Adolf Ferdinand Krech
Adolf Ferdinand Krech (born June 13, 1803 in Oschatz ; † May 12, 1869 in Berlin ) was the founding director of the Friedrichs-Gymnasium Berlin .
Life
The son of a book printer moved the family first to Meissen and then to Breslau, where he attended St. Maria Magdalena high school. The senior teacher Linge, who was appointed director of the newly founded grammar school in Ratibor in 1819 , had taken him into his house. When he took over the management of the grammar school in Hirschberg , Krech went with him and left the institution on March 31, 1822. At the University of Breslau , he studied ancient languages and history. Michaelis In 1824 he continued his studies in Berlin with Böck, Hegel , Schleiermacher and Friedrich von Raumer .
In 1826 he passed his examination and became tutor of the family of the Count of Schwerin. At Easter 1829 he entered the Kölln High School as Candidatus probandus and became the fourth senior teacher there at Easter 1833. He taught German and history in the Prima. As a senior teacher advanced to the second apprenticeship position, he had an annual salary of 800 Reichstalers.
In 1834 the Berlin Society for the German Language made him an honorary member. In 1835 he wrote a biography of Johann Joachim Winckelmann , who had been admitted to the Köllnisches Gymnasium a hundred years earlier. In 1836 he advocated teaching natural history. In 1839 he was appointed professor by the ministry. At Easter 1847, after the death of director Zinnow, he was appointed director of the Dorotheenstadt high school in Georgenstrasse.
When the new Friedrich-Wilhelmstädtische higher educational institution with 143 students was opened on April 11, 1850 (renamed Friedrichs-Gymnasium und -Realschule in May 1856), he became its director. In 1852 his son Adalbert Krech was born, who later became a well-known ship captain for HAPAG . In 1860 he was awarded the 4th Class Red Eagle Order . He was involved in the Gustav-Adolf-Verein , whose “Main Association of the Province of Brandenburg” he headed as chairman.
On May 6, 1869, he fell ill with pneumonia and died six days later.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Krech, Adolf Ferdinand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Headmaster |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 13, 1803 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oschatz |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 12, 1869 |
| Place of death | Berlin |