Hermann Steinthal
Hermann Steinthal (born September 16, 1925 in Haspe ; † March 28, 2014 in Tübingen ) was a German high school teacher , classical philologist and didactic specialist .
Life
Hermann Steinthal attended a grammar school in Stuttgart-Feuerbach from 1935 . He had his schooling but during the Second World War interrupted because it as so-called mongrel first degree (his father was Jew) a visit to a school by the Nazis was banned. After the end of the war, he passed his Abitur and began studying classical philology and German at the University of Tübingen , which he completed in 1952 with a doctorate on the subject of forms of God-human enhancement under Homer, Hesiod and Apollonius Rhodius .
He gained his fundamental experience as a teacher at the Eberhard-Ludwigs-Gymnasium in Stuttgart, as well as at the Stuttgart evening gymnasium , which he headed for five years from 1956. In 1961 he was trade director at the study seminar . From 1966 until his retirement in 1989, Hermann Steinthal was the headmaster of the Uhland grammar school in Tübingen . There he caused a sensation in the early 1970s with his application, which was ultimately rejected by the Ministry of Education, to abolish non-promotion in grades 5 to 11 in the course of a school trial at Uhland-Gymnasium.
Since 1972 he has been an honorary professor for didactics of ancient languages at the University of Tübingen in addition to his work as headmaster . From 1977 to 1981, Hermann Steinthal also held the office of chairman of the German Association of Classical Philology . His frequently used quote comes from this time: "Whoever wants to defend the ancient languages today has to build his jumps far outside, outside of their subject area" .
From 1990 to 2002 he was co-editor of the magazine Gymnasium .
Fonts
- with Thomas Meyer: Basic and advanced vocabulary Greek Stuttgart 1973, ISBN 3-12-663200-9
- What is truth , Attempto Tübingen 2007, ISBN 3-89308409-6
- From my life , Tübingen 2008, ISBN 3-928011-63-4
literature
- Bruno Amann: Schola anatolica. Gift of friend for Hermann Steinthal. Ed. College and Association of Friends of Uhland-Gymnasium Tübingen. Tübingen: Osiander-Verl. 1989
Web links
- Literature by and about Hermann Steinthal in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ulrich Janssen: Turn everything for the best: Hermann Steinthal, the long-time rector of the Uhland-Gymnasium, has died. Schwäbisches Tagblatt dated April 2, 2014.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Steinthal, Hermann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German classical philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 16, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hasp |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 28, 2014 |
| Place of death | Tübingen |