Johann Christoph Kröger

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Johann Christoph Kröger (born February 4, 1792 Hamburg ; † June 24, 1874 there ) was a teacher and Protestant theologian.

Life

Since his father was unable to finance his studies, he initially trained privately, so that he could initially become a teacher at the city orphanage, while at the same time continuing his education by attending lectures at the Johanneum , a theologically oriented grammar school. In 1815 he was finally able to take up the desired study of theology and philosophy in Heidelberg , his studies were largely shaped by Carl Daub , whose influence also on Kröger's 1834 publication “Des Herr Wissense Kirchenraths und Professors, Dr. C. Daub Presentation and Assessment of the Hypotheses Regarding Free Will. ” .

From 1820 Kröger worked as a preacher at the orphanage in Hamburg, in the following years he developed some effectiveness as a reform pedagogue, writer and teacher, so he successfully endeavored to introduce waiting schools for poor children under 2 years of age. The fact that his efforts were also recognized nationwide is shown by the fact that he received the Dr. phil from Heidelberg University. On his numerous travels he also made many acquaintances with teachers such as Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi and Johann Peter Hebel , but also with the French philosopher Victor Cousin , some of whose works he translated into German in the following years.

The great catastrophic fire in 1842 changed the social and political circumstances in Hamburg, so that Kröger left his office and took over the management of a secondary school for girls whose head was his second wife for two decades.

Gravestone plaque Althamburg Memorial Cemetery Ohlsdorf

It was not until 1862 that he left his position in the girls' school to found a private school for boys and girls in Reinbek in the Duchy of Lauenburg at the gates of Hamburg. There he tried to implement his modern educational ideas, which he put down in numerous writings. The at that time very reformist text "Die Orisenfrage" he published in 1848. Several works of theological and folk history followed before he died on June 24, 1874 in Hamburg as a result of a fall.

Honor

In Hamburg, in the area of ​​the Ohlsdorf Althamburg Memorial Cemetery, there is a collective grave (“pedagogues”) in honor of Johann Christoph er Kröger and others.

Works

  • Germany's temple of honor. An orderly selection, accompanied by notes, of the most excellent old and new poems, which glorify the German land and the German people. , Johann Friedrich Hammerich, Altona 1833 ( digitized version )
  • Presentation and assessment of the hypotheses relating to free will , Johann Friedrich Hammerich, Altona 1834 ( digitized version )
  • Journey through Saxony to Bohemia and Austria with special reference to the lower and higher education system , Johann Friedrich Hammerich, Altona 1840 ( digitized version )
  • Outline of a comparative representation of the Indian, Persian and Chinese religious systems , Georg Reichardt, Eisleben 1842 ( digitized version )
  • The orphan question, or the upbringing of orphaned and abandoned children in orphanages and private care. , Johann Friedrich Hammerich, Altona 1852 ( digitized version )
  • Pictures and scenes from nature and human life for the more mature youth , Robert Kittler, Hamburg 1854
  • North German freedom and hero struggles ,
    • First part , Friedrich Brandstetter, Leipzig 1854 ( digitized version )
    • Second part , Friedrich Brandstetter, Leipzig 1855
    • Third part , Friedrich Brandstetter, Leipzig 1856 ( digitized version )
  • The untenable and dangerous of the materialistic view of nature , Robert Kittler, Hamburg 1861 ( digitized version )

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SURNAME Kröger, Johann Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pedagogue and Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH February 4, 1792
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH June 24, 1874
Place of death Hamburg