Hans Löscher (pedagogue)

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Hans Löscher , actually Gustav Robert Löscher , (born April 19, 1881 in Dresden , † May 7, 1946 there ) was a German reform pedagogue and writer .

Life

Löscher's last residence (1945–1946) and the house where he died at Barteldesplatz 1 in Dresden- Blasewitz (as in 2007) with a memorial plaque
Grave of Hans Löscher in the Johannisfriedhof in Dresden

Löscher grew up in Pfaffroda near Olbernhau in the Ore Mountains as the son of a police officer. From 1895 he attended a teacher training college in Nossen and then worked as a teacher from 1901 to 1905. From 1906 to 1910 he studied German , history and Protestant theology at the University of Leipzig for teaching and later did his doctorate. In 1907 he joined the SPD , where he particularly represented religious-socialist views. Löscher was employed at a secondary school in 1910. He suffered from a serious heart defect and was therefore released from military service. In 1915 he became director, initially at the community and advanced training school in Stollberg / Erzgeb. and later in Plauen .

His educational work was shaped by social, liberal and child-oriented reform approaches. Löscher became a functionary in the SPD and was appointed to Magdeburg by Hermann Beims in 1921 as a city school councilor. During his work, Magdeburg became Germany's reform pedagogical center. In 1922 he founded the first educational experimental school , opened secular schools in Magdeburg in 1923, and in 1924 fought for municipal self-administration in the school system. In 1926 he initiated the construction of the Rothensee garden school , in 1927 the construction of the forest school in Fort IV, in 1929 the school at the Harsdorfer Worthen and in 1930 the higher reform school " Berthold Otto " on Sedanring . In 1933 he was dismissed when the National Socialists came to power. After a brief activity at the Institute for Ethnology, he and his family moved to Dresden in 1935. Here he became increasingly active as a writer. The most important works are “Everything that is separate finds itself again. A book from real life ”and the unfinished novel“ The beautiful Mr. Lothar ”.

After the end of the war he received another offer to come to Magdeburg. However, due to a serious illness, he was unable to answer this call.

Quote

  • “The world needs the quiet in the country. The community of the humble and reverent, that is the mysterious, fertile ground from which the liberators of mankind rise, depending on the inexplicable laws. "(From: Everything that is separated is found again )

Honor

Hans-Löscher-Strasse was named in Magdeburg in memory of Löscher .

literature

Publications

  • Everything that has been separated can be found again: A book from real life (12 edition), Tübingen: Wunderlich, 1937
  • The liberated heart (12th edition), Tübingen: Wunderlich, 1949
  • Around a peacock: story , Gütersloh: Rufer-Verlag, 1951
  • Maximilian Klinger's cycle of novels in its philosophical and educational significance , Langensalza: Beyer & Söhne, 1928

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annotation

  1. ↑ Text of the memorial plaque:
    In gratitude
    writer Hans Löscher
    * April 19, 1881 in Dresden
    † May 7, 1946 in this house
    Christian - worker friend - anti-fascist
    author. among other things "Everything that is separated can be found again"
personal data
SURNAME Löscher, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Löscher, Gustav Robert (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German reform pedagogue and writer
DATE OF BIRTH April 19, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH May 7, 1946
Place of death Dresden