Hartwig Fiege

Hartwig Johannes Fiege (born September 7, 1901 in Altona ; † April 4, 1997 in Hamburg ) was a German teacher , professor , historian and publicist .

Live and act

Hartwig Fiege was the son of the postman Johannes Fiege (1871–1958). He had two younger brothers. From 1908 to 1917 he attended secondary schools in Altona and Wandsbek, and then the Altonaer preparatory institute . From 1920 he studied at the Altona seminar, which he left in 1923 with the successfully completed first teacher examination. Due to a surplus of teachers, he was only given a job at the boys' school on Bachstrasse in Hamburg in April 1927 . In the meantime he had worked as a travel agent in a Hamburg forwarding company, traveling salesman, tutor near Ratzeburg and substitute teacher in Wandsbek. In June 1928, Fiege passed the second teacher examination at the boys' school. In the summer semester of the same year, he enrolled at the Institute for Teacher Training at the University of Hamburg , where he studied educational science, psychology and history. His teachers included Ernst Cassirer , William Stern , Justus Hashagen , Heinrich Reincke , Julius Gebhard and Wilhelm Flitner . Fiege, who taught at the new Osterbrook school from Easter 1931, was qualified to teach elementary schools at the end of 1931.

Fiege received his doctorate in 1935 with the title “very commendable”. In his doctorate he dealt with Friedrich Schleiermacher's conception of education. In the same year he received a position as assistant to Gustaf Deuchler at Hamburg University. From then on, Fiege taught at the Institute for Teacher Education for more than 20 years. In his courses he dealt with local studies in elementary schools. In 1936 the National Socialists decided to continue the institute as an independent college for teacher training. Fiege taught primary school education there as a part-time. From 1937 he took over the post of rector of the boys 'and girls' school on Hübbesweg in Hamburg-Hamm . During the Second World War , Fiege did military service in France and Holland. In 1942 he retired from the Wehrmacht as a first lieutenant due to a serious illness .

Fiege went back to Hamburg, where he initially taught for two years as a teacher at the Alstertal Oberschule. From 1947 he worked at the educational science seminar at Hamburg University. There he took part in the development of academic teacher training under the direction of Wilhelm Flitner and Julius Gebhard . At first he was given a position as head of studies at the Pedagogical Institute and from 1957 to 1966 the position of executive lecturer. From 1962 he taught education as a professor at elementary and middle schools with special emphasis on local studies and dealt in particular with didactic methods for local studies and history lessons. In total, he oversaw more than 1,000 teaching examinations.

Hartwig Fiege, who had four children, had been a member of the Alster Association since the 1950s. He lectured there, wrote many essays and edited its yearbooks. For this purpose, the association made him an honorary member in 1975.

Works

Hartwig Fiege published extensively. In his works he mostly dealt with local history topics. His Hamburg, first published in 1955 . A home book developed into a standard book for elementary school students. It was published in twelve constantly updated editions until 1968. In 1970 he described the history of the Hamburg elementary school . He also wrote about the history of Wellingsbüttel and other Alster villages. In 1980 Fiege wrote the book Hamburg's monuments tell history , which was a great success. In 1986 he published a biography about the pedagogue Fritz Köhne .

In the essay From the life of a lower post office clerk before the First World War from 1978, Fiege presented the life and work of his father, who had worked for the post from 1888 to 1936.

literature

• Hans Wilhelm Eckardt: Fiege, Hartwig . In: Franklin Kopitzsch, Dirk Brietzke (Hrsg.): Hamburgische Biographie . tape 4 . Wallstein, Göttingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-8353-0229-7 , pp. 99-100 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Hartwig Fiege in the catalog of the German National Library