Ernst von Seydlitz

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Ernst von Seydlitz (born April 28, 1784 in Tschöplau , † May 18, 1849 in Breslau ) was a pedagogue and geographer .

origin

Ernst Friedrich August von Seydlitz-Kurzbach was the son of the Prussian major Balthasar Florian von Seydlitz (* March 3, 1728 - February 6, 1796), heir to Stoppen and Wikoline, and his wife Dorothea Gottliebe von Luck (* January 6, 1754 ; † July 22, 1792) from the Kursko house. His parents were members of the religious community of the Moravian Brethren .

Life

Title page to Geography, first issue, Breslau 1907

Von Seydlitz, whose father died early in 1796, allowed school attendance at various institutions of the Brothers' Union to spend from 1801 to 1804 as a seminarian at the theological seminar of Niesky in Lusatia and to study at the preachers and teachers seminar in Gnadenfeld in Upper Silesia in the Cosel district consequences. He then worked for 28 years as a teacher for the Brethren. He initially worked as a teacher in Neuwied am Rhein and as the first teacher in Ebersdorf (Reuss / Thuringia). In 1815 he returned to Gnadenfeld. There he held a position as co-inspector of the Gnadenfeld schools. Subsequently, in 1819, he was appointed director ("inspector") of the educational institutions in Gnadenfrei , today's Polish Piława Gorna. In 1832 he was forced to resign from the educational institution after conflicts resulting from a lack of competence and financial problems at the teaching institute, for which he was held responsible. After his death, however, the girls' school there was named after him in 1907. After leaving the educational field, he was rather unsuccessful landowner.

Von Seydlitz was the founder of the Seydlitz geography books. His first work, which was later to become a geography standard textbook, was the guide to geography , which was published by JF Korn in Breslau and was designated as an elementary book for school lessons . The third edition of the work, published in 1842, was published by Ferdinand Hirt . In 1864 the book was translated into Dutch. An edition in Italian followed 18 years later. In 1891, when Seydlitz's book was already in its 21st edition, the number of copies sold broke the million mark.

family

He married Emilie Henriette Antoinette Wilhelmine de la Palme du Pre (* September 24, 1797, † January 12, 1846) from Breslau on November 13, 1815 . The couple had the following children:

  • Mathilde Emilie (born October 14, 1816), canoness
  • Wilhelm Adolf (March 30, 1821 - September 7, 1847), Lieutenant of the 30th Infantry Regiment
  • Robert Julius (born November 29, 1824 - July 21, 1863 in Dundee) ∞ in Manchester on September 18, 1857 Maria Adelaide de Torregiani (born March 7, 1832 - July 3, 1878 in Salerno) widowed Visconti del Balza
  • Ernst Sigismund (born May 25, 1828 - † June 25, 1875), postal director
  • Klara Augusta (born March 15, 1835), canon
  • Stanislaus Friedrich (born November 22, 1837 - † May 19, 1876), captain a. D.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Yearbook of the German Nobility . Tape. 3, 1899 p.446
  2. ^ Ernst von Seydlitz: Curriculum Vitae with Break , accessed on November 2, 2013
  3. ↑ Seydlitz, Ernst von , accessed on November 2, 2013
  4. ^ Yearbook of the German Nobility . Tape. 3, 1899, pp.447f
personal data
SURNAME Seydlitz, Ernst von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Seydlitz-Kurzbach, Ernst Friedrich August von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Educator and geographer
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1784
PLACE OF BIRTH Tschöplau
DATE OF DEATH May 18, 1849
Place of death Wroclaw