Arnold Breymann

Arnold Breymann (born August 30, 1866 in Wolfenbüttel ; † August 16, 1933 there ) was a German Christian archaeologist and teacher. From 1896 to 1933 he directed the private school for girls "Neu-Watzum" in Wolfenbüttel.

Life

Arnold Breymann came from a family of pastors in Braunschweig. His grandfather was Pastor Ferdinand Breymann (1797–1866), his father Pastor Carl Breymann (one of ten children).

Arnold Breymann attended the Wolfenbüttel grammar school from 1876 to 1886 . In keeping with family tradition, he studied Protestant theology , first at the University of Tübingen (where he also did his military service), and later at the universities of Göttingen and Berlin . In the fall of 1890 Breymann passed his first theological exam, but decided to study further semesters in Berlin, where he devoted himself particularly to art archeology. He attended lectures and exercises with Ernst Curtius , Karl Frey , Adolf Furtwängler , Botho Graef , August Kalkmann , Reinhard Kekulé von Stradonitz , Otto Puchstein and above all with Nikolaus Müller , who also encouraged Breymann to do his doctoral thesis. Breymann lived temporarily in Oker near Goslar , where his father now worked as a pastor. For the year 1892/93 he received a travel grant from the German Archaeological Institute , which enabled him to undertake a research trip to Italy. In 1893 his doctoral thesis appeared on the pictorial representation of Adam and Eve , with which he was awarded a Dr. phil. received his doctorate .

After his return from Italy (1893) Breymann entered the seminary in Wolfenbüttel. During this time he received the offer to work as an assistant preacher in the German Protestant community in Naples . Instead, however, he decided to take over the management of the private school for girls (called "Neu-Watzum", also Breymannsches Institut ) in Wolfenbüttel , which his aunt Henriette Schrader-Breymann (1827-1899) had founded in 1854. Breymann headed the school for almost 40 years from 1896 and taught religion, German, literature, art history, civics, history and geography himself. He did not stand out with scientific publications, but he published a commemorative publication for the 50th anniversary of his school and was a member (later treasurer) of the Society of Friends of Wilhelm Raabe .

The Breymann private school lost its importance after the First World War because it did not allow a state-recognized qualification. In the 1930s, Arnold Breymann exposed himself as an opponent of National Socialism and anti-Semitism : In the annual report of the Association of Former Schoolgirls from Neu-Watzum (1932/33) he criticized the boycott of Jewish businesses demanded by the National Socialists and the terror of the SA ; he also insisted on continuing to teach Jewish students. The annual report was then confiscated and Breymann himself was briefly imprisoned. He committed suicide that same year .

Fonts (selection)

• Adam and Eve in the art of Christian antiquity. The monuments . Wolfenbüttel 1893 (dissertation)
• Festschrift for the 50th anniversary of the Breymann Institute . Wolfenbüttel 1906

literature

• Franz Hahne: Dr. Arnold Breymann † . In: Messages for the Society of Friends of Wilhelm Raabe . 23rd year (1933), p. 117f.
• Bernhard Breymann: Festschrift for the 80th anniversary of the Breymann Institute . Wolfenbüttel 1934 (with a supplement: Arnold Breymann in memory and with a portrait)
• Then and now . Volume 33 (1989), p. 223
• Sandra Donner: Of major daughters and learned women. Education for girls and women in the 19th century . Frankfurt am Main 2005, p. 147

Web links

Wikisource: Arnold Breymann  - Sources and full texts