Immanuel Gottlieb Kolb
Immanuel Gottlieb Kolb (born December 28, 1784 in Schönaich ; † February 17, 1859 in Dagersheim ) was a Württemberg educator and pietist . After 1819 he edited the 13 volumes of Michael Hahn's written estate . In 1850 he was made an honorary citizen of Dagersheim, where he had worked as a schoolmaster for 43 years. Later he also became an honorary citizen of Korntal .
Life
He was a son of the Schönaich schoolmaster Christoph Friedrich Kolb and his wife Dorothea, who in turn was the eldest daughter of the former schoolmaster Metzger, who was friends with Friedrich Christoph Oetinger . Immanuel had nine siblings, two of whom died early. The family lived in great poverty, at times only in a barn. After the confirmation, Immanuel began an apprenticeship as a baker in Steinenbronn , but soon broke it off again and let his father train him for the teaching profession.
At the age of 16, Kolb came to Mähringen near Tübingen as a temporary assistant (assistant teacher) , from where he did his school service in Jettenburg . His activities as a provisional in Mähringen included daily school work as well as agricultural auxiliary work for the schoolmaster and winding the church clock. He did not have a particular food store in the branch school in Jettendorf; he was often looked after at the servants' table at the local mayor . The payment was extremely low, he received 13 guilders every six months. In 1801 he moved to Öschelbronn , still as a provisional agent , and then in 1803 to his father's birthplace, to Dagersheim . After two and a half years as a provisional in Dagersheim, he received a private teaching position in Denkendorf from July 1805 , where he taught eleven and more hours a day. The hardships of these early professional years in particular led Kolb to an intensive religious search for meaning, which for him led to the result that hard work and simple living conditions were more godly than striving for prosperity or professional advancement. One of his statements was: "In this world a Christian only needs food and clothing, work and a cross."
In February 1807 he left Denkendorf in favor of a position as schoolmaster in Dagersheim that had become vacant through the death of his uncle. In addition to teaching, his activities there also included funeral and wedding speeches. In addition, he took in school students (non-academically educated young teachers) until the Esslingen teachers' college was established in 1811 . Even after passing the teachers' seminar, he trained a distant relative and a nephew as teachers privately with special permission from the consistory. In the first years as a schoolmaster in Dagersheim, Kolb continued to live in great need. In addition to himself and his incipients, Kolb also had various boarders and frequent visitors as well as various relatives in need whom he took in with him. His salary, mostly paid in kind, was almost completely absent in years with poor harvests, so that Kolb initially got into debt despite his position and his modest way of life. In his lifestyle he was guided by Johann Friedrich Flattich's house rules : in addition to class, he also took part in all the housework and field work, dressed simply, ate and drank moderately and kept to the admonitions he gave to others.
During his first time in Dagersheim, Kolb came into contact with the Pietist Michael Hahn , who, like Anton Egeler, exerted a great influence on him, and spoke to him in his search for meaning more than the Protestant Church was able to. In Denkendorf, too, he joined a pietistic community of Hahn style. Back in Dagersheim, he then led the pietistic meetings there for many years, for which the schoolhouse was soon chosen as the meeting place due to lack of space, before the pietistic congregation moved into a sufficiently large hall of its own. After Hahn's death in 1819, Kolb was given responsibility for editing his written estate. In addition to a 13-volume estate edition, Kolb also published the annotated selection volumes named Treasure Chests over the course of several years . He was contracted by various protracted illnesses, especially in the middle of life. a. Sore throats, one-sided head fever and years of toothache, afflicted, despite which he mostly continued to do his duties. In 1831 he went on a spa trip to Switzerland. In later years, when his health was more stable himself, he took part in the illnesses of others and gave consolation through his experiences.
In 1840 he appointed his nephew, whom he had already taken in earlier, trained as an assistant teacher and reassigned as a provisional assistant in 1827, to be his office administrator and withdrew from active professional life. Nevertheless, he continued to take care of the pietistic school system by arranging teachers for the daughter institute of Friedrich Weidle and Charlotte Reihlen around 1845 . In 1850 he gave up the office of schoolmaster and moved into a private apartment. On the occasion of his retirement he was honored with a golden cup and honorary citizenship by the community of Dagersheim . In 1855 he was made an honorary citizen of the Korntal community . After a short illness, he died on the morning of February 17, 1859.
Individual evidence
- ^ Fr. Braun: Charlotte Reihlen (1805–1868). A picture of women from the Stuttgart community circles , Stuttgart 1922, pp. 19–21.
literature
- Brief outline of the life of Immanuel Gottlieb Kolb, schoolmaster in Dagersheim, together with a collection of reflections, letters, etc. 7th edition. Darmsheim 1880. Online version in the Google book search
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kolb, Immanuel Gottlieb |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Wuerttemberg pietistic pedagogue |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 28, 1784 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schönaich |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 17, 1859 |
| Place of death | Dagersheim |