Johann Heinrich Bolte

Johann Heinrich Bolte ( December 15, 1750 - April 14, 1817 ) was a German pastor.

Life

Johann Heinrich Bolte was the son of a shoemaker and pastor in Kränzlin near Neuruppin (1776–1793), in Karwesee (1793–1805) and pastor and superintendent in Fehrbellin (1805–1817). As a member of the Märkische Ökonomische Gesellschaft , co-author of Campes revision work and Teller's “Magazin für Priger”, Bolte acted as an enlightener beyond his official duties. He was the author of numerous educational publications with non-profit, political, religious and educational content. Influenced by the philanthropic school reform of Friedrich Eberhard von Rochow , he conducted public exams for elementary school teachers as early as 1806 and was one of the first supporters of the reorganization of the Kurmark elementary school under Ludwig Natorp in 1809 . From 1810 he reformed the Fehrbelliner city school according to Pestalozzian principles - supported by the government of the Kurmark - and enforced the regulation of the collection of school fees. Bolte documented this process in two printed "school plans" in 1810 and 1812, which the government printed and circulated nationwide among preachers and school teachers. In the years 1810, 1811 and 1812 he led pedagogical and methodological courses for pastors and teachers based on the model of Carl August Zeller in Königsberg in Fehrbellin, together with the local rector and chaplain Johann Erdmann Friedrich Betge . Because of his services to the school system, the Section for Cult and Public Education encouraged Bolte to make a pedagogical trip to the normal institute in Königsberg in 1810, which, however, with reference to his age, he refused and transferred to Betge.

Works

• Handbook for Prussian Subjects. 1785
• Berlin letter holder for common life. For use in German schools and for anyone who wishes to teach themselves how to write letters. 1791, 10th edition 1824
• Berlin letter holder for young merchants. 1791
• Spirit and Core of the Biblical Story. 1803
• Basis for the school plan for lower town and country schools, with special consideration of the unified schools in Fehrbellin, Feldberg and Tarmow. Along with a message from the new organization of these schools. 1810
• About follow-up and follow-up help for the teachers in the elementary schools. Along with a continued message from the schools in Fehrbellin and Tarmow. 1812

literature

• Hans Martschei: Johann Heinrich Bolte December 15, 1750– April 14, 1817, pastor and superintendent in Fehrbellin. Fehrbellin 2000.
• Joachim Scholz: The teachers shine like bright stars. Country school reform and elementary teacher training in Brandenburg-Prussia. Bremen 2011.