Karl Hartmann (historian)

Karl Hartmann (born November 9, 1869 in St. Leonhard near Nuremberg, † 1971 in Bayreuth ) was a German teacher and historian.

Career

Hartmann was born the son of a Franconian Protestant pastor. His father - one of the oldest members of the Germanic National Museum - conveyed his lasting love for history. At the grammar school in Nuremberg he received a humanistic education and then went to the University of Munich as a student of classical philology . Later he moved to the University of Erlangen , where he received a thorough insight into ancient studies from Iwan von Müller .

As a result, Hartmann entered the higher Bavarian school service in 1892. After short years as an assistant in Bamberg, he came to the grammar school near St. Anna in Augsburg as a high school teacher . In 1907 he made his way to Bayreuth, where his center of life remained until his death. At the Christian-Ernestinum grammar school there, he first worked as a grammar school professor, then as vice-principal and from 1923 until his retirement at the end of 1934 as senior director. His professional career was interrupted by the outbreak of the First World War, in which he served as a company commander and at times as a court officer on the Western Front.

In addition to his professional sphere of activity, Hartmann devoted himself to historical research. In Bayreuth he joined the Historic Association for Upper Franconia as an active member. The first result of his studies was the lecture The Romans in Upper Franconia , which was printed in the Bayreuther Tagblatt after a discussion with the historian Alfred von Domaszewski . He published numerous articles in the association's publication Archive for History of Upper Franconia .

In 1923 he was asked to set up a city archive for Bayreuth, suggested by Professor Brunco. Hartmann did not stop at sifting through the holdings, but rather carried the results of his research on the history of the city and the margraviate of Bayreuth to the historical association and through articles and lectures to the public. After the age-related resignation of Wilhelm Freiherr von Waldenfels as chairman of the historical association, he took over its office, which he only resigned in May 1957.

Honors

• 1952: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• Honorary doctorate from the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Erlangen
• Golden Ring of Honor of the City of Bayreuth

Fonts

• 1909: Humanistic lessons and fine arts
• 1949: History of the city of Bayreuth in the margrave period
• 1954: History of the city of Bayreuth in the 19th century

literature

• Otto Veh : Karl Hartmann on his 90th birthday. In: Archive for the history of Upper Franconia . Vol. 39, Bayreuth 1959, pp. 303ff.
• Rainer-Maria Kiel: The library of the Historical Association for Upper Franconia: Exhibition in the University Library (Central Library) Bayreuth July 18 to September 9, 1994, University Library, 1994, page 88.