Karl Heimburger

Karl Friedrich Heimburger (born November 1, 1859 in Ottenheim (Schwanau) , † April 16, 1912 in Illenau ) was a German teacher and politician .

Life

Born as the son of a farmer and innkeeper , Heimburger studied classical philology and modern languages in Freiburg, Leipzig and Heidelberg after attending the humanistic grammar school in Lahr and the grammar school in Freiburg im Breisgau . During his studies in 1879 he became a member of the Freiburg fraternity of Teutonia . He was a one-year volunteer with the 5th Baden Infantry Regiment No. 113 . In 1887 he was promoted to Dr. phil. did his doctorate and went to the Bruchsal grammar school as a teaching trainee . After studying in Paris around 1890/91, he became a professor at the Realschule in 1891 , and in 1894 at the Oberrealschule in Karlsruhe . There he became director in 1905, but moved to the Humboldt Gymnasium in Karlsruhe in 1908 in the same position . From 1891 to 1895 and from 1899 to 1912 he was a member of the Second Chamber of the Baden Estates Assembly . He belonged to the Baden Progressive People's Party . In 1893 he became a city councilor in Karlsruhe. He was also the first chairman of the local Democratic Association . From 1901 to 1904 and from 1907 to 1910 he was the second vice-president of the state parliament and leader of his party. He was chairman of the Progressive People's Party in Baden . As a linguist , he also made an outstanding contribution to the Ottenheim dialect , which he had dealt with since his doctoral thesis .

Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 2: F-H. Winter, Heidelberg 1999, ISBN 3-8253-0809-X , p. 278.

personal data
SURNAME	Heimburger, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Heimburger, Karl Friedrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German teacher and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	November 1, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ottenheim (Schwanau)
DATE OF DEATH	April 16, 1912
Place of death	Illenau