Folkert Krey

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Folkert Krey (born January 16, 1692 in Buttforde ; † October 21, 1775 ibid) was a German village school teacher, organist and author of a well-known arithmetic book for East Frisian elementary schools.

Life

On his mother's side, Folkert Krey came from a long-established Buttford family. His father was Hermann Krey (1656-1727) born in Eggelingen , his mother Alget Folkerts (1664-1724). He was the oldest child of five siblings.

In his first marriage, Folkert Krey was married to Anna Elisabeth Helmrichs, who was also from Buttforde. The couple had two daughters and four sons. Two years after the death of his first wife, on April 23, 1754, he married Anna Catharina Leiner (1704–1782), who was born in Reepsholt. This marriage presumably remained childless.

Krey worked as a village schoolmaster and organist at the Buttford St. Mary's Church . Folkert Krey became known beyond the narrow borders of his village through the publication of a Low German arithmetic book , which was used for a long time in East Frisian schools. The level of awareness of this arithmetic book is also shown in a proverbial phrase that is still used here and there in East Frisia:

"Dat is so seeker as twê mal twê vêr sünd, na Folkert Krey sîn Rekenbôk."

In 1839, about a hundred years after it was first printed, the 15th edition of Krey's arithmetic book was published. It was taken care of by teacher Hofmann from Blersum .

Works (selection)

  • Arithmetic book based on the state laws currently in force in the Kingdom of Hanover on coins, measurements and weights ; 1839 (15th edition)
  • Arithmetica Initialis or: A short arithmetic book for beginners in arithmetic , Bremen no year (probably end of the 18th century)

literature

  • Heinrich Drees: The school Buttforde from 1681 to 1815. Chronicle of the school in Buttforde. In: Heimatklänge , supplement to the Harlinger Anzeiger from May 28, 1931
  • WG Kern, W. Willms: Ostfriesland as it thinks and speaks. A collection of the most popular East Frisian proverbs and sayings . Verlag Rüthmann's Buchhandlung: Bremen 1871², p. 18; No. 113

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Genealogy-Net: Livres local d'heritage Stedesdorf, Burhafe, Dunum - Rapport de famille ; accessed on May 11, 2011
  2. ^ Genealogy-Net: Livres local d'heritage Stedesdorf, Burhafe, Dunum - Rapport de famille ; accessed on May 11, 2011
  3. ↑ Zeno: idioms for safe ; accessed on May 10, 2011
  4. ^ Dettmar Coldewey: Frisia Orientalis. Data on the history of the country between Ems and Jade , Wilhelmshaven 1967, p. 26
personal data
SURNAME Krey, Folkert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German village school teacher, organist and textbook author
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1692
PLACE OF BIRTH Buttforde
DATE OF DEATH October 21, 1775
Place of death Buttforde