August Schatzlein
August Schätzlein (born June 25, 1859 in Blomberg ; † December 23, 1930 in Gütersloh ) was a German homeland researcher and teacher in Bielefeld and Gütersloh.
Life
August Schätzlein was born in Blomberg in 1859 as the son of the country mailman Georg Schätzlein and his wife Charlotte. He attended school in Detmold and started teaching at a Bielefeld public school in 1879. In 1884 he switched to the local Catholic elementary school in Gütersloh and was appointed rector a few years later . He was considered an excellent teacher and educator and in 1884, together with a second teacher, founded the rural advanced training school in Kattenstroth , a current district of Gütersloh.
Schätzlein was a member of the church council of the St. Pankratius congregation and organist for 24 years . He also founded the Kattenstrother savings and loan association in 1899 and became its chairman on the supervisory board . He was also one of the founders of the Gütersloher Bank, from which today's Volksbank Bielefeld-Gütersloh emerged . He summarized the results of his homeland research in the local history of the Wiedenbrück district and in the book Gütersloh in 1928 .
August Schätzlein died in 1930 at the age of 71. The August-Schätzlein-Weg in Gütersloh was named after him.
Individual evidence
- ↑ August-Schätzlein-Weg ( Memento from September 10, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schatzlein, August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German homeland researcher and teacher in Bielefeld and Gütersloh |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 25, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Blomberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 23, 1930 |
| Place of death | Gutersloh |