Johann Joseph Gronewald
Johann Joseph Gronewald (born March 4, 1804 in Lindlar ; † August 28, 1873 in Cologne ) was a German educator for the deaf and founder of the first deaf school in Cologne.
Johann Joseph Gronewald was born in Lindlar in 1804 as the son of the stonemason Christian Gronewald and his wife Magdalene Finke.
In 1822, Gronewald received a position as a candidate for a school authority in Porz-Libur . After two years of activity, he began his training in the teacher training college in Brühl in 1824 and finished his studies in 1826 with the grade "1". The then head of the school, Dr. Schweitzer recommended Gronewald training in Berlin to become a deaf pedagogue in order to teach deaf people at the "deaf-and-dumb institutions" that had been set up since 1817. In 1828 he completed his studies at the deaf-mute institute in Berlin and got a job at the higher citizen school in Cologne and also taught deaf children in his apartment, for which he was granted a temporary hourly discount, which was withdrawn from him in 1831. At the urging of parents of deaf children, Gronewald was given two rooms in the Cologne Minorite Monastery in the same year. This date is considered to be the actual founding date of the first school for the deaf in the Rhine Province , which in 1850 already had 50 students.
Gronewald mobilized the willingness of Cologne citizens to donate for the new "deaf and dumb institution in Coeln".
The educator died unmarried on August 28, 1873 in Cologne; He bequeathed his entire fortune to the institution for the deaf and dumb in Cologne. The city council of Cologne approved two grave sites for him at Melaten cemetery and a donation for a worthy tomb (lit. B).
Neo-Renaissance tomb with a relief depicting the healing of a deaf-mute child.
On the base the inscription: “Here rests / Johann Joseph Gronewald / 4th director of the school for the deaf and mute in Coeln / born 1804, died in 1873 / In memory of the self-sacrificing charity to which he devoted his activities and / assets to the welfare of the deaf and mute, set this monument to him / the city of Coeln, the school for the deaf and mute and its friends. "
The school building of the Johann-Joseph-Gronewald-Schule , newly built in 1956 and later expanded , has been located in Cologne-Lindenthal at "Gronewaldstrasse 1", named in honor of the man who distinguished himself through selfless public relations and pedagogical work.
literature
- Heinrich Schoroth: The first deaf-mute teacher in the Rhineland: JH Gronewald from Lindlar. In: Rheinisch Bergischer Calendar 1982. Volume 52, p. 100.
- Josef Abt, Johannes Ralf Beines; Celia Körber-Leupold (photos): Melaten. Cologne graves and history. Greven-Verlag, Cologne 1997, ISBN 3-7743-0305-3
Individual evidence
- ^ Josef Abt, Johann Ralf Beines, Celia Körber-Leupold: Melaten - Cologne graves and history . Greven, Cologne 1997, ISBN 3-7743-0305-3 , p. 62.
- ↑ Konrad Adenauer and Volker Gröbe: Streets and squares in Lindenthal , JP Bachem, Cologne 1992, ISBN 3-7616-1018-1 , p. 57f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gronewald, Johann Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German teacher for the deaf and founder of the first deaf school in Cologne |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 4, 1804 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lindlar |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 28, 1873 |
| Place of death | Cologne |