Ernst Schwerdtner

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Ernst August Schwerdtner (born November 7, 1845 in Obercunewalde , † April 12, 1923 in Naunhof near Leipzig ) was a school councilor and later high school councilor from 1886 to 1912, director of the royal Saxon teachers' college in Annaberg . The new building of the seminary (1897–1900) also fell during his term of office.

Gravestone of Ernst August Schwerdtner and Carl Constantin Clauss in Annaberg-Buchholz

Life

Ernst Schwerdtner was born in Obercunewalde in 1845, where his father Ernst Gottlob Schwerdtner (1812-1860) from Burkersdorf had been a teacher since 1839. From 1825 to 1830 he had attended the Freiherrlich von Fletcher seminar in Dresden as a seminarist and was then a teacher in Schönbach near Sebnitz. The desire to become a teacher himself should have arisen in him early on. But the seriously ill father needed care. It was only after his death in 1861 that Schwerdtner entered the rural class in Bautzen . From Easter 1867 he worked as a teacher at the two-class elementary school in Ostritz , in order to teach in Bautzen himself from summer 1868.

From 1870 to 1872 he studied pedagogy in Leipzig until he became a senior teacher at the newly established seminar in Schneeberg as a candidate for the higher education authority . In the following years he switched to the seminars in Löbau (1877), Oschatz (1880) and Dresden-Friedrichstadt (1885). In 1881 Schwerdtner married Johanna Weitzer (1854–1932) from Schneeberg in Beierfeld . From 1886 until his retirement in 1912 he was the director of the Annaberg seminar.

Schwerdtner published a commemorative publication for the 50th anniversary of the Annaberg Seminar. From June 5th to 8th, 1892, the celebration grew into a festival week for the entire city and region. The large public was factored in by Schwerdtner in his efforts to rebuild the seminar in the 1890s. In the budget for 1894/95, the Saxon Ministry of Culture put 51,000 marks for the purchase of the new building plot. Construction, which should ultimately cost 1,026,000 marks, began in 1897 under the Chemnitz master builder Conrad Canzler . On April 21, 1900, Minister of Culture Paul von Seydewitz handed over the completed building to the seminar director Ernst Schwerdtner in a ceremony. The old building was still used as a parallel seminar.

During his term of office, the seminar in Annaberg prepared the founding of the seminars in Stollberg , Leipzig and Zwickau .

After his retirement, Schwerdtner moved to Naunhof near Leipzig, where he died in 1923. His wife Johanna was already living in Griesbach (Schneeberg) again at this point . His grave was in the old cemetery at the Trinity Church in Annaberg-Buchholz, which was converted into a park between 1968 and 1973. His tombstone was preserved.

Obituary notices for Ernst August Schwerdtner in the Annaberger Wochenblatt on April 15, 1923

Works

Ernst Schwerdtner was not really an author. Nor was he authored educational specialist literature. In keeping with the tradition of the late 19th century, however, he wrote two commemorative publications on the two major events that fell during his term as seminar director - the 50th anniversary of the founding and the new building:

  • “The Annaberg seminar after its founding and development: Festschrift to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the institution; with an appendix about the former private seminars on Mildenau, Grumbach and Wiesa bei Annaberg “Annaberg, 1892
  • “The new building of the Annaberg seminar: ceremony for the consecration on April 21, 1900; performed by E. Schwerdtner, seminar director, and C. Canzler, master builder “Annaberg, 1900

Honors

Schwerdtner was an officer of the Albrecht Order and a knight of the Saxon Order of Merit .

In Annaberg-Buchholz, Ernst-Schwerdtner-Strasse has been named in his honor. It leads past the Evangelical Gymnasium, which was built as a teacher training college during his tenure as director of the institute.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wilhelm Haan : Ecclesiastical statistical manual for the King of Saxony . Ed .: Carl Ramming. Dresden 1845, p. 338 ( digitized version in Google book search).
  2. ↑ a b c d e Obituary for high school supervisor Ernst August Schwerdtner , in: Tageblatt Annaberger Wochenblatt, Volume 116, No. 87, April 15, 1923
  3. ↑ Death report Johanna Schwerdtner, b. Weitzer; Registry office Griesbach 1932; today in the Schneeberg City Archives; Accessed on April 18, 2020
  4. ↑ From teachers' seminar to Protestant grammar school , ed .: Förderverein Christian Euro-Gymnasium Erzgebirge eV and Evangelisches Eurogymnasium Erzgebirge eV; Ed .: Dr. sc. Werner Kaden; Marienberg 2007, ISBN 978-3-931770-74-7 , p. 25.
  5. ↑ 500 years of school history in Annaberg , Wolfgang Fiedler and Rudi Keller, in: STREIFZÜGE through the history of the upper Ore Mountains , issue 22, New Local History Working Group Annaberg-Buchholz, Annaberg-Buchholz 1998, p. 5.
  6. ↑ Death report Ernst Schwerdtner; Registry office Naunhof 1923; today in the Naunhof town archive; Accessed on April 16, 2019
  7. ↑ On the farewell of Mr. Schwerdtner. In: Tageblatt Annaberger Wochenblatt. Volume 106, No. 226, September 28, 1912.
personal data
SURNAME Schwerdtner, Ernst
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schwerdtner, Ernst August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION High school councilor, royal Saxon seminar director in Annaberg
DATE OF BIRTH November 7, 1845
PLACE OF BIRTH Obercunewalde
DATE OF DEATH April 12, 1923
Place of death Naunhof