Karl Seith

Karl Gotthold Seith (born December 22, 1890 in Elbenschwand-Langensee , † February 10, 1963 in Schopfheim ) was a local researcher of the Markgräflerland .

Life

After attending secondary school in Freiburg , Seith graduated from the teachers' seminar in Karlsruhe from 1906–1909 and began teaching in 1909, which he began in Riegel and then continued in Wieslet . He took part in the First World War as a lieutenant . From 1919 to 1941 he worked as a teacher in Schlächtenhaus-Hofen, Schopfheim and Lörrach - most recently as rector. In Basel he also studied history and his elaboration “The Markgräflerland and the Markgräfler in the Peasants' War of 1525” was considered “ready for a dissertation”, but Seith did not aim for a doctorate.

Since then was a member of the NSDAP from May 1, 1933 until the end of the war . He was also a member of the SA reserve , the National Socialist Teachers' Association , the National Socialist People's Welfare (NSV) and the Reich Warrior Association . 1941–1944 he worked as a lecturer at the National Socialist Teacher Training Institute in Karlsruhe. 1944–1945 was called up as an officer for military service. After the war, he was dismissed from school in 1946 because he was considered a staunch National Socialist. Since then, this has also been documented in publications such as B. a look at the Markgräfler Jahrbuch 1940/41 shows. Due to his appeal in May 1947, he was classified as a follower during the denazification in October 1948 and reinstated as a teacher, with the accusation that he could not be taught. He took early retirement in 1953. In 1961 he published an article in the magazine "Das Markgräflerland" about the National Socialist educationalist Ernst Krieck , whom he admired.

The home explorer

In 1929, Seith initiated the establishment of the working group to maintain the history of the Markgräflerlandwhich published the magazine Das Markgräflerland , whose editor Seith remained (with interruptions from 1942 to 1951) until his death (1963).

On November 30, 1935, at the instigation of Karl Obser, he became a corresponding member of the Baden Historical Commission, one of the predecessor organizations of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg , of which he was also a corresponding member in the founding year 1954.

Since then, he has also played a key role in setting up the local history museum in Schopfheim.

Honors

In 1961 he received the Johann-Peter-Hebel badge from the community of Hausen im Wiesental .

Origin, marriage and offspring

Since then, the son of the main teacher Gotthold August Seith (1864–1946) and Maria Elisabeth Friederike, née. Langenegger (1863–1946) born. In 1916 he married Elsa Maria Thimig with whom he had four children.

Works

Since then he has published around 300 articles in magazines, newspapers and yearbooks. Only a small selection can be made below.

• The Weitenau Monastery . In: Badische Heimat 10, 1923, 4249
• The Markgräflerland and the Markgräfler in the Peasants' War of 1525 , Karlsruhe 1926
• Nature and importance of the rural establishment of the Markgräflerland at the end of the Middle Ages . In: Basler Jahrbuch 1927, 147–166
• Rötteln Castle in the course of its master families . In: Das Markgräflerland 3, 1931/32, pp. 1–30
• The emigration from the Markgräflerland to Transylvania in the years 1742 to 1751 , together with Johannes Künzig , 1940/41
• On the history of the city of Schopfheim: Lever commemoration in Schopfheim for the 200th anniversary of his birthday , 1960
• Immigration of Swiss after the Thirty Years' War: The names from the Müllheim church records , 1961
• The change of the Schopfheim cityscape over the centuries , Schopfheim 1950

literature

• Paul Rothmund: Seith, Karl Gotthold, local history researcher, 1890-1963 . In: Badische Biographien NF 3, 250–251
• Hermann Schäfer: Karl Seith. In: Das Markgräflerland, issue 1/1963, pp. 2–5 (digitized version of the Freiburg University Library )
• Hermann Schäfer: Epilogue . In: Karl Seith: Contributions to the history of the city of Schopfheim , Schopfheim 1976, pp. 5–7
• August Feßler: From Karl Seith's workshop. On his 75th birthday on December 22, 1965. In: Das Markgräflerland, 1966, Issue 1, pp. 59–63 (digitized version of the Freiburg University Library)
• Ernst Niefenthaler: Karl Seith in memory (poem), In: Das Markgräflerland, 1968, issue 2, p. 53 (digitized version of the Freiburg University Library )
• Johannes Helm : Fifty years of the Markgräflerland working group 1929–1979. 2.2.7 Karl Seith . In: Das Markgräflerland 1979, special print, pp. 22–24 (digital copy from Freiburg University Library)
• Ulrich Tromm: Karl Seith and Friedrich Kuhn: two local historians who could hardly be more different. In: Das Markgräflerland 2020, pp. 220–233

Web links

Wikisource: Author register of the magazine das Markgräflerland  - sources and full texts

• Regional Information System Baden-Württemberg (LeoBW): Seith Karl Gotthold - Brief Biographical Information and Baden Biographies NF 3, 250–251
• Catalog raisonné on OPAC Regesta imperii

Individual references / comments

1. ↑ s. Shepherd p. 3
2. ↑ see Hansjörg Noe: Mitgelaufen - Nazi history in the localities in the Kleiner Wiesental. In: Das Markgräflerland, special volume 1/2019, p. 136
3. ↑ Dr. Wolfram Hauer: Teacher training during the Nazi regime in the border region of Baden and in the "Gau Oberrhein". In: Working group for historical regional studies on the Upper Rhine eV; (461.) Minutes of the working session on January 19, 2007
4. ↑ see Hansjörg Noe: Mitgelaufen - Nazi history in the localities in the Kleiner Wiesental. In: Das Markgräflerland, special volume 1/2019, p. 136
5. ↑ see Karl Seith: Rural leadership in the Markgräflerland. In: Markgräfler Jahrbuch 1940/41, pp. 28–29 (digitized version of the Freiburg University Library)
6. ↑ s. Johannes Helm: Fifty years of the Markgräflerland working group 1929–1979 . In: Das Markgräflerland 1979, special print, pp. 38–39
7. ↑ see Hansjörg Noe: Mitgelaufen - Nazi history in the localities in the Kleiner Wiesental. In: Das Markgräflerland, special volume 1/2019, p. 138
8. ^ Karl Seith: Ernst Krieck. Founder of modern educational science. In: Das Markgräflerland, issue 1/961, pp. 203–206 (digital copy from Freiburg University Library )
9. ↑ s. the homepage of the history association Markgraeflerland [1]