Hans Richert

Hans Richert (born December 21, 1869 in Köslin / Pomerania ; † September 25, 1940 in Berlin ) was a German school reformer , teacher, headmaster and philosopher.

Live and act

During his studies, Richert became a member of the Association of German Students in Greifswald . In 1920 he published the book The German Educational Unit and the Higher School , which formed the basis of a Prussian school reform ( Richertsche Gymnasialreform ). On September 18, 1923 he was appointed Ministerialrat. In 1924/25 he played a key role in reforming the higher education system. His name is associated with the new "German Oberschule", which instead of the old languages ​​put the focus on the mother tongue. The "cultural subjects" German, history, civics , religion and geography were common to all higher schools. In 1933 he submitted his resignation, disappointed about the Nazi cultural policy. He was a member and leading education politician of the DVP . From 1919 to 1921 he was a member of the Prussian State Constitutional Assembly .

Fonts

• Hegel's philosophy of religion: presented and assessed in its basic features . Gruenauer, Bromberg 1900 ( digitized version )
• Kant: Commemorative speech for Kant's 100th year. Days of death on Feb. 19, 1904 . Bromberg 1905.
• Philosophy. An introduction to science, its essence and their problems . Leipzig 1908.
• Handbook for evangelical religious instruction for adult students . 1911.
• The German ideal of education and the modern worldview . Poznan 1916.
• Psychology and Pedagogy of the Developmental Years . Berlin 1917.
• The position of Christianity in the new Germany . Poznan 1919.
• Schopenhauer. His personality, his teaching, his meaning . Leipzig 1920.
• Weltanschauung: A Guide for Seekers . Leipzig / Berlin 1922.
• The secondary and advanced school . Leipzig 1923.
• Guidelines for the curricula of the higher schools in Prussia . Berlin 1927.
• Royal High School in Bromberg . Supplement to the annual report Easter 1900. Reprint 2010.

literature

• Dieter Margies: The higher education system between reform and restoration. The biography of Hans Richerts as a contribution to educational policy in the Weimar Republic . Rheinstetten 1972.
• Sebastian Müller-Rolli:  Richert, Hans (Johannes) Ernst Eduard. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-428-11202-4 , p. 515 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Marc Zirlewagen:  Hans Richert. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 26, Bautz, Nordhausen 2006, ISBN 3-88309-354-8 , Sp. 1231-1236.
• Eberhard Kolb, Ludwig Richter (arr.): National liberalism in the Weimar Republic. The governing bodies of the German People's Party 1918–1933. Half volume 1 1918–1925, Droste, Düsseldorf 1999. p. 180.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Louis Lange (Ed.): Kyffhäuser Association of German Student Associations. Address book 1931. Berlin 1931, p. 183.

Web links

• Literature by and about Hans Richert in the catalog of the German National Library