Karl Gustav Fecht

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Karl Gustav Fecht (born October 25, 1813 in Kork ; † December 9, 1891 in Karlsruhe ) was a Baden high school professor and historian .

Life

education and profession

Fecht was a son of the Lutheran deacon Eberhard Friedrich Fecht. Johann Peter Hebel was one of the godparents and his girlfriend Gustave Fecht was an aunt of Karl Gustav. From 1827 to 1835 he attended the Lyceum in Karlsruhe and the universities in Tübingen and Halle . After passing the theological exam, he became a Protestant vicar in Wittenweier in 1835 and in Kork in 1837. In 1837 he also took exams in philological subjects and was employed as a trainee teacher at the Lyceum in Heidelberg . A year later he taught at the high school in Schopfheim , where he married Luise Fecht. In 1845 he moved to the grammar school in Lahr , where he received the title of professor in 1852. From 1853 to 1857 he had the first teaching and board position at the pedagogy in Lörrach and was also a deacon. In 1857 he was transferred to Durlach due to a love affair , where he initially took on the second apprenticeship and gave lessons in French and natural history. In 1872 he was given the previously denied board position in Durlach, which he held until his retirement in 1879. In 1880 he moved from Durlach to Karlsruhe, where he died in 1891.

The historian

In 1850 Fecht published the nationalist, anti-republican volume of poems, Pictures from the Baden Revolution . In addition to his teaching activities and after his retirement, Fecht dealt with the local history of his respective places of residence. While working in Lörrach, he prepared the publication “The southwestern Black Forest and the adjoining Rhine region” . In the first part he described the history of the area, followed by a detailed description of the Grand Ducal Baden districts of Waldshut , Säckingen , Lörrach , Schopfheim , as well as in other volumes of the district of Schönau and the district of Müllheim , covering all communities. He compiled the content from the existing literature, but also from additional information from local officials.

In 1869 and 1887 Fecht published on the history of Durlach and Karlsruhe and in 1890 on the Allerheiligen monastery .

In addition to the monographs , Fecht also wrote articles for newspapers and magazines such as the Lahrer Hinkenden Boten and the magazine for the history of the Upper Rhine .

Honors

In 1911, Fechtstrasse was named in his honor in Karlsruhe. Since 2004 the Friends of the Pfinzgaumuseum - Historischer Verein Durlach eV have been awarding the Karl Gustav Fecht Prize .

Works

A directory of his works can be found on his author's page on Wikisource. Not listed there:

  • Brief history of the Lörrach pedagogy , 1855
  • History of the Fecht family based on oral and written sources , 1883

In 1987 the State Statistical Office of Baden-Württemberg published a series of three booklets to characterize the population in the three historical states of Baden-Württemberg. A section from the work of Karl Gustav Fecht was published under the title “The Badener: Character and Lifestyle” . Another new edition followed in 1989.

literature

  • Karl Gustav Fecht . In: Baden biographies. 5th volume. Heidelberg: Winter, 1906, pp. 166-167 BLB Karlsruhe
  • Hubert Doerrschuck: Karl-Gustav Fecht historian from a hobby. In: Karl Gustav Fecht: History of the capital and residence city of Karlsruhe, Macklot, Karlsruhe 1887 , in the 1976 reprint of the 1987 edition in the Internet Archive

Web links

Wikisource: Karl Gustav Fecht  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ see leobw
  2. ↑ see Doerrschuck
  3. ↑ since 1821 United Evangelical Protestant Church in the Grand Duchy of Baden
  4. ↑ see Doerrschuck; Luise came from another Fecht family. Her father was the dean Karl Friedrich Fecht from Wittenweier.
  5. ↑ see Court and State Handbook of the Grand Duchy of Baden. 1853, p. 322 digitized version of the Badische Landesbibliothek and p. 259 digitized version of the Badische Landesbibliothek
  6. ↑ see Doerrschuck
  7. ↑ see Court and State Handbook of the Grand Duchy of Baden. 1858, p. 281 digitized version of the Badische Landesbibliothek
  8. ↑ see Doerrschuck
  9. ^ The Karl Gustav Fecht Prize on the homepage of the Durlach Historical Society; accessed on November 4, 2019
  10. ^ Baden-Württemberg. People - landscape - history. Three characters - one trilogy. Slipcase with 3 reprints from the period 1840–1880
  11. ^ Karl Gustav Fecht: The Badener: Character and way of life. Published by Stuttgart: Statist. State Office Baden-Württemberg, 1987, ISBN 3-923292-07-4
personal data
SURNAME Fecht, Karl Gustav
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fecht, Carl Gustav; Fencing, CG
BRIEF DESCRIPTION High school professor, historian
DATE OF BIRTH October 25, 1813
PLACE OF BIRTH cork
DATE OF DEATH December 9, 1891
Place of death Karlsruhe