Paul Revellio

Paul Revellio (born September 24, 1886 in Hüfingen ; † July 1, 1966 in Villingen ) was a German teacher and local researcher .

Live and act

Revellio was born the son of the printer Carl Revellio. He first attended the elementary school in Hüfingen and then the grammar school in Donaueschingen . He then studied history at the University of Freiburg and received his doctorate there in 1913 under Heinrich Finke with a dissertation on Hans the scholar von Schellenberg . After the state examination in 1911, he first worked at the grammar school in Donaueschingen. In 1914 he took a leave of absence to become an assistant at the Roman-Germanic Commission in Frankfurt, but was soon called up for military service. From 1919 he worked as a high school in Villingen , from 1920 as a high school professor . He was released in 1945, reinstated after denazification in 1948 and retired in 1952.

In addition, from 1921 he was the city archivist and curator of the municipal collections, today's Franciscan Museum, in Villingen and in this function published numerous articles on the early history and art history of his homeland. He promoted the establishment and maintenance of the Villingen collections. In particular, he made significant contributions to the research of prehistoric and early historical sites in the Baar . As excavation director, he was the excavation of the fort Hüfingen and the Roman manor von Bargen , a district of Engen , involved

In 1952 he was honored with the Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Fonts (selection)

Paul Revellio wrote numerous essays and a comprehensive book on the history of the city of Villingen and its surroundings.

• From the prehistory and early history of the Baar . Schwenningen 1932.
• From the history of the Baar in the Middle Ages . Schwenningen o. J. (1935) (= special print from: Schwenningen residents' book a. N. 1935, pp. 5-43).
• The Hüfingen fort (= The Upper Germanic-Raetian Limes of the Roman Empire , vol. 5, no. 62a). Berlin / Leipzig 1937.
• Villingen, the old town. A guide to their history, their monuments and their old cultural assets . 2nd edition Villingen 1959.
• Contributions to the history of the city of Villingen . Villingen 1964.

literature

• Alfred Hall: Dr. Paul Revellio. Obituary . In: Writings of the Association for History and Natural History of the Baar , Vol. 27, 1968, pp. IV – XII ( digitized version ).
• Wolfgang Berweck: Prof. Dr. Paul Revellio. Memories of an extraordinary teacher at the Villinger Gymnasium In: Almanach 89 Heimatjahrbuch Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis , 13th episode, 1989, pp. 80–82.