Friedrich Koch (school councilor)
Friedrich Koch , completely Georg Friedrich Koch , sometimes wrongly Gottlob Friedrich Koch (* 1769 in Loburg ; † November 26, 1849 in Stettin ) was a German educator and school councilor.
Life
Koch was a nephew of Johann Christoph Adelung and later his heir. He studied at the University of Halle and graduated from Friedrich Gedike's seminar in Berlin . As a teacher he worked from 1789, first at the Friedrichwerder Gymnasium and then at the Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster in Berlin.
In 1792 he came to the Great Council College in Stettin and became its director. He suggested a school reform, which in 1805 led to the amalgamation with the Marienstiftsgymnasium to form the "United Royal and City Gymnasium", where he was vice-principal of the new institution and at the same time school councilor at the Prussian provincial government of the Pomerania province .
From 1806 to 1808 he was the editor of a magazine, the first Eurynome in 1806 . A magazine for the dissemination of non-profit knowledge, the promotion of scientific culture and moral refinement was called. Due to the events of the Fourth Coalition War , which led to the state of siege in Stralsund in October 1806, it had to cease its publication. When it reappeared in October 1807, it was called Eurynome and Nemesis. A magazine for disseminating non-profit knowledge and promoting scientific culture . With the 12th issue 1808 it finally stopped its publication.
In 1811 his award-winning book The School of Humanity was published . From 1816 to 1828 Koch was director of the Marienstiftsgymnasium. In 1828 he was released from the duties of the director, while at the same time being appointed to the Consistorialrat and expanding his school supervisory powers. His successor as director was Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Hasselbach .
From 1815 he was also responsible for Vorpommern ( Swedish-Pomerania ), which fell to Prussia , and was responsible for the introduction of the Prussian standard.
In 1839 he was able to celebrate his 50th anniversary as a teacher. He received the Order of the Red Eagle 2nd Class with Oak Leaves, an honorary citizen of the city of Stettin and an honorary theological doctorate from the University of Greifswald. Numerous high schools in Pomerania honored him with writings specially dedicated to him.
In 1841 he retired at his own request.
estate
Koch inherited the estate from Johann Christoph Adelung. This came to the Society for Pomeranian History and Archeology together with Koch's own estate and is now kept by the Archiwum Państwowe w Szczecinie (State Archives Stettin).
Works
- Prolegomena ad theopompum chium. Stettin: Leich 1803 ( Review )
- Detailed information about the new establishment of the large Rathsgymnasium in Stettin. Szczecin 1793
- Some thoughts on the education of the school man. Szczecin 1795
- Happy prospects for the schoolboy at the end of the eighteenth century. Szczecin 1800
- Digitized copy of the copy from the Bavarian State Library
- The school of humanity. Leipzig 1811
- The prince and the school or about the services of the Pomeranian princes to the schools in their country. Szczecin 1821
literature
- The learned Teutschland or Lexicon of the German writers living now. Volume XVIII, p. 379
- New necrology of the Germans. Volume 27, p. 1311
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Koch, Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Koch, Georg Friedrich (full name); Koch, Gottlob Friedrich (wrong name form) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German educator and school board member |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1769 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Loburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 26, 1849 |
| Place of death | Szczecin |