Richard Schwemer

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Honorary grave of Richard Schwemer in the Frankfurt main cemetery

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.

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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