Josef Prestel

Josef Prestel (* 1888 in Kempten , † 1969 ) was a German writer, educator and essayist. He had a particularly strong influence on the didactics of German language and literature in elementary schools in the 1950s and 1960s. His career began as an assistant at the educational seminar at LMU Munich. He worked for a long time in teacher training for the primary school in Munich, first at the college for teacher training until 1942, later again in Lauingen until 1953 and at the PH Munich-Pasing .

During the Nazi era, he provided interpretations of fairy tales such as: "The fairy tale ... becomes a graph of folk virtues: loyalty, steadfastness, fearless courage in male heroes ... humble devotion in female heroes." (1938, p. 62).

Fonts (selection)

• History of German youth literature , Herder, Freiburg 1933
• Grettir, a Norse hero , 1935
• Contemporary poetry in elementary school , 1936
• Henry the Lion . Berlin 1st edition 1937, 2nd edition 1943.
• Fairy tales as life poetry. The work of the Brothers Grimm , Munich 1938
• Methodology of German teaching. The educational work of the elementary school. Methodology of their levels and subjects. , Kösel, Munich 1956 (several editions)
• Reading , Beltz, Darmstadt 1956
• Franz Huber (Ed.) With Josef Prestel: Lesson management and lesson structure in elementary school: Special teaching in outline , 7th edition, Klinkhardt, Bad Heilbrunn 1962 (known as Huber-Prestel )

Web links

• Literature by and about Josef Prestel in the catalog of the German National Library