Franz Daniel Friedrich Wadzeck

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Franz Daniel Friedrich Wadzeck (born August 10, 1762 in Berlin ; † March 2, 1823 there ) was a German theologian and founder of an educational institution.

Life

Friedrich Wadzeck was the son of the sexton Johann Wadzeck. His father died at the age of ten, after which Friedrich was admitted to the Halle orphanage . After seven years of school he studied theology at the University of Halle . In 1784 he passed the final exams.

At first Wadzeck worked as a pulpit speaker, which made him famous. He also preached to the Prussian queen. In 1788 he became professor of literature and style, and later also of physics and natural history at the royal cadet corps.

He was a member of the Berlin Masonic Lodge Zum flammenden Stern ; In 1794 he gave a widely acclaimed speech in front of the Great National Mother Lodge “To the three globes” (see works below ).

Wadzeck also worked on the newspaper Gemeinnütziger Anzeiger and in 1809 founded the Berlin weekly paper for citizens and farmers . He used this patriotic journal loyal to the king to criticize the burgeoning liberal movements and their representatives, such as Friedrich Ludwig Jahn and the Turner movement . Although a quarrel with three of his students was officially given as the reason for his early retirement, Wadzeck himself gave the reason "because he dutifully opposed the great mischief of the gymnastics spirit and its corruption of our youngsters, albeit with weak strength". Wadzeck's works were symbolically burned at the Wartburg Festival in 1817 .

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In 1819 he founded an educational and residential facility for initially twelve poor children, which grew rapidly and eventually cared for 400 children at the same time. After his death, the Prussian king founded the Wadzeck Institute, which is still in existence today.

Wadzeck is buried in the St. Marien and St. Nikolai Cemetery I in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg .

Works

  • About human reason. 1794.
  • The life and fate of the notorious Rudolph Franz von Grossing, actually called Franz Matthäus Grossinger, along with the history and disclosure of the secrets of the Rose Order. Frankfurt / Leipzig 1789.

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SURNAME Wadzeck, Franz Daniel Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian
DATE OF BIRTH August 10, 1762
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH March 2, 1823
Place of death Berlin