Johann Heinrich Ludwig Meierotto

Johann Heinrich Ludwig Meierotto, engraving by Johann Conrad Krüger

Memorial plaque, Bundesallee 12a, in Berlin-Wilmersdorf

Johann Heinrich Ludwig Meierotto (born August 22, 1742 in Stargard in Pomerania , † September 24, 1800 in Berlin ) was a German geographer and educator .

Life

Johann Heinrich Ludwig Meierotto was a son of the rector of the Stargard reform school. From 1760 to 1762 he was a student at the Joachimsthalschen Gymnasium in Berlin , where his grandfather Heinrich Meierotto (1671-1717) had already worked. This was followed by studying philology and theology at the University of Frankfurt (Oder) . He was then a private tutor from 1765 to 1771 on behalf of the banker David Schickler . From 1771 Meierotto worked again at the Joachimsthal High School, this time as a professor of rhetoric , Latin and classical literature. From 1775 he was rector of the grammar school.

He campaigned for reforms in the school system. His commitment led to the introduction of the school leaving examination in Prussia , supported by the "Minister of the Spiritual Department" (Minister of Education) Karl Abraham von Zedlitz .

From 1786 he accepted the post of church and high school councilor for the school system in Pomerania and Prussia. In the same year he became a member of the Academy of Sciences and Mechanical Arts .

His book "Thoughts on the Origin of the Baltic Countries" was published in Berlin in 1790 . He published several articles on the fields of philology and pedagogy.

Meierotto died in 1800 and was buried in the cemetery of the Berlin Parish Church.

Meierottostraße in Berlin-Wilmersdorf , which runs alongside the Joachimsthal Gymnasium, received its name soon after the building was inaugurated.

Fonts

• About the manners and way of life of the Romans in different times of the republic . Berlin 1776
  • First part ( digitized version )
  • Zweyter Theil ( digitized version )
• Thoughts on the emergence of the Baltic countries . Berlin 1790 ( digitized version )
• Contribution to the history of Mr. Johann Carl Moehsen as a writer. Georg Decker, Berlin 1799. ( digitized version )

literature

• Johannes Hinz : Pomerania. Signpost through an unforgettable country. Flechsig-Buchvertrieb, Würzburg 2002, ISBN 3-88189-439-X , p. 208.
• Richard Hoche :  Meierotto, Johann Heinrich Ludwig . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, pp. 213-215.
• Matthias Wolfes :  Johann Heinrich Ludwig Meierotto. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 22, Bautz, Nordhausen 2003, ISBN 3-88309-133-2 , Sp. 936-945.

Web links

• Works by and about Johann Heinrich Ludwig Meierotto  in the German Digital Library
• Eberhard Fromm : When teachers were still considered something - Johann Heinrich Ludwig Meierotto