Karl Weller (historian)

Karl Weller (born November 22, 1866 in Langenschemmern , † December 24, 1943 in Stuttgart ) was a German historian .

The grammar school teacher Weller published works and essays on Swabian and Württemberg history and also contributed some articles to the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie . His standard work on the history of Württemberg appeared in several editions over decades .

Life

Weller's ancestors, which can be proven up to the 16th century, were farmers in the Welzheim forest . His grandfather lost property and a farm in Seiboldsweiler near Welzheim in 1848/49 due to over-indebtedness , which is why Weller's father entered the service of the Royal Württemberg State Railways . At the time of the birth of his son Karl, he was station director in Langenschemmern on the Ulm – Friedrichshafen railway line . Karl Weller's mother, née Grüninger, came from a Welzheim family of master glaziers. Karl Weller had an older brother who became dean . A younger brother became a notary .

In 1869 the family moved to Neuenstein . Karl Weller attended the Öhringen Progymnasium and then the Haller Gymnasium . He became interested in history early on. Since it was not possible to major in Württemberg at the time, he studied Ancient Philology at the University of Tübingen , where he also became a member of the AMV Stochdorphia Tübingen . After graduating, he did military service as a one-year volunteer . Because of the overcrowding of the classical philological career, Weller could not immediately switch to the state school service. From 1893, he therefore worked on the Hohenlohe document book on behalf of the Princely House of Hohenlohe .

In 1902 Weller was able to start teaching at the Öhringen Progymnasium as a history teacher. In 1908 he switched to the Karls-Gymnasium in Stuttgart as a high school professor , where he stayed until his retirement in 1929.

In 1904 Weller married his wife Maria, born in Öhringen. Nestle, the eldest daughter of the Haller District Court President. The marriage had three children.

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Weller mainly worked on the history of Hohenlohe and Württemberg . In addition to the Hohenloher document book , of which three volumes were published from 1899 to 1912, he developed a history of the Hohenlohe family up to the middle of the 14th century on the basis of this document book, which appeared in two volumes in 1903 and 1908. His standard work Württemberg History , first published in 1908 , has been reissued over the decades. Weller also wrote a multi-part textbook for history lessons at higher educational institutions. Further essays and works by Weller are devoted to a. the history of Schwäbisch Hall and Weinsberg , the old streets in Württemberg, the settlement history of Württemberg and the history of the church in Württemberg. He contributed some biographical articles to the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie . Together with Viktor Ernst, on behalf of the Württemberg History and Antiquity Association, he edited the Württemberg Nekrolog for the years 1913 to 1921, which appeared in seven volumes from 1916 to 1928.

Awards

Because of his publications on the women of Weinsberg , the city of Weinsberg made Weller an honorary citizen on June 11, 1903 . The Württemberg History and Antiquity Association, which Weller headed from 1922 to 1930, made him an honorary member in 1932.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Life data after entry of Karl Weller in the personal database of the state bibliography of Baden-Württemberg
2. ^ The liaison system in Tübingen. Documentation in the year of the university anniversary in 1977. p. 93.

literature

• Hermann Haering: The historical researcher Karl Weller (1866-1943). Haering, Ludwigsburg 1949
• Our honorary citizens of recent times. In: Yearbook for the City of Weinsberg 2009. City of Weinsberg, Weinsberg 2009, pp. 24–26
• Andreas Butz: Karl Weller. In: Maria Magdalena Rückert (Ed.): Württembergische biographies including Hohenzollern personalities. Volume III. On behalf of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2017, ISBN 978-3-17-033572-1 , pp. 249-252.

Web links

Wikisource: Karl Weller  - Sources and full texts

• Literature by and about Karl Weller in the catalog of the German National Library