danish War. Volume 1: The Lower Saxony War 1621–1623. Orphanage, Halle 1872 ( digitized version ); Volume 2: The Danish War 1624–1626. Faber, Magdeburg 1878 ( digitized version ); Volume 3: The Danish War from 1627 to the Peace of Lübeck (1629). Faber, Magdeburg 1894 ( digitized version ).
  • JO Opel (Hrsg.): Naumburg in the Narrow Kaldic War. Bureau of the Thuringian-Saxon Association, Halle 1873, from: New communications from the field of historical-antiquarian research. Volume 13, Issue 4, pp. 453-543 ( digitized version ).
  • Friedr [ich] Wilh [elm] Hoffmann (Author), Julius Otto Opel (Ed.): Otto von Guericke, Mayor of Magdeburg. A picture of life from German history in the seventeenth century. Baensch, Magdeburg 1874 ( digitized version ).
  • JO Opel: The resignation of Duke Christian von Braunschweig to the Diocese of Halberstadt i. J. 1623. With documents. From: Neue Mittheilungen des Thür.-Sächs. Association. Volume 13, ( digitized version ).
  • JO Opel: The founding of the Union. [Discussion of] letters and acts on the history of the Thirty Years' War in the days of the predominant influence of the Wittelsbachers. First volume. Munich 1870. From: Prussian year books. Volume XXXIII, Issue 2, 1874, pp. 121-147 ( digitized version ).
  • JO Opel: A collection of letters from the Brandenburg secret council and Professor Dr. Christof von der Strassen. Gebauer-Schwetschke, Halle 1875; From: New communications from the field of historical and antiquarian research. Volume 14, 1878, pp. 187-255 ( digitized version ).
  • Julius Otto Opel: Wallenstein and the city of Halle 1625–1627. Pfeffer, Halle 1877 ( digitized version ).
  • Julius Otto Opel: The Beginnings of the German Newspaper Press 1609–1650. Verlag des Börsenverein der Deutschen Buchhandels, Leipzig 1879 (= special print from the archive for the history of the German book trade. Volume III, 1879, pp. 1–268, digitized version ).
  • Marcus Spittendorff (author), Julius Opel (ed.): Memorability of the Hallisches Rathsmeister Spittendorff (= historical sources of the province of Saxony and neighboring areas, volume 11). Hendel, Halle 1880 ( digitized ).
  • JO Opel: The first decades of the Leipzig Opera. [Dresden: W. Baensch, 1884?] From: New archive for Saxon history and antiquity. Volume V, Issue 1/2, pp. 116-141 ( digitized version ).
  • Abraham von Sebottendorf (author), JO Opel (ed.): A political memorandum of the electoral Saxon secret council Abraham von Sebottendorf for Johann Georg I from the year 1639. In: New archive for Saxon history . Volume 8, Baensch, Dresden 1887, pp. 177-242 ( digitized version ).
  • Julius Otto Opel: The election of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm as bishop of Halberstadt by Lutheran and Catholic canons in 1628. Anton, Halle (Saale) 1891, from: New communications from the Thuringian Saxon. History and Antiquity Association. Volume 18 ( digitized version ).
  • Christian Thomasius (author), Julius Otto Opel (ed.): Small German writings. Hendel, Halle ad p. 1894, from: Festschrift of the Historical Commission of the Province of Saxony for the jubilee celebration of the University of Halle-Wittenberg on August 1st to 4th, 1894. 1894 ( digitized ); Reprint: Minerva-Verlag, Frankfurt / Main 1983, ISBN 3-8102-1154-0 .

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personal data
SURNAME Opel, Julius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Opel, Julius Otto (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German educator and historian
DATE OF BIRTH July 17, 1829
PLACE OF BIRTH Loitzschütz
DATE OF DEATH February 17, 1895
Place of death Halle (Saale)