Wilhelm Feetlein

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Wilhelm August Oswald Julius Füßlein , also Füsslein , (born March 5, 1869 in Saalfeld , † January 8, 1944 in Großhansdorf ) was a German educator , historian and local researcher .

Live and act

Wilhelm Füßlein studied history and theology at the University of Jena and the University of Leipzig . In 1893 he received a license to teach religion, Hebrew and history in high schools. In 1895 he moved to Hamburg , where the teaching permit was recognized. He taught for a year at the private school of Dr. Theodor Wahnschaff and began his probationary year at the Johanneum School of Academics in 1896 . In February 1898 he was promoted to Dr. phil at the Jena University.

Füßlein went back to Hamburg and initially worked as an assistant teacher at the Uhlenhorst secondary school. At the University of Marburg , he passed the additional exams for French and English for intermediate levels in secondary schools. Then in April 1899 he switched to the secondary school in front of the Lübecker Tor as a senior teacher. From 1903 he also taught church and dogma history at the senior teacher seminar. In 1906 he switched to the St. Georg secondary school. In 1913 he received the fourth age allowance as a senior teacher. The Hamburg Senate therefore made him a compulsory professor. During the First World War he did military service as a captain and company commander on the Eastern Front and with the Deputy General Staff in Berlin . The service as a teacher ended when he retired in 1932.

Works

As a historian, Füßlein dealt closely with the place where he lived. Since he came from Thuringia, he worked on important works on the history of the Counts of Henneberg and the Saalfeld monastery . In connection with this he dealt with the history of the diocese and the city of Würzburg . Because of these works he received a call to a new Thuringian History Commission in 1930, for which he created elaborate editions.

In retirement, Füßlein devoted himself to his new home in Hamburg. Since 1919 he belonged to the Association for Hamburg History , for which he researched the population of Hamburg at the time of the Middle Ages. From 1934 to 1937 he took over the chairmanship of the association for local history and local research in the forest villages , which became known under the name "De Spieker". Füsslein gave many lectures on local history for the association, including a speech in 1935 on the 500th anniversary of Großhansdorf. This led to important studies on the history of the forest villages and Wohldorf Castle.

  • The struggle for civil liberty in medieval Würzburg in the 13th century , in: Historische Zeitschrift Volume 134 (1926), pp. 267-318

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SURNAME Little feet, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Füßlein, Wilhelm August Oswald; Füsslein, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and local researcher
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH Saalfeld
DATE OF DEATH January 8, 1944
Place of death Großhansdorf