Otto Fiebiger

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Otto Fiebiger (full name Heinrich Otto Fiebiger , born January 18, 1869 in Leipzig , † January 23, 1946 in Dresden ) was a German ancient historian , epigraphist and librarian .

Life

Otto Fiebiger, the son of the Leipziger Bank director (Gustav Reinhold) Otto Fiebiger (1839–1922) and Bertha Agnes b. Hagspihl (1842–1918), attended the 1st Citizens' School in Leipzig and from 1879 to 1888 the Thomas School . After graduation, he went to the University of Leipzig and studied classical philology and history. From October 1, 1888 to September 30, 1889, he interrupted his studies and did his military service as a one-year volunteer with Infantry Regiment No. 107 in Leipzig. He then continued his studies in Leipzig and Munich . In the fall of 1893, he was with a dissertation on military organization in the Roman Empire to the Dr. phil. PhD . After the state examination in autumn 1894, he went on a six-month study trip to Italy and Greece.

On April 1, 1895, Fiebiger began the probationary year for the Saxon school service at the Royal High School in Dresden-Neustadt, but broke it off after a month and switched to the academic library service. On May 1, 1895, he joined the Royal Public Library as a volunteer , where he spent his entire professional career. He mainly worked in the manuscript department. On April 1, 1896 he was appointed scientific assistant (assistant), on January 1, 1898 as permanent scientific assistant with the title of custodian and on January 1, 1908 as librarian. During the First World War he taught part-time at the Royal High School in Dresden-Neustadt, because many teachers had been drafted for military service.

After the end of the monarchy and the renaming of the Royal Public Library to the Saxon State Library in 1918, Fiebiger was appointed State Librarian on November 1, 1921, and Chief Librarian on January 1, 1926. On December 31, 1933, he retired when he reached the age limit. He received several awards for his scientific achievements: in 1903 the Austrian Archaeological Institute elected him a corresponding member, on May 20, 1916 he was awarded the Knight's Cross 1st Class of the Royal Albrecht Order , on April 2, 1919 the title of Professor, on Winckelmannstag (9th December) 1940 the German Archaeological Institute elected him a full member.

Fiebiger's research interests included the history of late antiquity , in particular the military history of the Roman Empire and the Germanic peoples. Together with his colleague at the Saxon State Library Ludwig Schmidt , he published a collection of inscriptions on the history of the East Germans in the memoranda of the Academy of Sciences in Vienna in 1917 . Fiebiger published two other parts of this collection of inscriptions in 1939 and 1944 alone. His studies on Roman military history were reflected primarily in Paulys Realencyclopadie der Classischen Antiquity (RE), for which Fiebiger wrote articles from around 1899 to 1929.

In addition, Fiebiger worked at the Saxon State Library with the poets of the Romantic period . He published letters from the poet Ludwig Tieck (1773–1853) and his supporter Ida von Lüttichau (1798–1856), as well as letters from Ida von Lüttichau to the Prussian politician Friedrich von Raumer (1781–1873) and letters from Heinrich Marschner (1795–1795). 1861) and Heinrich von Kleist (1777–1811).

Otto Fiebiger was married to Antonie Elisabeth geb. Nake. The couple had two children, Elisabeth Irena (* 1898) and Otto Werner (* 1900).

From 1920 to 1930 Fiebiger belonged to the German National People's Party (DNVP).

Fonts (selection)

  • De classium Italicarum historia et institutis quaestiones selectae . Leipzig 1893 (dissertation). Revised version: Leipzig Studies on Classical Philology . Vol. 15 (1894), pp. 275-462
  • with Ludwig Schmidt: collection of inscriptions on the history of the East Germans . Vienna 1917 ( memoranda of the Academy of Sciences in Vienna, philosophical-historical class 60.3)
  • Ludwig Tieck and Ida von Lüttichau in their letters . Dresden 1937
  • Collection of inscriptions on the history of the East Germans. New episode . Vienna 1939 ( memoranda of the Academy of Sciences in Vienna, philosophical-historical class 70.3)
  • From unknown letters from Ida von Lüttichau to Friedrich von Raumer . Dresden 1941
  • Collection of inscriptions on the history of the East Germans. New episode, part 2 . Vienna 1944 ( memoranda of the Academy of Sciences in Vienna, philosophical-historical class 72.2)

literature

Web links

Wikisource: Otto Fiebiger  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e Konstantin Hermann: Fiebiger, Otto . In: Institute for Saxon History and Folklore (Ed.): Saxon Biography .
  2. Prof. Otto Fiebiger. On his retirement . In: Dresdner Anzeiger . No. 360, December 30, 1933.
  3. ^ Supplement to the ordinance sheet for the service area of ​​the Ministry of Culture and Education . Born 1903, Vienna 1903, Piece XIII, p. 167.
  4. ^ Central Journal for Libraries . Volume 58 (1941), p. 76.