Adolf Clasen

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Adolf Clasen (born February 14, 1923 in Neustadt in Holstein ; † March 9, 2016 in Lübeck ) was a German classical philologist and Lübeck city ​​historian .

Life

Adolf Clasen was the youngest son of the pastor and local history researcher Martin Clasen (1882–1962). He grew up in Reinfeld (Holstein) and attended the Katharineum in Lübeck until he graduated from high school in 1941. He then served in the Navy during World War II ; as a lieutenant at sea on U 406 he was captured by the British in 1944. After his return from captivity in 1947, he studied classical philology. From 1955 to 1988 he taught Latin and Greek at the Katharineum in Lübeck. There he became a state adviser for ancient languages ​​for Schleswig-Holstein and initiated the annual symposia in Sankelmark . In 1970 he took over the state chairmanship of Schleswig-Holstein in the German Classical Philology Association (DAV) until 1975 . From this position he worked centrally on the didactic reorientation of Latin teaching in Germany. He was honorary chairman of the regional association.

Clasen advocated legitimizing the subject of Latin as a sensible offer outside of the humanistic grammar school, even without Greek . He also believed that Latin is not an elitist subject, but is particularly suitable as a socially compensatory language support for children from families with little education. He published numerous essays on didactic questions in ancient language teaching and edited text editions for schools.

Clasen was honorary chairman of the Schleswig-Holstein regional association of the DAV.

Fonts (selection)

  • Reformulation of learning objectives. Ten principles for the strategy of the German Classical Philology Association. In: Committee for Didactic Questions in the German Classical Philology Association: Materials for curriculum development in Latin. Bayer, Munich 1971.
  • Misunderstood treasures. Lübeck's Latin inscriptions in the original and in German (= publications on the history of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck. Series B, 37). Schmidt-Römhild, Lübeck 2002, ISBN 3-7950-0475-6 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary notice , Lübecker Nachrichten , accessed on March 16, 2016
  2. ↑ Marc Zirlewagen: Biographies of the clubs German students. Volume 1: Members A – L. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2014, ISBN 978-3-73572288-1 , p. 125.
personal data
SURNAME Clasen, Adolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical philologist and didactician
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Neustadt in Holstein
DATE OF DEATH March 9, 2016
Place of death Lübeck