Friedrich Weidle

Friedrich Weidle (born November 29, 1808 in Kaltenwesten , † December 15, 1876 ) was a person of the Württemberg Pietism . He was a private tutor in Charlotte Reihlen's house in Stuttgart . From these private lessons a well-attended daughter institute emerged, which was the forerunner of today's Evangelical Mörike-Gymnasium Stuttgart .

Life

At the age of 17 he passed the first service examination for elementary schools and was then a teacher in Fellbach and Winnenden. He then attended the trade school in Stuttgart to prepare for the real teacher examination. In 1836, destitute and sickly, he came to the house of Charlotte Reihlen , an entrepreneur's wife with four children who was awakened at the beginning of the 1830s, following a request for a private tutor . Her husband Friedrich was a wealthy partner in a trading company. Weidle first gave home lessons in Reihlen'schen visiting room, the former jewelry of which was removed for this purpose. He worked out a respected position with the family and represented pietistic views of Hahn in religious matters . Soon other families were also sending their daughters to the Reihlen house for lessons. At the end of the year there were already 20 girls who received their religious upbringing and general spiritual training through Weidle.

The search for larger premises gave Charlotte Reihlen the idea of ​​founding a denominational school for girls. The lessons initially continued in the Reihlen house, Charlotte Reihlen gave singing and handicraft lessons. The later teachers for the Weidle's daughter institute mostly came on the recommendation of the Dagersheim schoolmaster Immanuel Gottlieb Kolb , who was also turned towards pietism. They moved into their own premises in the Eberbachschen house on Marienstraße, then Friedrich Reihlen had a new house built at Eberhardstraße 1, and Weidle and 49 students moved into the upper floor at Easter 1841. In 1845 Weidle married Charlotte Holder.

The Weidle's daughter institute soon turned into a full school due to the rapidly increasing number of students and teachers. The supervisory board included pastor Wilhelm Hofacker and prelate Sixt Karl Kapff . In 1856, the school was so successful that Weidle were able to build their own school building on Tübinger Strasse, which was attended by around 500 students.

Weidle suffered a stroke in 1869, of which he died a few years later. Pastor August Schmid was appointed as his successor and the Evangelical Daughter Institute was established in Paulinenstraße , from which today's Evangelical Mörike-Gymnasium emerged.

literature

• Ms. Braun: Charlotte Reihlen (1805–1868). A picture of women from the Stuttgart community circles , Stuttgart 1922, pp. 19–21.