Georg Krage

Georg Krage (born May 26, 1846 in Fuhlsbüttel , † February 7, 1927 in Wandsbek ) was a German headmaster .

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Georg Krage was the son of a teacher who lived in the school building in Fuhlsbüttel. He had the older brother Emilius and the sisters Dorothea, Sophia and Helene. Another three sisters died early.

The village of Fuhlsbüttel, where Georg Krage grew up, had fewer than 450 inhabitants at the time. The school there, which was considered modern, was also attended by children from Ohlsdorf and Groß Borstel . The approximately 190 students studied here in two mixed classes until they were confirmed. Since Fuhlsbüttel did not yet have its own church, the children received confirmation lessons and the final blessing in the St. Johanniskirche in Hamburg-Eppendorf .

Georg Krage, who could read at the age of five, received lessons in English, French and piano in Eppendorf. He made the way there on foot. Together with his brother, who later took over the school management from his father, he did auxiliary services at an early age. After his piano teacher had moved to Eimsbüttel , Krage also went there on foot. He also received drawing lessons at the trade school in the house of the Patriotic Society of 1765 in Hamburg . He also covered this long distance on foot.

On October 1, 1862, Krage took up a position as an assistant teacher at the Winckler Foundation School on the Venusberg in the parish of St. Michaelis Church . It was a boys' school with six classes that was strictly but friendly. Krage was given a small bugged room in the schoolhouse for which he did not have to pay rent. In the beginning he received 60 Mark Courant (72 Reichsmarks) annually. In the fifth year he had achieved a salary of 150 Courant marks. As a Christmas present he received a Hamburg ducat - he had never seen gold like this before.

Krage continued to attend drawing lessons at the trade school. From Michaelis 1864 to Michaelis 1867 he attended the teacher training institute sponsored by the School Science Education Association and the Society of Friends of the Fatherland Schools and Education System . On Wednesday and Saturday afternoons when there was no school, he received lessons there in the rooms of the Nikolai Church School. In doing so, he acquired knowledge in various subjects. Krage also received lessons on his violin, which he had bought for six Courant marks. He paid eight shillings for one lesson. Since he gave private lessons to first-class students for one shilling an hour, he was able to finance some of the violin lessons. He also gave drawing lessons in the educational association for workers in Böhmkenstrasse. With that he earned eight shillings a week.

On Michaelmas 1867, Krage went to the teachers' college in Bad Segeberg . He finished his training three years later "with very honorable distinction". Since October 1, 1870, he has been teaching at the 2nd Boys 'Citizens' School in Altona . On April 1, 1872, he switched to teaching at Böhmkenstrasse 15 elementary school in Hamburg. Here he taught for 20 years. From January 1, 1881 to April 1, 1892 he headed the school as the main teacher. He then ran the school at Bürgerweide 33 until his retirement on April 1, 1917. He himself noted that he had “released” confirmands at the Böhmkenstrasse 733 school and 1717 at the Bürgerweide school. In addition to teaching, Krage worked in the School Science Education Association, which honored him with honorary membership in 1915.

After his retirement, Krage wrote his memoirs, which are kept in the Hamburg State Archives , holdings 622-1. In it he regrets changes in his place of birth, Fuhlsbüttel. He also described his personal fate: On June 8, 1876, he married Emma, ​​née Kellinghusen (June 7, 1848 - May 30, 1913). The son Otto died in 1917 during the First World War . Of the couple's seven children, four died before their father.

In old age, Krage became impoverished due to inflation. He had to sell some heirlooms that he would have liked to keep and lived with his daughter Elsa, married Nicolai, in Wandbek. He died there on February 7, 1927. After his death, as after his retirement, articles about him appeared in the Hamburg press.

literature

• Renate Hauschild-Thiessen: Krage, Georg . In: Franklin Kopitzsch, Dirk Brietzke (Hrsg.): Hamburgische Biographie . tape 5 . Wallstein, Göttingen 2010, ISBN 978-3-8353-0640-0 , p. 219-220 .