Peter Schneider (local history researcher)

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Peter Schneider (born June 20, 1882 in Bamberg , † January 19, 1958 ibid) was a German homeland researcher and high school teacher .

Life

Peter Schneider was born into a long-established Bamberg family. After high school in 1901 he studied at the University of Munich and later at the University of Würzburg Ancient languages , German , history and geography , in 1907 obtained the doctorate Dr. phil. and embarked on the career of a high school teacher. First he taught at the New Bamberg High School in Bamberg, and from 1911 in Speyer. There he married Babette Reinlein from Bamberg in 1912; from this marriage had four children. In 1920 he moved back to Würzburg and taught at the New Gymnasium (today's Riemenschneider Gymnasium). In the same year Schneider co-founded the Frankenbund . After a brief teaching position in Aschaffenburg, he returned to Würzburg in 1934. In the devastating attack on Würzburg on March 16, 1945 he lost his belongings; its extensive library as well as its records and manuscripts burned. He spent the following three years with his family in Gerolzhofen, moved to his hometown Bamberg in 1948 and took over the management of the old grammar school there . In 1950 he left the school service. He died on January 19, 1958 in Bamberg and was buried there two days later with great public sympathy.

engagement

During his studies in Munich he became a member of the KBSt.V. Rhaetia Munich and in 1905 co-founded the Herbipolensis branch in Würzburg. After the First World War, the Würzburg branch became independent and became the KDSt.V. Franco-Raetia zu Würzburg in 1930 joined the Cartell Association of Catholic German Student Associations . Peter Schneider became the first Philistine senior of the young union and is considered the “ godfather ” of the Franco councils due to his commitment .

His second "life project" was the Frankenbund . At a young age, Schneider came to the public with (art) historical and folklore topics. The preoccupation with Franconia , its history and culture, its landscape, its language and its inhabitants became his life's work. Together with like-minded people, he founded the Frankenbund eV on October 11, 1920, which saw itself as a "Federation for the knowledge and care of the Franconian land and people". Schneider was a well-respected writer and researcher whose fields of work included Franconian history, folklore , heraldry and linguistic research, as well as a gifted speaker who knew how to inspire and carry his audience away. He published more than 100 publications on francs.

honors and awards

Memorial stone for Peter Schneider on the Schwanberg

In 1959, the Frankenbund placed a memorial stone on the Schwanberg , Kitzingen district , for its founder .

Memberships

literature

  • Richard Wagner: Peter Schneider 1882–1982. - A life for Francs. Halbig Verlag, Würzburg 1982, DNB 830367578 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eugen Brand: The first 25 years of the new grammar school Bamberg: (1890-1915) . Gärtner, Bamberg 1915, p. 11 ( digitized version ).
  2. ↑ 100 years of the Catholic German Student Union Franco-Raetia Würzburg, commemorative publication for the 100th foundation festival of the KDSt.V. Franco-Raetia zu Würzburg in the CV. Würzburg 2005, OCLC 634863845 .
  3. ^ Foundation of the Franconian Federation (PDF; 244 kB). Website of the Frankenland online - magazine for Franconian cultural studies and culture. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Schneider, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German homeland researcher and high school teacher
DATE OF BIRTH June 20, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Bamberg
DATE OF DEATH January 19, 1958
Place of death Bamberg