Karl Ebel

Karl Ebel (born September 24, 1868 in Gießen , † September 8, 1933 in Bad Nauheim ) was a German historian and librarian.

Life

Ebel was the son of the merchant and wine merchant Carl Ebel and his wife Karoline, b. Böger. He attended grammar schools in Bensheim and Gießen and from 1887 studied modern philology, history, art history and economics in Gießen, Breslau and Marburg , where he received his doctorate in 1892. During his studies he joined the Landsmannschaft Darmstadtia Gießen . In the same year he became an unskilled worker in the Giessen University Library , where he became an assistant in 1894 and a librarian in 1895. Ebel was permanently employed in 1898. In 1907 he became senior librarian at the same library, and in 1921 director. In 1917 he received the title of professor. During his tenure, he was able to increase the library's holdings by over 100,000 volumes. In the library, he was in charge of the manuscript collection and literature relating to Giessen. From 1893 he also worked in the Giessen city archive, which he has been in charge of since 1900 and which he transferred to the university library in 1929. From 1905 to 1922 Ebel was also a member of the Giessen city council.

Fonts (selection)

• History of the Arnsburg Monastery in the Wetterau, Vol. 1, Aeußere Geschichte 1174–1274 , [1892] (Zugl .: Marburg, Univ., Diss.).
• (Ed.) Together with Ernst Klewitz: Die Gießener Matrikel (continuation 1701–1707, with supplements) . In: Mitteilungen des Oberhessischen Geschichtsverein Gießen, Vol. 5 (1894), pp. 1–32.
• together with Bruno Sauer: The Arnsburg Cistercian Abbey in the Wetterau: History and description of the monastery at the same time guide through the ruins. Ricker, Giessen 1895.
• (Ed.): Together with Ernst Klewitz: The register of the University of Gießen 1608–1707 . Giessen 1898.
• together with Heinrich Walbe: Arnsburg monastery with Altenburg . Hessischer Staatsverlag, Darmstadt 1919 (art monuments in the Grand Duchy of Hesse; [C, 3], vol. 2).
• From the history of Grünberg in Hessen: To celebrate 700 years. City anniversary . Publication of the city administration, Grünberg in Hessen 1922.
• The Giessen University Library . Brühl, Giessen 1924.

literature

• Carl Walbrach: Karl Ebel in memory . In: Mitteilungen des Oberhessischer Geschichtsverein , 32 (1934), pp. 1-7.
• Alexandra Habermann et al: Lexicon of German Scientific Librarians 1925–1980 , Klostermann, Frankfurt a. M. 1985, ISBN 3-465-01664-5 , p. 64.