Karl Meyer (local history researcher)
Johann August Karl Christian Meyer (pseudonym Johannes Ryemer ; born August 12, 1845 in Drebsdorf ; † August 25, 1935 in Nordhausen am Harz ) was a German teacher and, as a local historian, published numerous writings and essays on the history of the city and region in Nordhausen.
Life
Born the son of a shepherd , Karl Meyer grew up in Görsbach and attended the local school. Due to his particularly good performance, he attended the teachers' seminar in Eisleben on recommendation . He then worked as a primary school teacher in Klein-Wittenberg and Roßla.
Relationships enabled him to use Prussian archives and publish books and maps on local history, for example for school lessons. In 1872 Meyer came to Nordhausen and taught at a girls' school until his retirement in 1906. Then he dealt intensively with the local history of Nordhausen and published numerous writings and articles. He was a full member of the Prussian Academy of Charitable Sciences in Erfurt , secretary and honorary member of the Nordhäuser History and Antiquity Association, member of the North Thuringian Heritage Association Aratora in Artern, corresponding member of the Association for the History and Antiquity of Erfurt and a member of the Harzer History and Antiquity Association.
Meyer was married to Karoline Ida Ernestine Gerbser and had six children.
reception
Many of Karl Meyer’s publications are difficult to find, but he is considered the most active and fruitful local history researcher in Nordhausen, who laid the foundation for local historical research. The city archivist RH Walther Müller judged Meyer's work Development History of the Imperial City of Nordhausen (1887):
- “ Even this condensed representation shows Meyer's unusual familiarity with documented and documentary facts, but it also shows the boldness of his syntheses, which goes far beyond the deliberation of his predecessors. Meyer's robust and combative nature enabled him to tackle previously neglected problems, to give them form and to insert them into the history of development, so that he was soon regarded as an authority in the field of Nordhausen historical research. "
Honors
- May 1936: Karl-Meyer-Strasse in Nordhausen, destroyed in 1945. In 1990, Paul-Wojtkowski-Strasse in Nordhausen-Ost was renamed Karl-Meyer-Strasse.
Works (selection)
- with Richard Rackwitz , Vincent Eisfeld (ed.): Der Helmegau. Prehistory and early history of the landscape surrounding Nordhausen; Part 1. (= sources and representations on the history of the city of Nordhausen; Vol. 2 ). Edition Nordhausen, Nordhausen 2019. ISBN 978-3-7485-0384-2
- From Nordhausen's past . Nordhausen: Self-published, 1927. ( online )
- The Ilfeld Monastery . Leipzig: B. Franke, 1897.
- Contributions to the documented history of the golden floodplain . Nordhausen: self-published, 1876.
- Local history for the district and town of Nordhausen , 1875.
- Chronicle of the Nordhausen district , 1875.
- Small chronicle of the Heringen office , 1873.
- Hohnstein Castle , 1872.
- The former Reichsburg Kyffhausen. A contribution to the documented history of the golden floodplain.
- Desert map of the counties of Stolberg, Roßla and Hohnstein . With explanatory texts and many certificates.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meyer, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Meyer, Johann August Karl Christian (full name); Ryemer, Johannes (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German teacher and local researcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 12, 1845 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Drebsdorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 25, 1935 |
| Place of death | Nordhausen am Harz |