Franz Ludwig Zahn

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Franz Ludwig Zahn

Franz Ludwig Zahn (born October 6, 1798 in Wasserthaleben ; † March 20, 1890 at Gut Fild near Moers ) was a German educator.

Life

Zahn was the son of pastor Johann Gottlieb Zahn (born September 6, 1762 in Wasserthaleben; † April 3, 1845 ibid) and of Amalie Karoline Christine Koch (born January 1, 1771 in Großenehrich; † February 17, 1853 ibid).

Dental studied 1817-1820 at the University of Jena jurisprudence and 1822-1824 at the Friedrich-Wilhelms University in Berlin Protestant theology . In 1825 he joined Wilhelm Harnisch as a seminar teacher in the Weißenfels teachers 'seminar , from where he was appointed director of Fletcher's teachers' seminar in Dresden in 1827 .

Fletchersches teachers seminar Dresden

In the same year he married in St. Gallen Dating Anna Schlatter (born April 28, 1800 St. Gallen, † 8 January 1853 in Moers), a daughter who was already known in pietistic circles Anna Schlatter -Bernet (1773-1826 ). The marriage resulted in a total of ten children (including Johannes Zahn (educator), Theodor Zahn (theologian), Franz Michael Zahn (theologian), Franz Volkmar Zahn). Zahn left Dresden for Moers in 1832. As Adolf Diesterweg's successor , he became the director of the Moers teachers' seminar and prevailed against his competitor Johann Jakob Ewich . In 1836 he founded a preparatory institute (also known as "Filder Educational Institute" or " Martinstift ") on his Fild estate near Moers.

Martinstift (Moers)

He also set up an institution for the deaf and the blind on the estate. Both institutions were financed through the sale of books that were published by Zahn in his own "Rheinische Schulbuchhandlung" (later published by August Bagel ) and a loan from the Prussian state. In 1848 he was one of the initiators in founding the "Association of Protestant Teachers for Rhineland and Westphalia". His magazine “Schulchronik” became the official organ of the association, later the supplement “ Der Grafschafter ” was added to it, which developed into a remarkable newspaper for the Lower Rhine and can be seen as one of the roots of today's “ Rheinische Post ”. In 1857 Ferdinand Stiehl removed him from the position of director of the seminar. Zahn then continued his retirement at Gut Fild near Moers. The preparation institute as well as the institute for the deaf, dumb and blind were continued by his son Franz Volkmar.

Works

Zahn's Biblical Stories have found wide circulation (after millions of copies) in various editions (the more recent ones edited by August Giebe ); he also published:

  • History of the Kingdom of God (1830, 2 vols.),
  • Handbook on biblical history (selection from Luther's writings on each biblical story) etc.,
  • Filder Bible Calendar ,
  • School chronicle (1843–1856),
  • Village chronicle (since 1846), which the latter have achieved great importance for the maintenance of the Protestant church system in the Rhineland.

Honors

  • Zahn was buried in the Zahn private cemetery in Moers-Vinn, which he established in 1853. The Vinner cemetery and the private cemetery Zahn were placed under monument protection in 1993.
  • On October 6, 1948, a linden tree was planted in Moers Castle Park on the occasion of Franz Ludwig Zahn's 150th birthday. At the beginning of 2007 this linden tree was knocked over by the storm " Kyrill ". All that remained was the small stone memorial stone with a bronze plate. On September 22nd, 2007, on the occasion of the family reunion of the Zahn family, a new 4 meter high linden tree was planted. The bronze plate was stolen by unknown metal thieves in September 2008
  • In the Moers-Vinn district, a street bears the name of the Zahn family: Zahnstraße .

literature

  • Eberhard Otto: Franz Ludwig Zahn, a Protestant Schulmann a. People's educator , Berlin, Zillessen, 1918
  • Hugo Gotthard Bloth: The pedagogue Franz Ludwig Zahn (1798–1890) and his impeachment by Ferdinand Stiehl (1812–1878) , in: Monthly Issues for Evangelical Church History of the Rhineland 24, 1975, pp. 163–202.
  • Klaus Goebel: Franz Ludwig Zahn (1798-1890). In: Rheinische Lebensbilder, Volume 7. Ed. By Bernhard Poll on behalf of the Society for Rheinische Geschichtskunde . Rheinland Verlag, Cologne 1977, pp. 133-150.
  • Klaus Goebel: Franz Ludwig Zahn (1798–1890). A picture of life in: Whoever has the school has the future. Collected essays on Rhenish-Westphalian school history, editor: Hans Georg Kirchhoff, Bochum 1995, pp. 135–149.
  • The board of the Zahn'schen Familienverband e. V. Moers, Dedicated to the descendants of Franz Ludwig Zahn on his 170th birthday on October 6, 1968, Düsseldorf (1968). 58 p., With pedigree.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Death register, registry office Moers-Land, No. 31/1890
  2. ↑ Tooth family tree
  3. ^ "Franz Ludwig Zahn" from Meyers Konversations-Lexikon , 4th edition from 1888–1890
  4. ^ Family tree Zahn - Schlatter
  5. ↑ a b c d e Landschaftsverband Rheinland - Portal Rhenish History - Franz Ludwig Zahn - page accessed on July 2, 2011
  6. ↑ Zeno.org - Source: Rudolf Schmidt: German booksellers. German book printer. Volume 1. Berlin / Eberswalde 1902, pp. 24-25
  7. ↑ Bloth, Hugo Gotthard; The pedagogue Franz Ludwig Zahn (1798–1890) and his impeachment by Ferdinand Stiehl (1812–1878) , in: Monatshefte für Evangelische Kirchengeschichte des Rheinlandes 24, 1975, pp 163–202
  8. ↑ Landschaftsverband Rheinland - Rheinisches Amt für Denkmalpflege ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. of August 10, 2001, PDF (25 kB)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cdu-moers.de
  9. ↑ RPonline of September 24, 2007 - Jutta Langhoff
  10. ↑ RPonline of 24 September 2008 - Hedi Meinecke
personal data
SURNAME Zahn, Franz Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant educator
DATE OF BIRTH October 6, 1798
PLACE OF BIRTH Wasserthaleben
DATE OF DEATH March 20, 1890
Place of death Gut Fild near Moers