Johann Jakob Ewich

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Johann Jakob Ewich (born August 25, 1788 in Wesel , † May 15, 1863 in Burgbrohl ) was a German Protestant teacher and author of educational textbooks and writings.

The Ewich couple on a bronze grave plate from 1863

Live and act

Castle and village Burgbrohl 1852 - lithograph by H. von Dirks
Burgbrohl (today)

Ewich was the son of the administrative clerk and treasurer of Schermbeck Gerhard Johann Anton von Ewich (born October 7, 1751 in Wesel, † March 21, 1810 in Wesel). Due to the financial hardship of his father and the early death of his mother Anna Louise von Restorff (born September 6, 1754 in Wesel, † May 12, 1797 in Wesel), Ewich was raised in the Wesel orphanage by Stallmann's foster parents from the age of 8 . His father's wish was that he should study theology . But Ewich decided to become a teacher.

In 1806 Ewich was examinated as a teacher, received the certificate of maturity, and he moved into the Protestant elementary school in Haldern on the Lower Rhine . There he took up his first teaching position as an elementary school teacher under Pastor Wilhelm Denninghoff. Ewich taught in Haldern until the end of 1808. From 1809 he worked as a primary school teacher under Pastor Wilhelm Ross in Budberg . In 1810, together with the elementary school teacher Johann Heinrich Schürmann , he founded the first teachers' conference of regional elementary teachers in Repelen .

In 1811 Ewich accepted a teaching position in Barmen . In the same year he founded the Ewich private school named after him in Barmen, which emerged from the Riepeschen Institute (founded in 1807 by Riepe). On April 28, 1813, Ewich married Eleonore Karoline Jakobine Seibels (* March 4, 1787 in Barmen † July 23, 1878 in Burgbrohl). The marriage resulted in 9 children (2 sons (including Karl Otto Jakob Ewich ), 7 daughters). In 1823, the Ewich private school was merged with the reformed Barmen Rectorate School ( Latin School ) to form the Barmen City School . Johannes Grimm (formerly Rector of the Rector's School) was appointed Rector of the Höhere Stadtschule

In 1829 he brought out his first educational textbook "Human, the teacher of a lower and higher elementary school in its essence and work" in two volumes (1st part: The teacher and discipline ; 2nd part: The curriculum ). Other educational writings followed.

In 1831 Ewich was suggested for the position of director of the teachers' college in Moers by his close friend and sponsor Adolph Diesterweg . However, the position of director was awarded to Franz Ludwig Zahn . The higher city school became a secondary school with four classes in 1846 . In 1851 Ewich took over a bookstore and printer from Peter August Bagel (1809-1881) in Duisburg. Ewich retired in 1854 and spent the rest of his life at Burgbrohl Castle , which he had bought in 1845.

In 1863 Ewich celebrated his golden wedding anniversary under Pastor Rocholl at Burgbrohl, before he died shortly afterwards at Burgbrohl Castle. Ewich was buried in the Niederbreisig cemetery. Until 1954 there was a tufa stone tomb with a bronze plate on which the portraits of the Ewich couple were depicted.

Works

  • 1829: Human, the teacher of a lower and higher elementary school in his nature and work. J. Bagel publishing house, Wesel.
    • 1st part: The teacher and discipline.
    • Part 2: The Curriculum.
  • 1831: Reprint of a speech on the occasion of his 25th anniversary in office. In: Rheinische Blätter for Education and Teaching. Volumes 9-10, January to June 1832 published by FAW Diesterweg, Essen, Verlag GD Baedecker, pp. 86-101.
  • 1834: What need is our educational instruction? Schönian.
  • 1836: Johann Jakob Ewich in Barmen. in: FAW Diesterweg: “The pedagogical Germany of the present” or “Collection of autobiographies from now living German educators and teachers”. Publishing bookstore by Carl Friedrich Plahn, Berlin, pp. 215–305. (Autobiography)
  • 1855: The old schoolmaster and the prevailing spirit in education. In: Annual Pedagogical Report of Elementary School Teachers. Volume 9, Verlag Friedrich Brandstetter, Leipzig.
  • 1855: Second discussion of the old schoolmaster and the prevailing spirit in pedagogy. In: Annual Pedagogical Report of Elementary School Teachers. Volume 10, Verlag Friedrich Brandstetter, Leipzig.
  • 1857: The lake of Laach. A poetic description, along with an encore, Verlag Johann Jakob Ewich, Duisburg
  • 1861: "The foundation of all religion" or "the reconciliation of the believing conscience with the thinking spirit". Rheinische Verlagsanstalt, Bonn.

literature

  • Oskar Henke: Chronicle of the high school in Barmen. Steinborn & Co., Barmen 1890.
  • Volker Schürmann: "Evangelical school in Haldern and its teacher Johann Jakob von Ewich (1806-1808)" in: Haldern once and now , publisher: Heimatverein Haldern, volume 108 / December 2011, pages 118-145

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biographical data from The Pedagogical Germany of the Present on Google Books
  2. ^ Friedrich Adolf Beck: Statistics of the Evangelical Church in the royal Prussian Rhine Province. Verlag CW Lichtfers, Neuwied 1848, p. 75.
  3. ^ A b Oskar Henke: Chronicle of the grammar school in Barmen. Steinborn & Co., Barmen 1890, p. 47.
  4. ↑ From the Barmer Schule to the Gymnasium Sedanstraße - overview 1579–2004.
  5. ^ Oskar Henke: Chronicle of the high school in Barmen. Steinborn & Co., Barmen 1890, p. 36 ff.
  6. ↑ Human, the teacher of a lower and higher elementary school in his nature and work. in two volumes ( The Teacher and the Breeding. and The Curriculum. )
  7. ↑ Klaus Goebel: Whoever has school has the future. (PDF - 4.9 MB) Brockmeyer, Bochum 1995, pp. 127-134. (Dortmund work on school history and historical didactics; Volume 25)
  8. ^ Oskar Henke: Chronicle of the high school in Barmen. Steinborn & Co., Barmen 1890, p. 48.
  9. ^ Karl Friedrich Pfau :  Bagel . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 46, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1902, p. 185 f.
  10. ^ L. Wiese: The higher school system in Prussia. Verlag von Wiegandt and Grieben, 1864, p. 358.
  11. ^ G. Thiele: Annual report on the Realschule and the Progymnasium zu Barmen. JF Steinhaus, Barmen 1863, p. 25.
  12. ^ Andreas Breuer: Castle Burgbrohl - a review of the completion in 1879. In: Heimatjahrbuch Kreis Ahrweiler 1979. P. 65.
  13. ↑ Bonn Yearbooks. No. 20, Bonn 1853, p. 162.
  14. ↑ Lothar Alter: A cemetery tells history: Evangelical cemetery Bad Niederbreisig. In: Heimatjahrbuch Kreis Ahrweiler 1988. P. 167.
personal data
SURNAME Ewich, Johann Jakob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES from Ewich, Johann Jakob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant educator
DATE OF BIRTH August 25, 1788
PLACE OF BIRTH Wesel
DATE OF DEATH May 15, 1863
Place of death Burgbrohl