Sülchgau antiquity association

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The Sülchgau antiquity society is one of the oldest historical societies in Baden-Württemberg . It has almost 500 members and is a member of the home care working group in the Tübingen administrative region .

The association, which has been promoting its work since the opening of the Sumelocenna Museum in 1992, celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2002. The Sülchgauer Altertumsverein eV (SAV) is based in the Roman and episcopal city of Rottenburg am Neckar.

Founded in 1852

The term "antiquity association" is a 19th century vocabulary. These associations of “friends of antiquity” had set themselves the goal of researching and preserving historical evidence and monuments. Members were often pastors, teachers, pharmacists or doctors. Under the influence of the patriotic wave of the wars of freedom , the romantic turn to the Middle Ages and advanced historical methods, antiquity associations were increasingly founded since the 1820s. As early as 1852, the local societies merged to form the general association of German history and antiquity associations. In the same year, an antiquity association was set up in the Württemberg district of Rottenburg am Neckar. In December 1852, the 38-year-old Hans Carl Freiherr von Ow zu Wachendorf (1814–1882), in cooperation with the “famous researcher” Ignaz von Jaumann, founded the “Hohenberg'sche Altertumsverein zu Rottenburg a. N. ”was launched.

In the call for founding, published in the "Swabian Kronik" of December 17, 1852 and later also distributed as a special edition, the purpose of the association was named "on the stately Alt-Rottenburg ( called Weilerburg ), especially the deserving Hohenberg family, a pillar of thought in shape a lookout tower with historical inscriptions, etc. [...] . ” This tower should be connected “ with a hall for the antiquities that are so abundant in this area ” . The 74-year-old cathedral dean von Jaumann, who had lived in Neckarstadt since 1814, had emerged as an explorer of the Roman Rottenburg. A contemporary characterizes - as he calls him - “Alterthümler” Jaumann: “No foundation of a house was laid, no cellar was dug, no well dug, no hill uncovered, without Mr. Domdekan throwing a researcher look into the inner shaft of the earth and looked for Roman antiquities ” . When he died in Rottenburg in 1862 there was still no suitable "exhibition hall", so that a few weeks after his death his findings were transferred to the "antiquarian cabinet in Stuttgart" according to the decree of the cathedral dean . The driving force behind the Hohenberg antiquity association, which was renamed the Sülchgauer antiquity association at the end of the 1860s, was Hans Carl Freiherr von Ow, who lived as a manor in Wachendorf and was also a member of the Rottenburg agricultural district association for many years.

History until 1900

At the end of the 1880s, Hans Otto Freiherr von Ow (1843–1921), the founder's son and then vice chairman, not only wanted to expand the association spatially, but also to give history lovers better access to the sources. In response to his efforts, the association's assembly decided in 1889 to submit a motion calling on the Württemberg government to “meet those institutions that enable better use of the files piled up in the archives for local research and local history” . In the request to the ministry, it was asked, “In the interest of our patriotic history, especially history on the upper Neckar, [...] an introduction should be made to ensure that the use and research can be made through the early creation of organized repertories or registers the as yet unseen and unprocessed treasures of old documents of the K. State Archives (e.g. the former archives of the Moritz monastery) will be facilitated and funded. ” On April 12, 1889, budget consultations took place in the Württemberg Chamber of Deputies. SAV chairman Richard von Rieß (1823–1898), representative of the Rottenburg cathedral chapter in the chamber, again put forward the request of the SAV for faster development of the archives of the New Württemberg parts of the country. The knightly deputy Freiherr von Ow supported this vote of his fellow board member. In the debate that followed, the question of the establishment of a “historical commission” was also raised. This point had already been addressed in the answer of the K. Haus- und Staatsarchiv to the inquiry of the SAV: “If such a commission were to come about, the Sülchgauverein would easily have the opportunity to process and publish one of the subjects to be dealt with of the documents on the upper Neckar by one of the persons working at the expense of the commission. " Two years later, by decree of July 23, 1891, the " Württemberg Commission for State History " was set up, which had the task of " to promote knowledge of the history of the royal house and the Württemberg state ” . The four big history societies - (Schwäbisch) Hall, Ulm, Stuttgart and Rottenburg - could each send a representative to the commission.

Preservation of the Roman Heritage

The ancient "antiquities" from the time of Roman Rottenburg, which the association has accumulated and preserved since the middle of the 19th century, today form the basis of the Sumelocenna Museum in memoriam Josef Eberle . The Sülchgauer Altertumsverein has been interested in archaeological objects since it was founded. After the death of Domdekan v. Jaumann 1862 there was initially no one left who carried on his legacy and registered the findings that happened to come to light. City architect Pfletschinger collected finds, but without closely observing the find situation. It was only when Franz Paradeis (1860-1936) settled in Rottenburg at the beginning of the 1890s that the association found a researcher who was also responsible as custodian for the Sülchgau Museum in the Zehntscheuer. The association collections have had their domicile here since 1903. The association financed the research carried out by Franz Paradeis, and the findings were added to the collection. The main focus of his excavation activities were the Roman baths, the findings in the state prison, the pottery kilns in the Roman “industrial quarter” and other grave and settlement finds.

History after 1900

With the cathedral capitular Johann Baptist Sproll (1870–1949), a proven historian had been at the head of the association since the summer of 1913. The theologian had also been an extraordinary member of the Württemberg Commission for State History since 1905. In 1898 Sproll had obtained his doctorate in 1898 at the University of Tübingen on the legal history topic "The St. Georgenstift in Tübingen and its relationship to the university in the period from 1476–1534" . The future vicar general was at the head of the SAV until 1928, and on June 14, 1927 he had already been elected by the cathedral chapter as the new bishop of the Rottenburg diocese . He was succeeded by the new Vicar General Max Kottmann (1867–1948).

Old and new Rottenburger cribs

The crib shows in the Zehntscheuer have attracted thousands of visitors from near and far every year since the mid-1980s. In and around Rottenburg am Neckar there is a long tradition of building and setting up cribs in churches and chapels as well as in private houses. While it has long been the custom to visit the nativity scenes in churches and chapels at Christmas time, viewing nativity scenes in private homes has remained the exception in the area. Three nativity masterpieces - Altstadtkrippe, Kalkweiler Krippe and "Dodereskripple" - were created between 1750 and 1870 and are now exhibited annually in the Sülchgau Museum.

Sülchgau

What seems to be a bit “tumbling” to outsiders, the terms “ Sülchgau ” and “Antiquity” in the club name, seems to be of advantage in today's fast-moving times: On the one hand as a trademark, on the other hand they show that the limits of historical interest are not are narrowed by the city limits, but include the rest of the area with the once Alemannic Sülchgau. In its programs, which appear every six months, lectures and excursions, some of which last several days, are offered - to important sites in the region and far beyond. The magazine “Der Sülchgau”, which has been published since 1957, contains articles and themed volumes of archaeological, local history and historical articles. Like the Sülchgau Museum, the club library is located in the Rottenburger Zehntscheuer (Bahnhofstrasse 16) in the former Upper Austria.

literature

  • Karlheinz Geppert: The continuity between past and present… . In: Der Sülchgau 34 (1990), pp. 29-60.
  • Paul Kopf: Joannes Baptista Sproll, Life and Work. On the 50th anniversary of the expulsion of the Rottenburg bishop on August 24, 1938 ; Sigmaringen: Thorbecke, 1988.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Karin Heiligmann: Sumelocenna, Römisches Stadtmuseum Rottenburg am Neckar , Verlag K. Theiss, 1992, ISBN 3-8062-1073-X , page 112.