Richard Schwemer
Richard Schwemer (born January 29, 1857 in Breslau ; † November 24, 1928 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German teacher and historian .
life and work
In 1876 Schwemer began studying law, but in 1878 he switched to history and literature at the universities of Breslau , Berlin , Marburg and Strasbourg . In 1882 he was with a dissertation on Innocenz III. and the German Church during the controversy for the throne from 1198 to 1203 .
From 1883 he was a teacher of German and history at the municipal high school in Frankfurt. After the grammar school split in 1897, he went to the Goethe grammar school , where he stayed until his retirement in 1922. He then taught as an honorary professor at the University of Frankfurt until his death .
Schwemer was from 1891 chairman of the historical department of the Free German Hochstift . His research focused on the development history of the German nation-state, from 1907 onwards, on behalf of the Frankfurt Historical Commission appointed in 1906, primarily on the history of the Free City of Frankfurt . His main work History of the Free City of Frankfurt , published in three volumes in 1910, 1912 and 1915/1918 . 1814 to 1866 is still an important work in Frankfurt's free urban era. For his services he received the municipal plaque in bronze from the city council .
The Institute for Urban History is keeping his estate .
Publications (selection)
- Papacy and Empire (lecture collection), 1899.
- Restoration and Revolution. Sketches on the development history of German unity. 1902, 3rd edition, Teubner, Leipzig 1916.
- From covenant to empire. German history 1862–1871. Sketches on the development history of German unity. 1905, 3rd edition, Teubner, Leipzig 1920.
- The reaction and the new era , 1905, 3rd edition, Teubner, Leipzig 1923.
- History of the Free City of Frankfurt. 1814 to 1866 . 4 volumes, Baer, Frankfurt am Main 1910–1918.
- German history 1800–1848. Restoration and Revolution. 1916, 4th edition, Teubner, Leipzig 1925.
- The romance novel of a Prussian king. [King Friedrich Wilhelm II's correspondence with Sophie von Bethmann-Metzler 1793–1796]. Englert et al. Schlosser, Frankfurt am Main 1930.
literature
- Wolfgang Klötzer (Hrsg.): Frankfurter Biographie . Personal history lexicon . Second volume. M – Z (= publications of the Frankfurt Historical Commission . Volume XIX , no. 2 ). Waldemar Kramer, Frankfurt am Main 1996, ISBN 3-7829-0459-1 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Richard Schwemer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Federal Archives - Central Database of Legacies . In: nachlassdatenbank.de. Retrieved on August 30, 2016 (information on Richard Schwemer's estate in the Frankfurt Institute for City History).
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SURNAME | Schwemer, Richard |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German teacher, historian and university professor |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 29, 1857 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Wroclaw |
DATE OF DEATH | November 24, 1928 |
Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |