Karl Fiehn

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Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Fiehn (born May 5, 1888 in Berlin , † spring 1945 near Angermünde ) was a German classical philologist and high school teacher.

Life

Karl Fiehn, the son of the headmaster Karl Fiehn and his wife Berta Walter, attended the Luisenstädtisches Gymnasium in Berlin. After graduating from school, he studied Protestant theology and classical philology in Berlin from the winter semester 1906/07 to the summer semester 1911 . He spent the summer semester of 1908 at the University of Tübingen . On October 28 and 29, 1912, he passed the teaching examinations in religion, Latin and Greek for all levels with the grade “good”. At Easter 1913 Fiehn started the seminar year at the Leibniz Gymnasium in Berlin. His probationary year began on April 1, 1914 at the König-Friedrich-Schule in Friedrichshagen , where he was appointed as a study assessor in 1915. At the First World War, he did not participate. In 1917 he was with the dissertation Quaestiones Statianae Dr. phil. PhD . On April 1, 1919, Fiehn was given a permanent position as a teacher at the Städtische Reform-Realgymnasium in Tempelhof . On October 1, 1932, he moved to the Askanisches Gymnasium , where he worked until shortly before his death.

Fiehn was born with Dorothea Geyer, a daughter of the Oberhof building officer Albert Geyer (1846–1938), married. His monograph “History of the Berlin Palace 1443–1918” (Volume I 1936, Volume II 1992) received great attention in connection with the reconstruction plans for the Berlin Palace. Karl Fiehn worked in phases on the review of Volume I and the posthumous manuscript of Volume II of his father-in-law.

Towards the end of the Second World War , Fiehn was drafted into the Volkssturm . He fell in the spring of 1945 near Angermünde .

In addition to school service, Fiehn was scientifically active. He dealt intensively with Middle Latin poetry and the history of antiquity. In addition to essays and literary reports, he has written numerous articles for the Realencyclopadie der classical antiquity (RE).

Fonts (selection)

  • Quaestiones Statianae . Berlin 1917 (dissertation)
  • To the Archipoeta. Two neglected manuscripts for poem I. In: Zeitschrift für deutsches Altertum und Literatur Vol. 63, 1926, pp. 43–46.
  • To the Troilus Alberts von Stade. In: FS Karl Strecker, 1931, pp. 45-59.
  • Albertus Stadensis. His life and his works. In: Historische Vierteljahresschrift Vol. 26, 1931, pp. 536-572.
  • The history of the Marienklöster Harsefeld (Rosenfelde) and Stade. In: Historische Vierteljahresschrift Vol. 30, 1935, pp. 233–304.
  • Sophocles / Oidipus Tyrannos. Freytag 1928.
  • Selection from the writings, speeches and letters of Martin Luther (1483-1546). 1940

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Albert Geyer: History of the Palace in Berlin 1443-1918 . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1936, vol. 1, p. 5; Albert Geyer: History of the Palace in Berlin 1443-1918 , Prussian Sea Handling Foundation, Berlin and Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung GmbH, Berlin 1992, vol. 2, p. XVII.
  2. ^ Askanian sheets. Messages from the Askanische Oberschule zu Berlin-Tempelhof . No. 1, April 1951, p. 6; Askanische Blätter , New Series 77, December 2001, p. 68.
personal data
SURNAME Fiehn, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fiehn, Karl Friedrich Wilhelm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical philologist
DATE OF BIRTH May 5, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH 1945
Place of death near Angermünde