Otto Kaemmel
Karl Heinrich Otto Kaemmel (born September 25, 1843 in Zittau , † September 19, 1917 in Loschwitz near Dresden ) was a German historian and high school teacher .
Life
Otto Kaemmel was born in 1843 as the son of the high school director Heinrich Julius Kaemmel (1813–1881) and his wife Emilie Kaemmel. He studied history and philological subjects at the University of Leipzig from 1862 to 1866 and submitted his dissertation to the University of Göttingen in 1869 . In the same year he married Auguste Ida Schramm, daughter of the Zittau architect Carl August Schramm . Subsequently, he was a teacher at the grammar school in Plauen until 1874 , after which he switched to the newly founded royal grammar school in Dresden-Neustadt. There he also taught from 1877 to 1879 as a private lecturer in history at the Technical University of Dresden . From 1890 to 1909 he was rector of the Nikolaigymnasium in Leipzig . In 1897 he became a member of the Royal Saxon Commission for History.
In addition to his pedagogical work, he appeared as an author, where he wrote both scientific articles and several history books aimed at a wide range of readers, each of which was widely distributed in several editions. He also contributed to various dictionaries, including the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie and Brockhaus' Konversationslexikon . He was particularly interested in the history of Saxony , especially school history.
Publications (selection)
- Basics of the story for the upper classes of grammar schools and secondary schools (part 3) Höckner, Dresden 1886 (digitized version)
- German History (1889), Höckner, Dresden.
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Saxon History (1899), Göschen, Leipzig.
- New edition based on the 2nd edition by Göschen in 1905 with a contribution to Saxon history in the 20th century by Agatha Kobuch and a bibliography by Manfred Kobuch , Hellerau-Verlag, Dresden 1995 ISBN 3-910184-01-4
- Basics of Saxon History for Teachers and High School Students Huhle, Dresden 1892 (digitized version)
- History of the Leipzig school system from the beginning of the 13th to the middle of the 19th century (1214–1846) (1909), Teubner, Berlin and Leipzig.
- Chronological tables on world history (part 1–2) Schlimpert, Meißen 1914 (digitized version)
literature
- Reinhardt Eigenwill: Kaemmel, Karl Heinrich Otto . In: Institute for Saxon History and Folklore (Ed.): Saxon Biography .
Web links
- Literature by and about Otto Kaemmel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Otto Kaemmel in the Saxon Bibliography
- Otto Kaemmel in the Internet Archive
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kaemmel, Otto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kaemmel, Karl Heinrich Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 25, 1843 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zittau |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 19, 1917 |
| Place of death | Loschwitz |