Johann Kaspar Arletius

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Johann Kaspar Arletius

Johann Kaspar Arletius (also Johann Caspar Arletius ; surname Latinized from Arlet or Arlt ; * October 1, 1707 in Breslau ; †  January 25,   1784 ibid) was a German pedagogue and universal scholar .

Life

At the age of 7, Johann Kaspar Arletius was admitted to the Elisabet Gymnasium , where his father taught. From 1728 he studied theology in Leipzig and from 1729 in Jena , where he also turned to the newer languages. After completing his theology studies in 1731 with a three-hour disputation on his examination paper Pauli Apostoli Acta Romana , he spent another year in Jena and returned to Breslau in November 1732. There he passed the theological exam in 1733. Since he did not intend to stick with theology, he took a position as private tutor to the state elder Maximilian Ferdinand von Fürst und Kupferberg, heir to Albrechtsdorf northeast of Zobten . One of his pupils was the son of the same name of Prince von Kupferberg, who later became the royal grand chancellor Maximilian von Fürst und Kupferberg . In Albrechtsdorf, Arletius found a valuable library that he could use for further training. He also learned Hebrew and Arabic in self-study .

In Breslau, which fell to Prussia after the First Silesian War in 1742, along with most of Silesia , Arletius was given a position at the Maria Magdalenen Gymnasium in 1743 , where he was promoted to rector in 1755. In 1761 he became rector of the Elisabet Gymnasium, which celebrated its 200th anniversary a year later. The anniversary publication he wrote is entitled Gloria Gymnasii Wratislaviensium Elisabetani Saeculo eiusdem sucundo . As rector, he was also responsible for Rehdiger's book collection .

During his winter stay in 1778/79 at the royal palace in Breslau , the Prussian King Friedrich II became aware of Arletius. In a face-to-face encounter, they also talked about Arletius' educational ideas and necessary school reforms. At the behest of the king, they were implemented by the school minister Karl Abraham von Zedlitz with a newly written “instruction plan”. Another meeting between King and Arletius took place in August 1781. Arletius, who remained rector of the Elisabet Gymnasium until the end of his life, died unmarried on January 25, 1784 in Breslau. He donated his fortune in a will to the teachers and their surviving dependents as well as needy students at his grammar school.

Johann Kaspar Arletius had written numerous scientific works in German and Latin. The literary historian Josef Nadler thinks in his literary history that Arletius was "among the classically learned late Baroque polyhistorians ... one of the last and most peculiar".

After a new building for the Elisabet-Gymnasium was erected outside the previous location at Teichäcker-Park in 1903, a street there was named after Arletius.

Works (selection)

  • De Paulli in urbem Romam ingressu , Actor. XXVIII, 16. descripto, exercitatio historico-theologica, Jena 1732 digitized
  • Specimen Vratislaviae eruditae. Vratislavia 1744 digitized
  • When the honorable and well-learned Mr. George Ernst Glaettinger ... in the current 1746th year, the 19th of April ... decided his ... curriculum vitae ... ... Breslau 1746 “in the Baumannisch. Erben Buchdr. prints Joh. Theoph. Straubel, Factor "
  • The honorable full merit of a teacher who worked hard for three and forty years in schools in Bresslau, looked at the person and at the grave of his faithful father, the ... Mr. M. Caspar Arlets ... as the same in the current 1748th year , May 10th ... his honorable age ... decided ... to draft in the following hasty lines ... most loyal son, Johann Caspar Arlet ... Breslau 1748, "printed by Carl Wilhelm Grass"
  • To the honorable, great ... Mr. M.Johann David Raschke ... [as?] The same ... his ... age at 84 years ... in the current 1760th year of July 3rd blessedly decided ... . Breslau 1760 "printed with Grassi's writings"
  • The defended immortality in the ... example ... of ... Mr. Christian Gottlieb von Riemer and Riemberg ... when he in 1762 ... confused earthly mortality with blessed immortality ... Breslau 1762 “printed with grassy writings "
  • Brief Treatise on the Crowns of the Hebrews. With what to the theological jubilee ... Johann Friedrich Burgs ... which the same ... in the ... 1763 year the 29th of the month of March ... decided ... Johann Caspar Arletius invites ... Breslau 1763
  • Love and care before posterity explained in a short treatise ... with which ... listening to one of the blessed after-glory of ... Mr. Christian Gottlieb von Riemer and Riemberg ... and in the top classroom of the Elisabetanisches Gymnasii in the year 1764. the 9th day of November ... memorial speech to be given ... invites Johann Caspar Arletius, Rector ... Breslau 1764 "printed with Grassian writings"
  • Matrimonium Libussae, principis Cechicae, cum Premislo Agricola memorabile . Vratislaviae 1764 "Typis Grassianis"
  • Ottocarus III. Premyslus, late potens, diuque felix, tandem vita et regno exutus rex Bohemiae . Vratislaviae 1775 "ex officina Grassiana"
  • From M. Fabius Quinctilianus, something belonging to pedagogy, a short treatise . Breslau 1778, "printed with Grassian writings"

literature

  • Helmut Titze: Johann Caspar Arletius and the Zedlitz school reform . In: Association of former Elisabetaner Breslau: Elisabetgymnasium Breslau 1293–1993. ... on the way through the centuries. Commemorative publication for the founding anniversary . Sindelfingen 1993, pp. 98-103
  • Adolf Schimmelpfennig:  Arletius, Johann Kaspar . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, pp. 530-532.
  • Carl Rud. Fickert: The Rector to St. Elisabeth Joh. Casp. Arletius and his foundations (in the collection of jubilees for the 300th anniversary of the Elisabethgymnasium), Breslau 1862
  • Gerhard Scheuermann: The Breslau Lexicon ; Laumann-Verlag Dülmen, 1994, ISBN 3-87466-157-1 , p. 41

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Father presumably Kaspar / Caspar Arletius, who in 1710 in Breslau published the text: Carmen semisaecvlare illvstri generosissimoqve Domino Ioanni Sigismvndo de Havnold et Rvhmberg, caesareo consiliario Reipvblicae Vratislaviensis praesidi, patrono svmme colendo sacrvm .
  2. ↑ Josef Nadler: Literaturgeschichte des Deutschen Volkes , Volume 2: Geist (1740-1813), 4th edition, Propylaen, Berlin 1938, p. 339.
personal data
SURNAME Arletius, Kaspar Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Arletius, Caspar Johann; Arlet, Caspar Johann; Arlt, Caspar Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German educator and polymath
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1707
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH January 25, 1784
Place of death Wroclaw