Johann Heinrich Schürmann

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Johann Heinrich Schürmann (* May 2, 1777 in Orsoy ; † February 21, 1858 ibid) was a German Protestant teacher and local researcher in Orsoy.

Picture by Johann Heinrich Schürmann (1777–1858), postcard from the Schürmann family meeting in 1936

Live and act

Schürmann was the son of the teacher Johann Wilhelm Schürmann (* 1730 in Gevelsberg ; † 1799 in Orsoy) and Dina Böbesner (* unknown; † 1816 in Orsoy). Schürmann's first marriage was a Katharina (last name unknown). In his second marriage he married Katharina Adelheid Roffhark (born November 26, 1787 in Orsoy; † April 17, 1845 there). From the marriage, the son Gustof Adolf Schürmann (born December 22, 1812 in Orsoy; † December 27, 1864 in Homberg ), who also became a teacher.

In 1794 Schürmann became a primary school teacher in Orsoy. In 1810 Schürmann founded the first teachers' conference of regional primary school teachers in Repelen together with Johann Jakob Ewich . For this, both were given the respect of the superintendent Wilhelm Ross - quote: "Ewich set up, in conjunction with the brave school teacher Schürmann zu Orsoy , a conference with the neighboring school teachers - this conference, or rather school teacher school, has awakened many sleeping forces, and a new, beautiful life has emerged from it for the schools in the area. "

In addition, Schürmann played a key role in founding the Moers teacher training college under the direction of Adolph Diesterweg in 1820. In May of the same year, he and Wilhelm Ross conducted an entrance exam for the first 14 seminarians. In 1849 Schürmann was retired.

Works

  • Old and new from Orsoy , Johann Heinrich Schürmann, self-published, Orsoy 1849

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Family Chronicle Kiemle ( Memento of the original dated December 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kemle.com
  2. ^ "The pedagogical Germany of the present" page 261 at Google books
  3. ^ "The pedagogical Germany of the present" footnote on pages 246–247 in Google Books
  4. ↑ Klaus Goebel, "Who has the school, has the future" - PDF (4.9 MB), Bochum: Brockmeyer 1995, 461 S. - (Dortmund work on school history and historical didactics; 25) page 94
personal data
SURNAME Schürmann, Johann Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schürmann, Johann H.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Protestant teacher, local researcher
DATE OF BIRTH May 2, 1777
PLACE OF BIRTH Orsoy
DATE OF DEATH February 21, 1858
Place of death Orsoy