Richard Kallee
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Richard Kallee was a German Protestant pastor.
and worked then at the parishes of Willsbach
, Michelbach am Wald and of the Collegiate Church of Oehringen. He married Mathilde née Wunderlich, a daughter of the pastor Albert Wunderlich in Echterdingen. The couple had two sons: Walter Kallee (*1881) and Albert Kallee (*1884). On 15 September 1896 he took over the parish in Feuerbach
near Stuttgart
. On 16 July 1916 he received the Charlotte Cross
from Queen Charlotte of Württemberg
, when she visited his nursery. His service ended in October 1923 with the retirement.
Like his father, General Eduard von Kallee
he was an enthusiastic historian and archaeologist. In Pfedelbach
he identified a ring of pre-Roman walls and mounds. He discovered in 1903 prehistoric fortifications and a village fortress on the Lemberg (Stuttgart)
.
From 1904 he discovered several Alemannic
graves, tombs and sandstone cist
s in Feuerbach. A total of 102 tombs were excavated and documented by him and his team.
Together with his helpers he took great care to recover 760 artefacts from these Alemannic graves: skulls and bones, coins, pottery shards, combs, necklaces, belts, locks, swords, spears, arrows and spores, which he researched and published up to the end of his life.
In August and September 1912, the finds from the excavations were exhibited on the Feuerbach trade exhibition, where they were presented to a large number of spectators. On the first Sunday of the exhibition more than twenty thousand visitors attended the show, and on 16 September King William II of Württemberg
also took his time to get an explanation of the exhibits by Kallee. An exhibition brochure was published especially for this event with the title "Feuerbach in Prehistory and Early History - Guide to the Feuerbach Antiquities Collection" at a cost of 30 pfennig. On 4 November 1926 the Feuerbach Museum of Local History was inaugurated under Kallee’s directorate. In 1938, the former Paulinenstrasse was renamed in his memory to Kalleestrasse.
He died just three weeks after his wife and found his final resting place in an honorary grave, which is still maintained by Stuttgart City Council in the cemetery of Feuerbach. His funeral was attended by the Stuttgart Mayor Paul, some representatives of the Tübingen Royal Society Roigel, the Swabian Schiller Society and the Wednesday Club. The pastor of Cannstatt Jöhne praised his elloquence, his open, healthy character, which had however no lack of corners and edges, and especially his love for the homeland and its history. The local historian and museum curator Prof. Peter Goessler said in his obituary: "Kallee was mentally agile, versatile, interested, and capable of quickly reporting about things that impressed him as a skilled orator and writer."
Life and work
On 7 October 1877 Richard Kallee was ordained in the church of BöblingenBöblingen
Böblingen is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, seat of Böblingen District. Physically Sindelfingen and Böblingen are continuous.-History:Böblingen was founded by Count Wilhelm von Tübingen-Böblingen in 1253. Württemberg acquired the town in 1357, and on 12 May 1525 one of the bloodiest battles...
and worked then at the parishes of Willsbach
Obersulm
Obersulm is a municipality in the district of Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, formed in the 1970-s as a merger of the formerly independent municipalities Affaltrach, Eichelberg, Eschenau, Sülzbach, Weiler, and Willsbach. It is situated 12 km east of Heilbronn...
, Michelbach am Wald and of the Collegiate Church of Oehringen. He married Mathilde née Wunderlich, a daughter of the pastor Albert Wunderlich in Echterdingen. The couple had two sons: Walter Kallee (*1881) and Albert Kallee (*1884). On 15 September 1896 he took over the parish in Feuerbach
Stuttgart-Feuerbach
Feuerbach is a district of the city of Stuttgart. Its name is derived from the small river of the same name that flows from the neighbouring district of Botnang through Feuerbach...
near Stuttgart
Stuttgart
Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
. On 16 July 1916 he received the Charlotte Cross
Charlottenkreuz
The Charlottenkreuz was a decoration instituted on 5 January 1916 by King William II of Württemberg and named after his wife, the Queen of Württemberg, Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe...
from Queen Charlotte of Württemberg
Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe
Princess Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe was the daughter of Prince Wilhelm Karl August of Schaumburg-Lippe, and his wife, Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau. As the second wife of King William II of Württemberg she became Queen Charlotte of Württemberg...
, when she visited his nursery. His service ended in October 1923 with the retirement.
Like his father, General Eduard von Kallee
Eduard von Kallee
Eduard von Kallee was a German Major General und archaeologist.-Biography:...
he was an enthusiastic historian and archaeologist. In Pfedelbach
Pfedelbach
Pfedelbach is a town in the district of Hohenlohe in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.Being regionally most popular for its famous Castle built from 1568 to 1572 and the `Fürstenfaß´ , Pfedelbach's history dates back far into the 11th century.Nowadays most of the surrounding smaller townships have...
he identified a ring of pre-Roman walls and mounds. He discovered in 1903 prehistoric fortifications and a village fortress on the Lemberg (Stuttgart)
Lemberg (Stuttgart)
Lemberg is a mountain of Baden-Württemberg, Germany....
.
From 1904 he discovered several Alemannic
Alamanni
The Alamanni, Allemanni, or Alemanni were originally an alliance of Germanic tribes located around the upper Rhine river . One of the earliest references to them is the cognomen Alamannicus assumed by Roman Emperor Caracalla, who ruled the Roman Empire from 211 to 217 and claimed thereby to be...
graves, tombs and sandstone cist
Cist
A cist from ) is a small stone-built coffin-like box or ossuary used to hold the bodies of the dead. Examples can be found across Europe and in the Middle East....
s in Feuerbach. A total of 102 tombs were excavated and documented by him and his team.
Together with his helpers he took great care to recover 760 artefacts from these Alemannic graves: skulls and bones, coins, pottery shards, combs, necklaces, belts, locks, swords, spears, arrows and spores, which he researched and published up to the end of his life.
In August and September 1912, the finds from the excavations were exhibited on the Feuerbach trade exhibition, where they were presented to a large number of spectators. On the first Sunday of the exhibition more than twenty thousand visitors attended the show, and on 16 September King William II of Württemberg
William II of Württemberg
William II was the fourth King of Württemberg, from 6 October 1891 until the abolition of the kingdom on 30 November 1918...
also took his time to get an explanation of the exhibits by Kallee. An exhibition brochure was published especially for this event with the title "Feuerbach in Prehistory and Early History - Guide to the Feuerbach Antiquities Collection" at a cost of 30 pfennig. On 4 November 1926 the Feuerbach Museum of Local History was inaugurated under Kallee’s directorate. In 1938, the former Paulinenstrasse was renamed in his memory to Kalleestrasse.
He died just three weeks after his wife and found his final resting place in an honorary grave, which is still maintained by Stuttgart City Council in the cemetery of Feuerbach. His funeral was attended by the Stuttgart Mayor Paul, some representatives of the Tübingen Royal Society Roigel, the Swabian Schiller Society and the Wednesday Club. The pastor of Cannstatt Jöhne praised his elloquence, his open, healthy character, which had however no lack of corners and edges, and especially his love for the homeland and its history. The local historian and museum curator Prof. Peter Goessler said in his obituary: "Kallee was mentally agile, versatile, interested, and capable of quickly reporting about things that impressed him as a skilled orator and writer."