Daniel Eberhard Beyschlag

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Daniel Eberhard Beyschlag (born November 9, 1759 in Nördlingen , † February 8, 1835 in Augsburg ) was a German teacher and librarian . Beyschlag was rector at the grammar schools in Nördlingen and Augsburg as well as city librarian in Augsburg.

Life

Family and education

Daniel Eberhard Beyschlag was the son of the Nördlingen master shoemaker Benedikt Beyschlag. After the early death of his father, he grew up with his grandparents and attended elementary school and the lyceum in Nördlingen . From 1779 to 1781 he studied school science and theology at the University of Leipzig , a course that he was able to finance with the help of a grant from the city of Nördlingen. His Leipzig professors included Samuel Friedrich Nathanael More , Johann August Dathe and Christian Daniel Beck . He also attended lectures by the historian Friedrich August Wilhelm Wenck and the mathematician Johann Samuel Traugott Gehler . With his roommate in Leipzig , who later became a teacher, Gustav Friedrich Dinter , he heard sermons by the Swiss theologian Georg Joachim Zollikofer , which had a strong influence on him.

Professional background

In 1782 the magistrate of the city of Nördlingen appointed him Preceptor and Deputy Head of the Nördlinger Lyceum, his former school. During this time Beyschlag was a collaborator and co-author of Wilhelm Ludwig Wekhrlin and his magazines Chronologen , Das Graue Ungeheuer and Hyperborean Letters . But he also worked as a pulpit speaker. In 1789 he was appointed rector of the high school in Nördlingen.

In 1801 Beyschlag took over the rectorate of the St. Anna high school in Augsburg. A year later he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Jena . He founded a Sunday school in Augsburg, which he connected with an educational institution for elementary school teachers. It was one of the first facilities of its kind in southern Germany. At the same time, together with colleagues and theologians, he created a higher education institution for girls, the Beyschlag Institute for Female Education. In gratitude, he and his family were granted citizenship of the Free Imperial City of Augsburg free of charge .

With the mediatization of Augsburg in 1806 and the incorporation of the city into the Kingdom of Bavaria , Beyschlag was given further tasks. After the unification of the Catholic and Protestant grammar schools in Augsburg, he was elected to the board of this new educational institution and appointed professor of preparatory philosophical sciences. Due to the multiple burdens, he applied in 1819 to release him from the rectorate of St. Anna-Gymnasium, instead he wanted to continue teaching oriental languages ​​and take on a position as city and district librarian. In September 1821 his request was granted.

As a librarian at the Augsburg City Library , he did a great job. With broad financial support from the Bavarian state government and the government director Johann Nepomuk von Raiser , he was able to build a museum for antiquity Antiquarium romanum , today's Roman Museum , in a front building of the St. Anna-Gymnasium . He found time to devote himself to his favorite pastimes, archaeological and numismatic studies. Numerous works and essays on these topics, but also on the history of Bavaria, were the result of his research.

For his services, Beyschlag was awarded the title of Royal Bavarian Councilor on June 27, 1833, on his 50th anniversary in office . On May 29, 1833 he was awarded the Cross of Honor of the Order of Ludwig . A royal ministerial rescript of September 1833 announced the establishment of a historical district association in the Upper Danube district. Beyschlag was elected to the association's committee and appointed curator of all collections. He was also part of the editorial team for the annual reports, the club news.

He died of a stroke in Augsburg on February 8, 1835 at the age of 75 . A memorial plaque was attached to the Maximilian Museum in his honor .

Marriage and offspring

Daniel Eberhard Beyschlag married Margaretha Salzmann in Nördlingen in 1783, the daughter of a Nördlingen merchant. The couple had three sons and a daughter. His wife died in Augsburg on March 27, 1827. Christian Friedrich, the eldest son, became a government and district building officer in Augsburg, his younger brother Christian Leopold took over a pharmacy in Herzogenaurach . The youngest son Ferdinand Ludwig became district building inspector in Kaiserslautern . The only daughter Friederike Margarethe married the Augsburg high school professor Heinrich Schmid.

Publications (selection)

  • Attempt of a coin history of Augsburg in the Middle Ages. Stuttgart 1835.
  • Brief news from the St. Anna high school in Augsburg. Augsburg 1831.
  • The Augsburg Confession based on a complete manuscript with variants of an as yet unprinted manuscript in the archives of the city of Nördlingen. Augsburg 1830.
  • Travel book for young professionals on their travels. Nordlingen 1826.
  • The peculiarities of Augsburg and its surroundings. Augsburg 1825.
  • Contributions to the history of the master singers. Augsburg 1807.
  • What can be said of the comets? Augsburg 1807.
  • Collection of foreign words. Nordlingen 1806.
  • Something about Sunday schools. Augsburg 1803.
  • Contributions to the Nördlingische gender history. Nördlingen 1801 to 1803.
  • Contributions to the art history of the imperial city of Nördlingen. Nördlingen 1795 to 1801.
  • Attempt of a school history of the imperial city Nördlingen. Nordlingen 1794.
  • Cheering speech from the joys of the school class. Nordlingen 1793.

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personal data
SURNAME Beyschlag, Daniel Eberhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German educator and librarian
DATE OF BIRTH November 9, 1759
PLACE OF BIRTH Nordlingen
DATE OF DEATH February 8, 1835
Place of death augsburg