Johann Karl Christian Lippe

Johann Karl Christian Lippe (born July 19, 1779 in Braunschweig , † October 1, 1853 in Lenzburg ) was a Swiss educator .

life and work

Lippe studied theology at the University of Helmstedt and got to know Joachim Heinrich Campe who had a decisive influence on his life. Lippe moved to Hofwil in 1809, where he taught at Philipp Emanuel von Fellenberg's educational institution. Due to irreconcilable differences with Fellenberg, Lippe and several teachers with him left Hofwil in 1822. In 1823 Lippe founded a private school for boys from a good family at Lenzburg Castle . The cantonal government gave him the property free of charge for five years, but he had to carry out all necessary repairs himself. Thereafter, the lease was renewed every three years.

In the 1830s there were up to 50 students and twelve teachers, including the geography teacher Johann Gottfried Lüdde . Mostly Protestant French from Alsace and the Midi , whose parents mistrusted the Catholic French school system, received their education here . Lippe's educational principles were largely identical to those of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi , with whom he was friends. Lippe converted to Catholicism in 1839. The political instability due to the revolutions of 1848/49 led to a decline in students. Due to high operating and maintenance costs, Lippe had to take out loans that he could not repay. Lippe died one day after the end of school operations on September 30, 1853, which had been agreed with the creditors.

literature

• Eduard Attenhofer : Nekrolog for Johann Karl Christian Lippe (1779-1853). In: Argovia , annual journal of the Historical Society of the Canton of Aargau, Vol. 68–69, 1958, pp. 498–499 ( digitized version ).

Web links

• Andreas Steigmeier: Lippe, Johann Karl Christian. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .