Anton Heinen
Anton Heinen (born November 12, 1869 in Buchholz , † January 3, 1934 in Rickelrath ) was a Catholic priest and adult educator.
biography
Anton Heinen was born in 1869 as the son of a teacher in Buchholz near Bedburg , which has now disappeared . After graduating from high school in Bedburg in 1889, he studied theology and philosophy in Bonn . In 1893 he was ordained a priest, headed a journeyman's association as a chaplain, and from 1909 worked as an apologist in the Mönchengladbach headquarters of the Volksverein for Catholic Germany . He published in the association's own publishing house and wrote articles for the Lexikon der Pädagogik, the Staatslexikon, the Handbuch der Erziehungswissenschaften and other compilations. His special concern was adult education . So he and his friend Robert von Erdberg belonged to the inner leadership of the Hohenrodter Bund . Until 1932 he was in charge of the Franz-Wärme Haus in Paderborn and in the last years of his life he was a pastor in Rickelrath .
Honors
Several schools and educational institutions were named after Anton Heinen.
Selection of works
- From eternal sources . Volksverein-Verlag. Mönchengladbach 1929
- The swallow book. How a mother enlivens her home . Volksverein-Verlag. Mönchengladbach 1926
literature
- Fritz Laack : The interlude of free adult education. Klinkhardt, Bad Heilbrunn 1984, ISBN 3-7815-0543-X .
- Wilhelm Kuhne : Anthropological and sociological foundations of the pedagogy of Anton Heine. A contribution to the genesis of Christian popular education Bonn, Univ.-Diss. 1981
- Ders .: Christian adult education. The pedagogical and andragogical draft of Anton Heine (= writings on Christian upbringing and education; 1). Schöningh, Paderborn 1983, ISBN 3-506-74900-5
Web links
- Jürgen Henningsen: Heinen, Anton. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969, ISBN 3-428-00189-3 , p. 301 ( digitized version ).
- Literature by and about Anton Heinen in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Fritz Laack 1984, p. 573ff
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heinen, Anton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Catholic priest and adult educator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 12, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Buchholz (near Bedburg) |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 3, 1934 |
| Place of death | Rickelrath |