Hermann Neufert
Hermann Neufert (born July 6, 1858 in Old Town near Lüben , Province of Silesia , Prussia , † 1935 in Berlin ), born as Karl Julius Hermann Neufert , was a German teacher and city school councilor with main offices in Breslau and Charlottenburg . He was the co-founder of the world's first open-air school and great-uncle of the architect Ernst Neufert .
School and study
Neufert attended the pedagogy in Lähn and the Royal Evangelical Gymnasium in Groß-Glogau . In 1877 he obtained his secondary school leaving certificate . He studied history , geography and German at the Schlesische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Breslau . In March 1883 he received his doctorate in history on the subject of the Silesian acquisitions of Margrave Georg von Brandenburg and passed the examen pro facultate docendi in May 1884 .
Professional development
He completed his educational probationary year between Easter 1884 and Easter 1885 partly at the Maria Magdalenen - and partly at the Johannes Gymnasium in Breslau. He then worked as a full teacher at Johannes Gymnasium for six years. At Easter 1891 he was appointed to the City Higher Citizens School in Charlottenburg , which only opened in 1889 , where he taught for eight years.
After fourteen years in active school service, he resigned on April 1, 1899 and was appointed to the city school council in Charlottenburg.
In 1904, together with the pediatrician Bernhard Bendix , he founded the world's first open-air school (see also: Forest School ), the forest school for sick children on the edge of the Grunewald in the west end of the city of Charlottenburg.
From 1924 he carried the honorary title of City Elder of Berlin awarded by the Berlin Magistrate .
Works (selection)
- The Silesian acquisitions of Margrave Georg von Brandenburg , Inaugural-Diss. Silesian Friedrich Wilhelms University in Breslau, 1883
- The way of the Nibelungs . In: Higher Citizens School Charlottenburg - Program 1892 .
- Charlottenburg Forest School . In: Yearbook for popular and youth games . 14 (1905). P. 72.
- with Bernhard Bendix: The Charlottenburg Forest School in the first year of its existence . Urban & Schwartzenberg, Berlin 1906.
Honor
In Berlin-Charlottenburg, the former Magazinstrasse between Schloßstrasse and Klausenerplatz was renamed Neufertstrasse on March 30, 1950.
Web links
- Hermann Neufert's personnel sheet in the personnel file of the BIL expert body in the archive database of the Library for Research on Educational History (BBF)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 1922 incorporated into the city of Lüben; see [1]
- ↑ [2]
- ^ District Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf: Wald-Grundschule , on: berlin.de, accessed on May 14, 2016.
- ^ Franz Kössler: Directory of program treatises of German, Austrian and Swiss schools of the years 1825-1918. In alphabetical order by authors. Band: Naarmann - Nymbach . Saur, Munich et al. 1991. ISBN 3-598-10665-3 .
- ^ Anne-Marie Châtelet: A Breath of Fresh Air: Open-Air Schools in Europe . In: Marta Gutman. Designing Modern Childhoods: History, Space, and the Material Culture of Children . Ning De Coninck-Smith. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-4195-2 . Pp. 107-127.
- ↑ Spicy forest air . In: Der Tagesspiegel, July 29, 2014, at: tagesspiegel.de, accessed on May 14, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Neufert, Hermann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German teacher and city school council |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 6, 1858 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Old town near Lüben , Province of Silesia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1935 |
| Place of death | Berlin |