Adolf Moritz Schulze

Adolf Moritz Schulze (also Moritz Schulze ; * May 5, 1808 in Gotha ; † December 8, 1881 in Hildburghausen ) was a German Protestant theologian and educator .

Life

Education and university preacher in Leipzig

Schulze was the second son of Gotha high school professor Christian Ferdinand Schulze . From 1813 he first attended the Gotha garrison school and in 1816 switched to the preparatory class for the grammar school, which was taught by the poet Wilhelm Hey . Then he went to the Gothaer Gymnasium illustrious , which at that time had an excellent reputation and where he, among others, in addition to his father on the teachers, Friedrich Wilhelm Döring , Friedrich Jacobs , Johann Friedrich Salomon Kaltwasser , Valentin Rost or Ernst Friedrich Wüstemann met. He graduated from high school in 1826, but was not able to start studying at the University of Jena until Easter 1827 due to an illness . There he heard philosophical , philological and theological lectures. After three semesters in Jena, he moved to the University of Leipzig in 1828 .

Schulze was supposed to become afternoon preacher at the Leipzig University Church and was therefore previously promoted to Dr. phil. PhD . His inauguration took place on March 14th of this year, and on May 12th he passed his first theological examination in his homeland. He stayed in Leipzig until 1837 and from 1831, in addition to his preaching activity, taught history, geography and natural history at the Institute for Girls of Frau Heger in Leipzig and also taught students in Hebrew and Greek exegesis , dogmatics and church history . On May 20, 1835, he passed the second theological examination in Gotha. In the following years he began to work as a writer.

Work in the Duchy of Gotha

Due to his marriage, Schulze moved back to Gothaer Land. On June 18, 1837 he gave his farewell sermon in the Leipzig University Church and took over his new office as pastor in Langenhain on July 30 . There he also had to take care of the school supervision, founded a school for small children and gave private lessons. His actions prompted him the town of Gotha in January 1842 reputation as rector to give the city schools. He was the first independent rector of the city schools in Gotha. Until then, the rector of the illustrious grammar school had also taken on the task of running the three city schools. He expanded the school system in Gotha so much that he was overloaded with his other activities. Therefore, Christian Neudecker, who had been his deputy until then, relieved him of running the schools. Only the First Boys' School and the First Girls' Citizens' School remained with Schulze. In 1857 he also took over the position of Gotha garrison preacher in order to be able to support his family .

Schulze was still dependent on better financial resources and therefore applied for the office of pastor and superintendent in Ohrdruf . He took up this office on June 10, 1860. There he also took care of the city's public school system in addition to pastoral care. And since there was still no girls' secondary school in town, he founded one in his private rooms. In 1863 he was also appointed district school inspector.

On January 1, 1878, he retired with the title of Council of Churches , after he had resigned as a district school inspector in 1877. He first moved back to Gotha. There he celebrated his fiftieth doctoral jubilee in 1880. After a stroke he had to be admitted to the asylum for the mentally ill in Hildburghausen. There he died. He was buried on December 11, 1881 in Gotha.

Working in the teachers' associations

Schulze was involved in various teachers' associations. In Gotha he was chairman of the local district teachers 'association and the general Gotha teachers' association . From 1848 he was a participant in every conference of the General German Teachers' Assembly . After the fourth conference in 1852 could not find a conference location, Schulze convinced the Duke to allow this conference in Gotha. He succeeded again in 1855. From 1852 to 1875 he was managing director of the General German Teachers' Assembly. His sphere of activity also included correspondence, the procurement of printed matter such as minutes, setting price assignments and negotiating discounts on fares with the railways.

Works (selection)

• Georg and Luther or the honor of the Duke Georg of Saxony: a contribution to the history of the Reformation , Leich, Leipzig 1834.
• Memory of Diezmann, Margrave of Meissen and Landgrave in Thuringia , Hartmann, Leipzig 1835.
• Textbook on Jewish conversions, at the same time an aid for differentiating between the Old and New Testaments , Weidmann, Leipzig 1837.
• Catechism lessons along with a brief outline of the history of religion for community schools , glasses, Gotha 1844.
• Local history for the residents of the Duchy of Gotha , 3 volumes, glasses, Gotha 1845–1847.
• Small school geography. Local history of the Duchy of Gotha , Heiberg, Schleswig 1869.

literature

• Albert Schumann :  Schulze, Moritz . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 37, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, pp. 325-328.
• Ernst Schulze : Dr. Adolf Moritz Schulze. A picture of his life and work designed for relatives and friends. Dresden 1884.
• A. Meier: Dr. Adolf Moritz Schulze , in: Allgemeine deutsche Lehrerzeitung , 34th year (1882), no. 24, pp. 213–216.

Web links

• Works by and about Adolf Moritz Schulze  in the German Digital Library