Heinrich Welsch (pedagogue)

Heinrich Welsch (born May 29, 1848 in Arzdorf , † June 7, 1935 in Cologne ) was a German educator . He campaigned for disadvantaged working-class children in Cologne and was the model for the "Teacher Welsch" in the Cologne carnival song En d'r Kayjass number zero .

education

Birthplace of Heinrich Welsch in Arzdorf, Villiper Weg 27 (2014)

Welsch was born in the revolutionary year of 1848 as the first son of Catholic farmers in Arzdorf . At the age of 13, he moved from the local elementary school to the Rector's School in nearby Meckenheim , which is run by Catholic clergy, and there he prepared to attend the preparatory school (preparatory school) of the Christian School Brothers on the Rhine in Koblenz , which he attended at the age of 15. This order was founded in the 17th century by the French Johannes Baptist de La Salle . From there, in 1865, at the age of 17, he switched to the teachers' college of the school brothers . He passed his teaching exams after three years at the Royal Prussian Teachers' College in Brühl .

Professional career

Heinrich Welsch made his first important educational experiences in Koblenz as the head of a boarding school run by the school brothers for orphaned boys. Shortly before his 25th birthday, he took up a position as a private tutor for the children of the imperial baron Leopold von Fürstenberg at Körtlinghausen Castle in the Sauerland . When the older sons switched to high school , "the happiest and happiest years of his life" were over for Welsch, as he wrote in his memoirs.

Then Welsch applied for the Prussian school service. On September 1, 1877, he took up a position in Worringen , only to move to Sülz for three years shortly afterwards . Finally in 1881 he found his life's work in the rapidly developing industrial city of Kalk on the right bank of the Rhine . There he got to know the dark side of the industrial revolution: poverty, lack of education, unhealthy living conditions, etc.

As a well-appointed teacher, Welsch started a family. On August 18, 1886, he married Katharina Zentner from Klein Villip near his hometown Arzdorf, who worked as a teacher in neighboring Oberbachem . They had five children between 1893 and 1901, of which two daughters reached adulthood.

Rector of an auxiliary school in Kalk

In Cologne, on the left bank of the Rhine, the first school for "children with mentally abnormal development" was built as early as 1886. In 1905, Welsch founded the first auxiliary school in the industrial and working-class district of Kalk, which was then just incorporated on the right bank of the Rhine, for which he submitted an application for expansion in 1909. Welsch headed the school in Hollweghstrasse as principal and looked after his students and their social situation, for example also unmarried young mothers whom he did not want to be rejected because of their “misstep” but brought them back to their families. Shortly before the First World War , he retired from active school service. He died in Cologne on June 7, 1935 .

Memorial plaque on the corner of Kaygasse and the Great Greek Market

Tomb of the Welsch couple in the Kalker Friedhof in Cologne

Post fame

Carnival song

After his death, the Cologne street singer group Drei Laachduve (with Will Herkenrath, text, Hermann Kläser, music and Heinz Jung) composed the carnival song by teacher Welsch and Steinahl Schull in d'r Kayjass number zero for the 1938/39 session , recorded on 28 December 1938. The song took him to the Greeks' market in Cologne on the left bank of the Rhine, where there actually was a special school between 1891 and 1939, which was located on the corner of Kaygasse 1 / Großer Greeksmarkt 87 .

This song made the educators popular in the Cologne Carnival and beyond. His grave in the Kalk cemetery is now a grave of honor . The Rheinische Förderschule für Sprache, lower secondary level, in Cologne-Flittard was named after Heinrich Welsch.

Teacher Welsch Language Prize

The Cologne section of the German Language Association has been awarding the Teacher Welsch Prize since 2004.

year	Award winners	function	comment
2004	Alexander of Chiari	Train leader of the Rose Monday procession	He replaced the Rosenmontagszugsmotto 2005, the English word "kids" after protests by the kölsche word "Pänz".
2005	Andreas Henseler	Managing Director of the Odysseum Science Museum in Cologne	Discard the name "Cologne Science Center".
2006	Wise guys	German a cappella music group	Award for her song Denglisch
2007	Peter Herbolzheimer	Trombonist	Award for his commitment to the German language also in the jazz scene
2008	Ludwig Sebus	Scabies singer	Award for the dissemination and passing on of Kölschen with its songs.
2009	Show with the mouse	Children's program	"When imparting knowledge to young people, unnecessary anglicisms are avoided."
2010	Horner	Dialect band	"With her songs she made the Cologne dialect known and popular in Germany."
2011	Heimatverein Alt-Köln from 1902	Hometown club	Award for the care of the Kölschen.
2012	center.tv	regional television station	Award for the connection with the Cologne way of life and language.
2013	Wolfgang Bosbach	Member of the Bundestag	Award for promoting the German language, less Anglicisms , German in the Basic Law
2014	Academy for us Cologne language	Foundation / educational institution	Because the academy in Cologne emphasizes the value for its own language and culture with always new imaginative actions and presentations.
2015	Wilma Overbeck	Teacher, choir director and music author	Special merits as director of the children's choir “Wilmas Pänz”.
2016	Friends and supporters of the Cologne Customs Association	Association for the care of customs	"In addition to carnival parades and events, as an expression of Cologne customs, we also support numerous events, exhibitions and publications that deal with Cologne customs and dialects."
2017	Gerhard Uhlenbruck	Poet doctor	for his literary work
2018	Wicky young birth	Moderator and dialect singer	for his commitment to the soft tones in carnival
2019	Festival Committee Cologne Carnival of 1823 eV	Advocacy	for the session motto Uns Sproch es Heimat

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entry on elementary free school and later auxiliary school Kaygasse ("Schull en d'r Kayjass No. 0") in the database " KuLaDig " of the Rhineland Regional Association , accessed on February 16, 2017.
2. ↑ Teacher Welsch Prize. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 9, 2013 ; Retrieved May 3, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Kölner Stadtanzeiger from June 25, 2009 Orange Plüsch-Maus receives Teacher Welsch Prize ( Memento of the original from June 29, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed June 29, 2009) 
4. ^ Association of German Language ( Memento of the original from October 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Press release from September 20, 2011 on the awarding of the Teacher Welsch Prize 2011 
5. ↑ VDS press release. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 20, 2012 ; Retrieved September 14, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ KStA v.3. June 2013, p. 25
7. ^ Video report by the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger about the award ceremony. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 15, 2013 ; Retrieved June 6, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
8. ^ Akademie för uns kölsche Sproch / SK Stiftung Kultur der Sparkasse Köln / Bonn (ed.): The "Akademie för uns kölsche Sproch" receives an award (=  Klaaf . Band 03/14 ). S. 26 and 26 .
9. ↑ Cologne weekly mirror. Retrieved April 27, 2016 . 
10. ↑ Press release on the 2016 award ceremony (PDF) 2016, accessed on March 24, 2017 . 
11. ^ Teacher Welsch Prize for the literary work of Gerhard Uhlenbruck. May 6, 2017. Retrieved October 26, 2017 . 

Web links

• Barbara Hausmanns: three moles zero and cult figure. Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, June 7, 2005
• Song Kayjass No. 0 at the "Akademie för uns kölsche Sproch"