Georg August Cuckoo
Georg August Kuckuck (born December 18, 1767 in Steyerburg, Stolzenau , † July 18, 1841 in Hildesheim ) was major general and city commander of Hildesheim.
In 1829 he founded the institution for the deaf and dumb in the city, which today as LBZH Hildesheim belongs to the state education center for the hearing impaired . Classes began there on February 15, 1830. Up until the boarding school opened nine years later, all the students lived in the director's house.
On December 12, 1834 he became the first honorary citizen of the city, in 1905 the Kuckuckstrasse in the north of the city was named after him. For obvious reasons, his descendants changed their name to Walden .
literature
- New nekrolog der Deutschen 1841, part 2, p.692
Individual evidence
- ↑ State education center for the hearing impaired celebrates 185 years of existence. hildesheim.de, October 24, 2014.
- ↑ For the whole article: Anton J. Knott: Street, ways, squares and alleys in Hildesheim. Gerstenberg, Hildesheim 1984, ISBN 3-8067-8082-X , p. 66
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Cuckoo, Georg August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | City commandant and honorary citizen of Hildesheim |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 18, 1767 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Steyerburg, Stolzenau |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 18, 1841 |
| Place of death | Hildesheim |