Johann Friedrich Jencke

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Johann Friedrich Jencke (1812–1893), copperplate engraving with a signature facsimile
Baron von Fletcher's teacher training college in Dresden, opened in 1825. While Jencke was still studying in the first building on Freiberger Strasse , the picture shows the second new building on Marienallee

Johann Friedrich Jencke (born June 27, 1812 in Diehsa , Upper Lusatia , † August 4, 1893 in Dresden ) was the founder and first director of the school for the deaf and dumb in Dresden as well as a royal Saxon court councilor .

family

Jencke was born as the son of simple farmers in a village in Upper Lusatia in Saxony.

He married Marie Loewe (1817–1882) in Dresden in 1839 and had three sons.

Life

In 1825 Jencke went to Dresden to attend a teachers' college. A deaf-mute boy, Moritz Großmann, lived near the teachers' seminar and often attended the seminar. Since Jencke had learned sign language from an old, deaf and mute maid in his hometown , he communicated more and more with him. He could teach him simple words. When Director Zahn asked him if he wanted to teach the boy properly, Jencke spontaneously agreed. One day later - on October 14, 1828 - Jencke at the age of 16 knew: "I want to become a teacher for the deaf and dumb!" In 1830 he went to Berlin to fully learn sign language. After his return to Dresden, Johann Friedrich Jencke wanted to set up his own school for the deaf and mute. He founded it in 1833 with his own funds by renting a former mill near the teachers' college on Freiberger Straße. He was looking for sources of money to run the school. The city of Dresden donated a total of 5,626 thalers for the facility. Jencke expanded the school and employed his brother Gustav Jencke as a second teacher.

Institutions for the deaf and mute, Chemnitzer Strasse. In 1945 the school was  completely destroyed in the  air raids on February 13th.

In 1836 28 students were taught in the school for the deaf and mute on Chemnitzer Straße. Jencke now received an annual grant of 4,000 thalers from the Saxon government . The number of students in Jencke's school for the deaf and mute grew. So in 1872 he decided to found a branch of his institution in the Plauen district of Dresden . In 1880 the school building was expanded so that 200 students could be taught there. In 1881 Jencke fully committed himself to the goals of Samuel Heinicke (1727–1790), who had opened Germany's first school for the deaf and mute in Leipzig.

death

Grave of Johann Friedrich Jencke

Jencke celebrated his 60th service anniversary on October 14, 1888. On October 31, 1890, Jencke resigned from his position as director of the school for the deaf and mute and retired. Johann Friedrich Jencke last lived at Schweizer Strasse 12. On August 4, 1893, he died without any sign of illness. He was buried in the Alter Annenfriedhof on Chemnitzer Strasse.

The deaf school after his death

“Johann-Friedrich-Jencke-Schule”, support center for the hearing impaired in Maxim-Gorki-Straße in Trachenberge

After the death of Johann Friedrich Jencke, the institution for the deaf and dumb was expanded in 1910 to include a school for the hard of hearing . In 1945 the school was completely destroyed in the air raids on February 13th. The school was moved to Trachenberge in 1959. The school has been named after its founder since 1994. Today's support center for the hearing impaired "Johann-Friedrich-Jencke-Schule" is located on Maxim-Gorki-Straße.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ see excerpt from the Dresden marriage register, born 1862, page 146 / Marrying Clara Annes Jenke with Ernst Martin Wohlrab

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personal data
SURNAME Jencke, Johann Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Royal Saxon Councilor, founder and first director of the school for the deaf and dumb in Dresden
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH Diehsa
DATE OF DEATH 4th August 1893
Place of death Dresden