Karl Theodor Zingeler

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Karl Theodor Zingeler (born June 7, 1845 in Bonn , † February 14, 1923 in Sigmaringen ) was a German historian , Privy Councilor and from 1891 to 1915 head of the Princely Hohenzoller House and Domain Archives.

Life

Karl Theodor Zingeler, born on June 7, 1845 in Bonn, first learned the butcher's trade after attending elementary school because his parents were poor. After completing his apprenticeship, the then 19-year-old devoted himself to high school studies. He passed the Matura examination as an external student in Bonn in 1868 through self-study and private tuition, after which he studied mathematics, natural science and modern languages for three years at the University of Bonn .

In 1871, the then Hereditary Prince Leopold von Hohenzollern (1835–1905) engaged him as a tutor for his two eldest sons Wilhelm (1864–1927) and Ferdinand (1865–1927) at the Sigmaringer Hof as a prince tutor . 1873 doctorate Karl Theodor Zingeler with the dissertation " About the stomata of Carices " at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Rostock Dr. phil. He held the position until 1875, his successor was Major General von Schilgen.

In 1875 he was employed as an archive assessor at the Princely Hohenzollern House and Domain Archives in Sigmaringen, from 1886 onwards with the title of Princely Hohenzollern Court Councilor. In 1891 he succeeded Eugen Schnell (1818–1897) as archive manager.

In this function, Zingeler, considered a layperson from his training, worked his way into the history of the Hohenzollern Lands in an astonishing way and dealt with its architectural monuments as well as the archaeological sites and finds. His most important publication in the field of Hohenzollern regional archeology includes the summarizing work “ Prehistoric and early historical research in Hohenzollern ” with a detailed directory of sites in the “ Mittheilungen des Verein für Geschichte & Archeologie in Hohenzollern ” (1894). He also added an archaeological map to the volume “ Die Bau- und Kunst-Denkmäler in den Hohenzollen'schen Landen ” (1896) , which he and the architect Wilhelm Friedrich Laur (1858–1934) edited . The pharmacist Hyronimus Edelmann (1853–1922), who came from Ebingen and had settled in Sigmaringen as a privateer in 1894 and was custodian of the Swabian Alb Association from 1895, helped him with this inventory work . During his visits to all previously known sites, Zingler also made a number of new discoveries. With his inventory he created the basis for further archaeological research in Hohenzollern.

In 1899 Theodor Zingeler was promoted to archive director. In 1908 he received the title of Princely Hohenzollern Privy Councilor. In 1915 Zingeler resigned from the office of archive director. In addition to a large number of historical, cultural-historical, heraldic and topographical works, Zingler published several works on the country and the princely family of Hohenzollern during this period.

He died on February 14, 1923 in Sigmaringen. Laur, appointed honorary state curator of the Hohenzollerische since 1896, now also took on Zingeler's archaeological tasks as far as he could.

Works

Monographs (selection)

  • About the stomata of the carices: Inaugural dissertation . Pressure v. JF Carthaus, Bonn 1873, MDZ digitized .
  • In collaboration with Wilhelm Friedrich Laur: The architectural and art monuments in the Hohenzollern lands . Paul Neff Verlag, Stuttgart 1896, Google digitized version (PDF).

Essays
Among other things

  • Pre- and early historical research in Hohenzollern . In: Communications from the Association for History & Antiquity in Hohenzollern, XXVII. Born in 1893/94. M. Liehner'sche Hofbuchdruckerei, Sigmaringen 1894, MDZ digitized .

literature

  • Zingeler, Karl Theodor . In: Franz Brümmer : Lexicon of German poets and prose writers from the beginning of the 19th century to the present. Volume 8 . 6th edition, Leipzig 1913, p. 100f.
  • Christiane Zingeler: Karl Theodor Zingeler, 1845–1923 . In: Zollerheimat. Supplement to the Hohenzollerische Blätter for Zollerische Heimat- und Volkskunde 2 (1933) . Pp. 40-42.

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