Johann Diederich Thyen

Johann Diederich Thyen (* 1825 in Apen ; † March 22, 1904 in Varel ) was a German agriculture teacher .

Life and work

Thyen came from a small farm and attended elementary school in his hometown. He then graduated from the Evangelical Teachers' Seminar in Oldenburg from 1841 to 1843 , but then moved first to the agricultural training institute in Poppelsdorf near Bonn and later to the one in Hohenheim near Stuttgart to obtain a diploma as an agricultural teacher.

After completing his training, he went on long trips and started his professional activity. In 1857 he finally founded his first agricultural school in Esens , but it failed. In 1862 he went to Neuchâtel in the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg , where he made a second attempt at founding an educational institution, this time with the support of the Oldenburg State Government and the Oldenburg Agricultural Society .

His school was the first permanent agricultural school in Oldenburg and one of the first in Northern Germany. In 1879 Thyen moved with the school to Varel, because there he received the authorization for one-year voluntary service for his graduates , which was otherwise only granted with upper secondary qualification .

Thyen trained several hundred agricultural students at his institute, whom he advised as practical farmers even after they had finished school.

He also worked as an agricultural hiking teacher in the Oldenburger Land , headed the agricultural association in Neuchâtel from 1863 to 1879 and the one in Varel from 1880 to 1890. In 1898 he was retired.

As a result of his services to the agricultural school system, Thyen was one of the leading men in agricultural modernization, including through specialist training in the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg.

In 1887 Thyen was awarded the Silver Badge of Honor of the Oldenburg Agricultural Society for his services, of which he became an honorary member in 1899. Shortly before his retirement, he also received the honorary title of professor . He was reverently called "Father Thyen" by his students.

literature

• Bernd Mütter : Thyen, Johann Diederich. In: Hans Friedl u. a. (Ed.): Biographical manual for the history of the state of Oldenburg . Edited on behalf of the Oldenburg landscape. Isensee, Oldenburg 1992, ISBN 3-89442-135-5 , p. 751 ( online ).