Karl Spannagel

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Karl Spannagel (born November 27, 1862 in Barmen (today a district of Wuppertal ), † October 7, 1937 in Münster ) was a German historian .

Life

He was the son of the father of the same name. He was a merchant and factory owner and came from a Reidemeister family . The mother was Maria Auguste (née Karthaus).

Since 1881, Spannagel studied history in Geneva , Berlin and finally in Bonn . Through the influence of Wilhelm Maurenbrecher , he turned to Prussian history and the auxiliary historical sciences . In 1885 he received his doctorate in Leipzig with the thesis The history of the army from the beginning of the 10th to the end of the 12th century . He completed his habilitation in 1887 with the work Minden and Ravensberg under Brandenburg-Prussian rule from 1648 to 1719 . Subsequently he was a private lecturer in Berlin. One of his main research areas was Konrad von Burgsdorff . He submitted a corresponding biography in 1903. In 1897 he moved to the academy in Munster as an associate professor for medieval and modern history with a focus on German and Prussian history. When the institution was reorganized into the Westphalian Wilhelms University in 1903, Spannagel was appointed full professor. He was rector in 1913/14. In 1928 he retired. From 1925 to 1931 he was also a university archivist.

He was a member of the Historical Commission for Westphalia . He headed this association between 1925 and 1929.

In addition, he was also politically active. In connection with the Reichstag election of 1903 , he campaigned for the establishment of the National Electoral Association as an alliance of national liberal and conservative parties. He himself ran for the Reichstag in vain. At the beginning of the First World War he appeared as a war advocate and for an academic understanding of the social elite. In 1916 he was involved in an advisory role in strengthening the Flemish influence at the University of Ghent in connection with the German occupation of Belgium .

Fonts (selection)

  • Minden and Ravensberg under Brandenburg-Prussian rule. From 1648 to 1719 . Hanover 1894, digitized .
  • Konrad von Burgsdorff. A Brandenburg warrior and statesman from the time of Electors Georg Wilhelm and Friedrich Wilhelm. Berlin 1903.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christoph Nübel: The mobilization of the war society. Propaganda and everyday life in Münster during the First World War. Münster 2008, p. 31.
  2. ↑ Ulf Hashagen: Walther Von Dyck (1856–1934). Mathematics, technology and science organization at the TH Munich. Stuttgart 2003, p. 515.
predecessor Office successor
Paul Krückmann Rector of the University of Münster
1913–1914 		Joseph Mausbach
personal data
SURNAME Spannagel, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian
DATE OF BIRTH November 27, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH Barmen
DATE OF DEATH October 7, 1937
Place of death Muenster