Karl Otto Beetz
Karl Otto Beetz (born June 7, 1859 in Neustadt am Rennsteig ; † 1940 in Gotha ) was a German pedagogue who was best known for publishing the treasure trove of books for teachers.
Life
He was the son of the merchant Heinrich Beetz and his wife Christine, born Schmidt, grew up in the Thuringian Forest . His mother's ancestors came from the Greiner family of glassmakers. After attending the secondary school in Arnstadt , Karl Otto Beetz went to the princely Schwarzburg regional seminar in the residential town of Sondershausen . He then studied at the University of Halle . He initially devoted himself increasingly to looking after elementary school teachers. After he worked for a time in Sorge (Harz) and then after Worbis . In 1884/84 he stayed in French-speaking Switzerland to study languages . After his return he was appointed to the Francke Foundations in Halle (Saale) . He also studied philology and philosophical pedagogy. In 1890 he left Halle to work as a teacher in Gotha, where he became school director in 1898 and from 1903 district school inspector of Gotha-Land. After the abdication of the princes of Schwarzburg, Beetz had to resign in 1919. From 1920 to 1927 he worked in the regional church council in Gotha. In 1921 he was appointed to Weimar by the state government of Thuringia . After the change of state government in 1923, he lost this position and returned to Gotha, where he was a full-time district member until 1926.
He was editor of the magazine Pädagogische Warte and editor of the book treasure trove for teachers .
Fonts (selection)
- (with Dietmar Beetz ): The Countess and the minstrel. Fairy tales from Bahnhofstrasse , Erfurt: Edition DB, 2002.
- (with Dietmar Beetz): The Countess and the minstrel. Fairy tales from Bahnhofstrasse , Pinnow: Edition Digital, 2018.
family
He had been married to Dorette, the daughter of the landowner Chr. Wolff from Trautenstein , since 1883 . The marriage had four children. The eldest son Wolfgang was killed in the First World War.
literature
- Rudolf Eisler: Philosophen-Lexikon , Berlin 1912, p. 863.
- Herrmann AL Degener : Degeners Who is it? , Berlin 1935, p. 84.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Beetz, Karl Otto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Beetz, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German educator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 7, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neustadt am Rennsteig |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1940 |
| Place of death | Gotha |