Karl Holl (literary historian)

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Karl Holl (born May 26, 1886 in Heidelberg ; † November 25, 1971 ibid) was a German literary historian and university professor .

Life

Born in Heidelberg, son of the craftsman Friedrich Holl as well as Susanna née Seeger, after graduating from high school in his hometown , he turned to studying German and history , which he achieved with the academic degree of Dr. phil. completed. After years of assistance , he completed his habilitation in 1917 for the subject of German literary history at the Technical University of Karlsruhe , where he received a private lectureship in 1919 , and in 1924 he was appointed full professor . Karl Holl, who held the office of rector from 1931 to 1933 , was forced to retire in 1937. In 1945 Karl Holl was appointed regional president of North Baden , and in 1947 he was adopted into retirement.

Karl Holl, who was awarded the Goethe plaque by the Free German Hochstift in 1931 , made important contributions to the history of German literature.

Karl Holl married Bertha, née Hofmann, in 1919, with whom he had two daughters named Annelies and Eva. He died in 1971 at the age of 86 in his hometown Heidelberg.

Publications

  • Goethe : Material, Content, Form: A Contribution to Goethe's Word Use and Aesthetics, Weidmann, Berlin, 1917
  • Schiller and the Comedy: Speech, JJ Weber, Leipzig, 1925
  • Gotthold Ephraim Lessing  : Commemorative speech on his 200th birthday held in the auditorium of the Technical University of Karlsruhe on the day of the foundation of the Reich in 1929, CF Müller, Karlsruhe, 1929
  • The technical university: educational institution or technical school ?, CF Müller, Karlsruhe, 1931
  • History of the German comedy, unchanged photomechanical reprint of the Leipzig 1923 edition, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt, 1964

literature

  • Werner Schuder (Hrsg.): Kürschner's German learned calendar. Volume 1, 10th edition, Berlin 1966, p. 982.
  • August Ludwig Degener, Walter Habel: Who is who? Das deutsche Who's Who, Volume 16 ,, Arani, Berlin, 1970 ISBN 3-7605-2007-3 , p. 528.
  • Richard Frank Krummel, Evelyn S. Krummel: Nietzsche and the German Spirit , Vol. 3 Spread and Effect of Nietzsche's Work in the German-Speaking Area up to the End of the Second World War (Monographs and Texts on Nietzsche Research) 1st edition, Gruyter, Berlin, 1998, ISBN 3-1101-5613-X . P. 219.

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personal data
SURNAME Holl, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German literary historian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH May 26, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Heidelberg
DATE OF DEATH November 25, 1971
Place of death Heidelberg