List of Classical Philologists in Giessen

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The list of classical philologists in Giessen includes well-known university professors in this subject at Ludwigs University (1607–1945) and at Justus Liebig University (since 1957).

overview

The Classical Philology evolved in casting, as in other places also, from the chairs of rhetoric ( professor eloquentiae or oratoriae ) and poetry ( professura poeseos that also existed during the relocation of the University of Marburg (1624-1650)). After the death of the first professor of poetry, Conrad Bachmann (1646), the professorships were merged. Until the late 18th century this chair was held mainly by theologians, rarely historians and philologists. Classical philology has established itself as an independent discipline in Giessen since the 19th century. It was represented in particular by Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker , who taught rhetoric and poetics as a personal professor alongside professors from 1809 to 1816. Under his leadership, the Seminar for Classical Philology was established on March 20, 1812, the first institution of its kind at Giessen University. Theology professor Johann Ernst Christian Schmidt was appointed its first director . The professorship for rhetoric and poetics was rededicated to classical philology. Various private lecturers and associate professors supplemented the lecturing activities of the full professors. From 1878 to 1882, for example, Friedrich Schulteß led the exercises in the newly established proseminar as associate professor.

From the 1890s, the chairs in Giessen were only occupied for a short time and developed into “transit stations” for rising philologists. The growing number of students from 1900 onwards led to the establishment of an assistant position next to the ordinaries, which existed from 1903 to 1945. Its owners were Hugo Hepding (1903–1904), Wilhelm Gundel (1904–1906), Wilhelm Süß (1906–1909), Hermann Knöllinger (1909–1914), Robert Arnold Fritzsche (1915–1919), Hans Kling (1919–1927) ), Rudolf Güngerich (1927–1929), Andreas Thierfelder (1929–1930) and Heinrich Otto Schröder (1930–1945). Since the 1920s, the ordinaries began to have longer terms of office.

Towards the end of the Second World War , the University of Giessen was badly damaged in air raids. The professor for Latin studies, Andreas Thierfelder , was drafted into the armed forces in 1943 and was taken prisoner of war in 1945. The professor for Greek studies, Albrecht von Blumenthal , committed suicide shortly before the city was conquered by the Americans. The university was closed in 1946 and only rebuilt in 1957. For Classical Philology, two professorships were established in 1962 with a focus on Latin and Greek studies , which still exist today. In addition to the professors, there are several academic assistants, employees, academic advisers and lecturers at the Department of Classical Philology.

List of Professores poeseos et eloquentiae

The professors worked in Marburg from 1625 to 1650. Until 1646 they carried the title of Professor eloquentiae or oratoriae , from 1646 (death of Professor poeseos Conrad Bachmanns) the title of Professor eloquentiae et poeseos . The owners of these professors were mostly historians and theologians and rarely pursued philological studies.

  1. Caspar Fink (1605–1607)
  2. Petrus Hermannus Nigidius (1608–1616)
  3. Christian Liebenthal (1616–1624)
  4. Johannes Kornemann (1625–1627) in Marburg
  5. Theodor Höpingk (1627–1635) in Marburg
  6. Johann Balthasar Schupp (1635–1646) in Marburg
  7. David Christiani (1646–1650) in Marburg
  8. Johann Helwig Sinolt (1650-1653)
  9. Philipp Ludwig Hanneken (1663-1670)
  10. Heinrich Phasian (1671–1694)
  11. Johann Reinhard Hedinger (1694–1699)
  12. Matthias Nicolaus Kortholt (1700–1725)
  13. Johannes Rhenius (1725–1733)
  14. Johann Hermann Benner (1733–1740)
  15. Franz Justus Kortholt (1741–1743)
  16. Ernst Thom (1744–1745)
  17. Heinrich Christoph Nebel (1745–1752)
  18. Johann Gottfried Zentgrav (1753–1762)
  19. Johann Georg Bechtold (1762–1771)
  20. Christian Heinrich Schmid (1771–1800)
  21. Christian Gottlieb Kühnöl (1801–1809)
  22. Friedrich Karl Rumpf (1809–1823)

List of Classical Philologists

The following list starts at the beginning of the 19th century, because Classical Philology was established as an independent subject in Giessen at that time.

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 Giessen. 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.

scientist from to Functions Remarks image
Heinrich Friedrich Pfannkuche (1765–1832) 1803 1832 Full professor Professor of Greek Language and Literature
Friedrich Karl Rumpf (1772–1823) 1809 1823 Full professor Professor of poetry and eloquence
Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker (1784–1868) 1809 1816 Full professor personal professor for Greek literature and archeology (first archaeological professor worldwide); moved to Göttingen, 1819 to Bonn Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker 2.jpg
Friedrich Gotthilf Osann (1794-1858) 1825 1858 Full professor Successor to Rumpfs, from 1827 director of the philological seminar
Heinrich Christian Michael Rettig (1795–1836) 1829 1833 Private lecturer High school teacher who taught at the same time at the university; moved to Zurich in 1833
Friedrich Wilhelm Otto (1805–1866) 1833 1864 Associate professor first collaborator , from 1853 associate professor
Adolf Theodor Hermann Fritzsche (1818–1878) 1844 1850 Associate professor Private lecturer, associate professor in 1849; moved to Leipzig AdolfTheodorHerrmannFritzsche.jpg
Anton Lutterbeck (1812–1882) 1859 1877 Full professor Theologian, converted from Catholic theology to philology
Ludwig Lange (1825–1885) 1859 1871 Full professor Osann's successor, wrote numerous compilations in Gießen, including the three-volume Roman Antiquities (1856–1871); moved to Leipzig
Ludwig Schwabe (1835–1908) 1859 1863 Associate professor Habilitation 1859 in Giessen, 1863 associate professor; moved to Dorpat as a full professor
Franz Umpfenbach (1835–1885) 1860 1862 Private lecturer Habilitation in Gießen in 1860; After several years of educational travel through Italy, lived as a private scholar in Munich
Eduard Lübbert (1830-1889) 1865 1874 Full professor Habilitation in 1865 in Giessen; was appointed Lange's successor in 1871; moved to Kiel in 1874
Wilhelm Clemm (1843-1883) 1868 1883 Full professor Habilitation 1867 in Giessen, 1871 associate professor; 1874 received a newly established second professorial office for classical philology
Adolf Philippi (1843-1918) 1874 1893 Full professor Successor of Lübbert; resigned his professorship due to a protracted crisis of meaning in 1893, wrote an "obituary" for himself and devoted himself to art historical studies
Hermann Schiller (1839–1902) 1876 1899 Full professor Secret high school board member, member of the Grand Ducal Hessian Ministry of the Interior and director of the Grand Ducal Gymnasium in Giessen, at the same time full professor of education; dealt with Roman history as well as didactics and methodology of ancient language teaching; Dismissed in 1899 because of his public criticism of the Hessian school system
Friedrich Schulteß (1851-1919) 1878 1882 Associate professor Senior teacher at the grammar school, at the same time associate professor of classical philology; led the exercises of the newly established proseminar; moved to Strasbourg, later to Hamburg as director of the Johanneum
Peter Dettweiler (1856–1907) 1883 1890 Associate professor Head of the proseminar, 1887 associate professor
Johannes Schmidt (1850-1894) 1883 1892 Full professor Successor to Clemms, an important epigraphist; moved to Königsberg in 1892, where he died shortly afterwards
Georg Ferdinand Dümmler (1859-1896) 1887 1890 Private lecturer Archaeologist and philologist, moved to Basel as full professor in 1890 Georg Ferdinand Dümmler - Imagines philologorum.jpg
Richard Reitzenstein (1861–1931) 1892 1893 Full professor Successor Schmidt for two semesters; eminent papyrologist; moved to Strasbourg
Gotthold Gundermann (1856–1921) 1893 1902 Full professor Successor to Reitzenstein; dealt mainly with gloss collections; moved to Tübingen
Eduard Schwartz (1858–1940) 1893 1897 Full professor Successor to Philippi; Editor and Explainer of Church Historians, Science Organizer; moved to Strasbourg Eduard Schwartz.jpg
Albrecht Dieterich (1866–1908) 1897 1903 Full professor Successor to Schwartz '; Religious scholar and folklorist; moved to Heidelberg Albrecht Dieterich - Imagines philologorum.jpg
Richard Wünsch (1869–1915) 1902 1907 Full professor Successor to Gundermann, religious scholar and hymn researcher; moved to Königsberg
Erich Bethe (1863-1940) 1903 1906 Full professor Successor to Dieterich; Legend and narrative theorists; moved to Leipzig
Hugo Hepding (1878-1959) 1903 1941 Associate professor Dieterich student; Librarian, habilitation in 1910, associate professor in 1915; 1941 lecture ban
Alfred Körte (1866–1946) 1906 1913 Full professor Successor of Bethes; Menander explorer and archaeologist; moved to Freiburg im Breisgau Alfred Körte.jpg
Otto Immisch (1862-1936) 1907 1913 Full professor Successor of wish; Poetry and comedy researcher; moved to Königsberg, 1914 to Freiburg im Breisgau Otto Immisch.jpg
Hermann Knöllinger (1883–1914) 1909 1914 assistant Cicero researcher who died in World War I.
Rudolf Herzog (1871–1953) 1913 1936 Full professor Successor to Körtes, temporarily represented by Karl Kalbfleisch because of his military service in the First World War; Philologist, archaeologist and medical historian; until 1945 chairman of the German Gymnasium Association
Karl Kalbfleisch (1868–1946) 1913 1934 Full professor Successor to Immisch; Medical historian and papyrologist
Wilhelm Gundel (1880–1945) 1914 1945 Associate professor High school teacher, habilitated in 1914, part-time associate professor in 1920, represented Thierfelder's chair from 1943
Robert Arnold Fritzsche (1868–1939) 1915 1919 assistant Librarian, part-time assistant
Hans Kling (1893 – after 1957) 1919 1927 assistant Veal pupil, papyrologist, switched to Bensheim as a high school teacher
Rudolf Güngerich (1900–1975) 1927 1929 assistant moved to the University of Würzburg
Wilhelm Suess (1882–1969) 1934 1940 Full professor Successor to veal; moved to Breslau
Hildebrecht Hommel (1899–1996) 1936 1937 Chair representative represented Herzog's chair; moved to Heidelberg as a full professor
Albrecht von Blumenthal (1889–1945) 1937 1945 Full professor Successor to Duke, until 1940 personal professor; Specialist in Greek poetry and linguistics, member of the George Circle and the NSDAP (from 1940)
Heinrich Otto Schröder (1906–1987) 1930 1945 Senior assistant Specialist in Greek and Roman Church Fathers, qualified as a professor in 1939 and appointed senior assistant
Andreas Thierfelder (1903–1986) 1941 1943 Full professor Successor to Suss; Drafted for military service in Egypt in 1943, then in British captivity; went to Mainz as a full professor in 1950
Gerhard Müller (1907–1988) 1962 1976 Full professor Founding professor for Greek studies
Vinzenz Buchheit (1923-2008) 1962 1989 Full professor Founding professor for Latin studies
Joachim Adamietz (1934–1996) 1963 1988 professor Lecturer, habilitation in 1970, H2 professor in 1971; Latinist, specialist in Roman rhetoric, satire and epic
Egert Pöhlmann (* 1933) 1976 1980 Full professor Successor to Müller
Manfred Landfester (* 1937) 1980 2002 Full professor Successor to Pöhlmann
Jochem Küppers (* 1946) 1990 1997 Full professor Successor bookkeeping; moved to Düsseldorf
Peter Kuhlmann (* 1965) 1995 2000 scientific Assistant 1995 lecturer, from 1997 research assistant at the Collaborative Research Center 434 “Cultures of Remembrance”; moved to Düsseldorf after completing his habilitation (2000) Peter Kuhlmann passport photo.jpg
Ulrike Egelhaaf-Gaiser (* 1967) 1999 2005 Research assistant Habilitation 2005; since January 1, 2006 head of the collaborative research center “Cultures of Remembrance”; moved to Göttingen
Helmut Krasser (* 1959) 1999 Full professor Successor to Küppers
Dennis Pausch (* 1976) 2000 2011 Private lecturer Research Associate, 2006 academic advisor, habilitation in 2010; moved to Regensburg, later to Dresden
Peter von Möllendorff (* 1963) 2003 Full professor Landfester's successor

Chair holder

Ludwig University (until 1945)

First ordinariate:

  1. Friedrich Carl Rumpf (1809–1823)
  2. Friedrich Gotthilf Osann (1825-1858)
  3. Ludwig Lange (1859–1871)
  4. Eduard Lübbert (1871–1874)
  5. Adolf Philippi (1874-1893)
  6. Eduard Schwartz (1893-1897)
  7. Albrecht Dieterich (1897–1903)
  8. Erich Bethe (1903-1906)
  9. Alfred Körte (1906–1913)
  10. Rudolf Herzog (1913-1936)
  11. Albrecht von Blumenthal (1940–1945)

Second ordinariate:

  1. Heinrich Friedrich Pfannkuche (1803-1832)
  2. Wilhelm Clemm (1874-1883)
  3. Johannes Schmidt (1883-1892)
  4. Richard Reitzenstein (1892-1893)
  5. Gotthold Gundermann (1893–1902)
  6. Richard Wünsch (1902–1907)
  7. Otto Immisch (1907-1913)
  8. Karl Kalbfleisch (1913–1934)
  9. Wilhelm Süß (1934–1940)
  10. Andreas Thierfelder (1941–1943)

Justus Liebig University (since 1957)

Full Professor of Greek Studies:

  1. Gerhard Müller (1962–1976)
  2. Egert Pöhlmann (1976–1980)
  3. Manfred Landfester (1980-2002)
  4. Peter von Möllendorff (since 2003)

Full Professor of Latin Studies:

  1. Vinzenz Buchheit (1962–1989)
  2. Jochem Küppers (1990–1997)
  3. Helmut Krasser (since 1999)

literature

  • Hans Georg Gundel : Classical Philology at the University of Gießen in the 20th century , in: Heinz Hungerland (Ed.): Ludwigs University - Justus Liebig University, 1607–1957: Festschrift for the 350th anniversary , Giessen 1957, p. 192-221. Full text (PDF; 2.3 MB)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. The ten-year gap after his departure has not been clarified. Gundel (1957) 215.
  2. Compare the entry on Johannes Rhenius in Kalliope