Johann Georg Sprengel

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Johann Georg Sprengel (born November 1, 1863 in Kassel ; † December 23, 1947 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German teacher and Germanist .

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Sprengel attended the Friedrichsgymnasium (Kassel) until 1881. During his studies in 1881 he became a member of the Hasso-Guestfalia Marburg country team . After the Marburg dissertation in 1890 (in Latin) he was a teacher a. a. in Belgium and in Roßleben and from 1901 to 1924 senior teacher at the Lessinggymnasium in Frankfurt am Main . He retired early in 1924, and finally in 1929.

He played a key role in developing the concept of German studies and was one of the main founders of the German Association of Germanists in 1912 . He worked closely with the university professor Friedrich Panzer . In 1920 he was involved in the Reich School Conference.

Publications

  • Handbook of German Studies: Guide to German School Education / Ed. By Wilhelm Schellberg u. Johann Georg Sprengel, Diesterweg, Frankfurt am Main
  • The idea of ​​the state in German poetry from the Middle Ages to the present , Berlin 1933

literature

  • The German vocabulary as a mirror of German essence and fate: Johann Georg Sprengel on his 75th birthday , November 1, 1938 / ed. v. Friedrich Panzer, Cologne 1938
  • Reiner Blessing: School of National Ethics. Johann Georg Sprengel. The German customer movement and the German Association of Germanists , Frankfurt am Main 1996 ISBN 978-3631301593

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Berthold Ohm and Alfred Philipp (eds.): Directory of addresses of the old men of the German Landsmannschaft. Part 1. Hamburg 1932, p. 235.

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personal data
SURNAME Sprengel, Johann Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sprengel, Ioannes Georgius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German educator
DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH kassel
DATE OF DEATH December 23, 1947
Place of death Frankfurt am Main