List of Classical Philologists at the Westphalian Wilhelms University
The list of classicists in Muenster one university teachers on this subject, which at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster the tray and its predecessor institutions Classics represented.
history
From the foundation of the university (1780) to the foundation of the seminar (1824)
The beginnings of classical philology as an academic discipline in Münster are closely linked to the Paulinum grammar school . The Catholic theologian Johann Hyacinth Kistemaker was appointed professor for ancient languages in 1786 and was the first representative of this subject at the University of Münster, which was inaugurated in 1780. From 1794 to 1819 he was also director of the Paulinum grammar school. Besides Kistemaker, Johann Christoph Schlueter worked from 1801 to 1841 . The university in Münster remained a center of theological and teacher training in the region even after it was converted into an academic teaching institution (1818).
Kistemaker resigned in 1820 for health reasons from the high school management and a year later from his academic teaching post. His successor was Hermann Ludwig Nadermann , who was appointed grammar school director in 1820 and a member of the scientific examination committee for teacher training in 1824. In the same year he set up the Philological-Pedagogical Seminar , which served the practical preparation of the students for the teaching profession and headed the Nadermann as director. It opened on November 18, 1824.
The seminar at the academy (until 1902)
Heinrich Wilhelm Grauert and Franz Winiewski had worked alongside Nadermann since the 1820s . When the academic teaching establishment was rededicated to a Royal Theological and Philosophical Academy (1843), the two full chairs of Nadermann and Winiewski were transferred to the newly founded Philosophical Faculty, which had a total of five professorships. In addition, Ferdinand Deycks was appointed professor of Roman and German literature, aesthetics and rhetoric in 1843 . In 1845 he was appointed second director of the seminar alongside Nadermann. When Nadermann resigned in 1853, Deycks was appointed first and Winiewski second director of the seminar.
To support the seminar directors, a third, extraordinary professor for Greek and Roman literature was set up in 1861, initially supervising Winiewski's pupil Franz Ignaz Schwerdt . After his departure (1886), the private lecturer Adalbert Parmet received the professorship in 1869.
After Deycks' death (1867) there was a change in the leadership of the seminar: Winiewski was appointed First Director in 1868, Deyck's successor Peter Langen (Professor of Latin Language and Literature) as Second Director.
Winiewski died in 1874. His successor was the Graecist Johann Matthias Stahl , who worked at the Münster Academy for more than three decades. He was elected rector in 1892 and in 1902 saw the academy become a university by Kaiser Wilhelm II .
The seminar or institute at the Westphalian Wilhelms University
During the 19th century, the classical philologists in Münster also represented ancient history and archeology . Heinrich Wilhelm Grauert, a student of the Berlin historian Barthold Georg Niebuhr , was appointed associate professor for ancient literature and history in 1827. He held historical exercises as part of the Philological and Pedagogical Seminar from 1830 and was appointed full professor of general history in 1835. In 1860 another (extraordinary) chair for ancient history was established. The subject of archeology was initially represented by the philologists (first Johann Christoph Schlüter), who gave lectures on topography and "antiquities". Archeology was only established as a separate subject in 1883, when a scheduled extraordinary professorship for the subject was set up and filled with Arthur Milchhoefer (see list of classical archaeologists at the Westphalian Wilhelms University ). An extraordinary professorship was established for Carl Hosius in 1897, which was elevated to a full professorship in 1918.
In order to bring the students closer to the most interdisciplinary ancient studies possible, the directors of the Philological Seminar (Kroll, Sonnenburg) and the Ancient History Seminar ( Otto Seeck ) joined forces in 1909 to form an Institute for Classical Studies, which the linguist Otto Hoffmann joined in 1910 and finally the Archaeologist Friedrich Koepp joined. Peter Sonnenburg and Karl Münscher as well as Wünsch's successor Hermann Schöne stayed in Münster until they retired. Franz Beckmann was appointed Sonnenburg's successor in 1931 , followed by Walter Eberhardt (initially as deputy chair). Münscher's chair remained vacant after his death (1936).
During the time of National Socialism , the Philosophical Faculty tried to curb the National Socialist influence on university politics. Nevertheless, she could not prevent the appointment of the prominent National Socialist Walter Eberhardt. Sonnenburg's successor to the chair, Franz Beckmann, kept his distance from the National Socialists and remained in office until his retirement (1963).
Since 1953 there have been three chairs for Classical Philology in Münster, one of which is devoted to Greek and two to Latin studies. In addition to the chair holders, four assistants and numerous lecturers are currently (as of September 2010) working at the seminar.
List of Classical Philologists
The first column shows the name of the person and their life data, the second column shows entry into the university, and the third column shows their departure. Column four names the highest position achieved at the University of Münster. At other universities, the corresponding lecturer may have made an even more extensive scientific career. The next column names special features, the career path or other information relating to the university or the seminar. In the last column there are pictures of the lecturers.
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Chair holder
First ordinariate:
- Hermann Ludwig Nadermann (1821-1853)
- Ferdinand Deycks (1843–1867)
- Peter Langen (1868-1897)
- Peter Sonnenburg (1898–1928)
- Franz Beckmann (1931–1963)
- Hermann Tränkle (1963–1972)
- Christian Gnilka (1972-2002)
- Christine Schmitz (since 2002)
Second ordinariate:
- Franz Winiewski (1838–1874)
- Johann Matthias Stahl (1874–1906)
- Wilhelm Kroll (1906–1913)
- Richard Wünsch (1913-1915)
- Hermann Schöne (1916–1935)
- Walter Eberhardt (1937–1946)
- Friedrich Mehmel (1947–1951)
- Richard Harder (1952–1957)
- Gerhard Müller (1958–1962)
- Martin Sicherheitsl (1963–1982)
- Wolfgang Huebner (1986-2004)
- Alexander Arweiler (since 2004)
Third full professorship (sometimes extraordinary):
- Carl Hosius (1897–1906)
- Ludwig Radermacher (1906–1909)
- Karl Münscher (1909–1936)
- Rudolf Güngerich (1951–1953)
- Hermann Kleinknecht (1953–1960)
- Heinrich Dörrie (1961–1980)
- Hermann Wankel (1981–1991)
- Adolf Köhnken (1992–2002)
- Christian Pietsch (since 2003)
literature
- Johann August Ludwig Fürstenthal: Collection of all still valid, in the general land law, the collection of laws, the v. Kamptz's year books and annals, the Raabesche collection and the official gazettes of all the royal families. Governments from their establishment until the end of 1838 contained laws, memoranda and ordinances relating to the church and school system; a manual for consistories, school boards, governments and district councils; Deans, superintendents, school inspectors and parish priests of both confessions; Magistrates, dominions and parishes; Grammar schools, seminars, community and elementary schools; Church and school deputations and board members in the cities and on the flat land in the Königl. Prussian States , Volume 3: L – Schulki, Cöslin 1839. pp. 234–235 (on the establishment of the Philological-Pedagogical Seminar).
- Peter Respondek: Occupation, Denazification, Reconstruction: The University of Münster 1945–1952. A contribution to the history of German-British relations in the education sector after the Second World War . Munster 1995.
- Max Wegner : Antiquity . In: Heinz Dollinger (Ed.): The University of Münster 1780–1980 , Münster 1980. pp. 415–419 (overview-like compilation, to be corrected in detail).