Karl Tschamber

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Karl Tschamber (born July 4, 1863 in Helfrantzkirch , † July 1, 1932 in Basel ) was a local researcher of the Markgräflerland .

Life

When he was born, the Alsatian Helfrantzkirch belonged to the second French empire under Napoleon III. But he already completed the greater part of his school days in the German Reichsland Alsace-Lorraine . After leaving school, he studied at the teachers' college in Kolmar . After graduating in 1884, he got a teaching position in Hüningen , where he later also became rector. Here he took up his historical studies and wrote about the history of Hüningen and the neighborhood on the right bank of the Rhine ( Friedlingen and Hiltelingen).

After Alsace became French again at the end of World War I , the French state rigorously re-Frenchized it . Tschamber's children and his wife, who came from Baden, became second class citizens and Tschamber lost his position as rector. With this in mind, Tschamber left Alsace and went to Weil am Rhein . In Basel he worked in the State Archives , where he took over the processing of Karl Stehlin's historical land register . In 1928 he published his chronicle of Weil .

Tschamber died on July 1, 1932 in the Clara Hospital in Basel and was buried in the cemetery in Weil am Rhein. In commemoration, the city of Weil named a primary school after Karl Tschamber.

Works

  • History of the city and the former fortress of Hüningen . St. Ludwig (Saint Louis) 1894; can be viewed in the Internet Archive .
  • Friedlingen and Hiltelingen. A contribution to the history of the wasteland in the Baden region . Hüningen, self-published in 1900.
  • The Franco-German War of 1674–75 . Hüningen, published by Katl Weber in 1906.
  • Chronicle of the community of Weil . Weil / Baden, border messenger 1928.

literature

  • Uwe Kühl: Karl Tschamber (1863–1932): a local researcher between France and Germany . In: Karl-Tschamber-Schule Weil: 50 years of Karl-Tschamber-Schule Weil am Rhein . Weil am Rhein 2005, pp. 46–50 ( online ; PDF; 65 kB).
  • The first chronicler of the hamlet history . In: Badische Zeitung , July 4, 2013, Lörrach edition, p. 27 online; Retrieved September 29, 2013 .

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Individual references / comments

  1. ↑ See entry on Hiltelingen on the page Discover cultural studies online (leo-bw)
  2. ↑ See also the entry in the French Wikipedia Alsace. Assimilation policy
personal data
SURNAME Tschamber, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Archivist, local historian, teacher
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH Helfrantzkirch
DATE OF DEATH July 1, 1932
Place of death Basel