Heinrich Kaim

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Heinrich Kaim, ca.1850

Heinrich Kaim (born October 2, 1792 in Steinbach near Esslingen am Neckar , † March 31, 1874 in Schelklingen ) was a model teacher in Schelklingen and founder of the local song wreath.

Life

Heinrich Kaim was the son of the craftsman Andreas Kaim, resident in Steinbach , and his wife Maria Antonia Baußle. Heinrich Kaim had an older brother Franz Anton Kaim, an instrument maker by profession, married to Karoline Christiane Rauch, who opened a piano factory in Kirchheim unter Teck. His son Franz Kaim (1822–1901) was a piano manufacturer in Stuttgart. The latter's son, Franz Kaim (1856–1935), was a concert organizer and royal Württemberg court advisor.

Heinrich Kaim was appointed by his parents to learn the trade of mason, which he did not like; at the age of 22 he gave up this job to become a teacher. He did an apprenticeship with the model teacher Frey in Steinbach. After his three-year apprenticeship, he initially worked as an assistant teacher in various places and in 1821 was employed as a city teacher in Schelklingen. After a few years of excellent pedagogical and educational work, the high school authorities appointed him a “model teacher” with permission to train young men to become elementary school teachers.

In 1826 he founded the "Liederkranz" in Schelklingen, the first such association in the Alb-Donau district. Back then, the “Liederkranze” were not only places where singing was cultivated, but also political gathering places for democratically minded citizens. At that time his duties as a teacher also included the activity of an organist and sacristan in the town church and conductor of the church choir. Kaim also composed his own vocal pieces. In 1841 Kaim wrote the musical program for the 25th anniversary of the reign of the Württemberg king.

Kaim was officially honored several times for his achievements: In 1862 he received a royal decree of 10 guilders from the state treasury "for his distinction through educational pursuit, morality and loyalty to office". When he retired in 1866, the King of Württemberg awarded him the Golden Medal of Civil Merit . The city of Schelklingen honored Heinrich Kaim by renaming the local school there to Heinrich Kaim School .

Kaim married Marianna Steinhart on May 28, 1822 in Schelklingen (baptized Schelklingen on December 6, 1802, † there on July 15, 1874). Eleven children were born in the marriage, among them the later teacher and musician in Biberach an der Riß Adolf Kaim and the ninth Heinrich, who also became a teacher and succeeded his father in the leadership of the Schelklinger Liederkranz. The latter's son Emil Kaim was an influential center politician and Catholic priest.

literature

  • Eberl, Immo, with the collaboration of Irmgard Simon and Franz Rothenbacher (2012), The families and civil status cases in the parishes of the town of Schelklingen (1602–1621, 1692–1875) and Ursprunging monastery (1657–1832) . 2. verb. and exp. Mannheim: Selbstverlag, No. 799–800, p. 221.
  • Kaim, Emil (1933), My Ancestors . Handwritten family chronicle in private ownership; Copies of extracts in the Schelklingen City Archives.
  • Lederer, Wilhelm (1985), Heinrich Kaim . Schelklingen: Typescript (in the Schelklingen City Archives).
  • Liederkranz Schelklingen (Ed.) (1926), festival book for the II. Song Festival of the Danube Bussengau in Schelklingen on May 16, 1926 and for the 100th anniversary of the Liederkranz Schelklingen 1826–1926 . Ulm: Süddeutsche Verlagsanstalt.
  • Martin, Jörg (1998), The Discovery of Politics: Associations in the Alb-Danube District in Vormärz and Revolution. In: Wolfgang Schürle (Ed.), The Revolution 1848/49: Roots of Democracy in the Ulm Area . Ulm: Süddeutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, pp. 177–196. (Alb and Danube - Art and Culture, Vol. 18).
  • Martin, Jörg (2001), On the early history of the Schelklinger lieder wreath . Lecture by city archivist Jörg Martin in Schelklingen on November 20, 2001 ( online ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ King Karl's golden civil merit medal at ehrenzeichen-orden.de
  2. ^ Heinrich Kaim School
personal data
SURNAME Kaim, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Teacher, founder of the Schelklinger Liederkranz
DATE OF BIRTH October 2, 1792
PLACE OF BIRTH Steinbach near Esslingen am Neckar
DATE OF DEATH March 31, 1874
Place of death Rogue blades