Ludwig August Berglein

Ludwig August Berglein, before 1884

Ludwig August Berglein (born June 13, 1817 in Braunschweig ; † October 26, 1903 there ) was a German educator who worked in Braunschweig.

life and work

Through the intercession of his teachers, Berglein was allowed to attend the Progymnasium at the age of 13 . His father, a construction clerk, gave him a trade apprenticeship two years later after his confirmation . He then attended grammar school again and passed the school leaving examination in 1839.

Berglein studied classical languages ​​and literatures at the University of Göttingen for nine semesters and received his doctorate on dithyrambic poetry in 1843 . He then returned to Braunschweig, passed the state examination and taught until 1845 partly at the Pro and partly at the Obergymnasium . Then he took a job at the secondary school in Rheydt . In 1847 he went to Paris to improve his French. As a guest student he attended public lectures, including a. at the Sorbonne .

In 1848 he accepted a teaching position in Lennep and in 1852 switched to the municipal secondary school in Elberfeld as a senior teacher . In 1858 he returned to Braunschweig as director of the Realgymnasium . He held this office until his retirement in 1883.

The school in Braunschweig was a secondary school of the second order; the degree did not entitle to study. She suffered from acute shortage of space and at times had to reject 66% of new registrations until Berglein built a new school in 1866.

Berglein campaigned for the introduction of Latin lessons and the conversion to a secondary school with a high school diploma . This was categorically rejected by the school inspectorate in 1868 and only partially supported by the college. After the establishment of the Empire , the situation changed and in 1873 Berglein was commissioned to work out a school reform. First, Realschule II (today's Realschule Sidonienstraße) was separated in 1876 and in 1878 the Ducal Realgymnasium was recognized as a Realschule 1st order. A year later, the first Abitur was taken at the school. Berglein retired on October 1, 1883 for health reasons after 25 years as the school director.

Berglein was considered a strict director who did not avoid conflicts. He was strongly committed to improving teachers' salaries and often got into disputes with the school authorities, but ultimately prevailed. In 1871 he did not transfer the entire second year (secondary), which led to lively discussions in the local press. Berglein commented this:

“… Otherwise it's similar to viticulture; there may even be a year with an average of less talented ... "

The expulsion from school of the poet Friedrich Gerstäcker's son a few years later even caused a national sensation.

A contemporary student described Berglein as follows:

“We liked him and did him the favor of bursting into stormy laughter at his frequent harmless jokes. Otherwise he was somewhat sober, philistine and dryly pedantic . He refused to give up even one afternoon for an excursion. "

Selmar Solmitz, one of the few Jewish classmates, reports that there was great religious tolerance among Berglein at school; Jewish students were exempted from class or at least from written assignments on the Sabbath. He also confirmed Berglein’s rugged nature:

“When the pupils wanted to appear in their brightly colored class hats at a public procession in which the students were supposed to take part, he declared that he did not want to take monkeys to market, and when, at a patriotic school party, the theater master's son came up with some sets and costumes had obtained from the court theater, the director forbade the high school students to mess with theater rags. This caused bad blood and the performance was not performed at all. "

literature

• Johann Wilhelm Dahl: Summary of the life of the director Dr. LA Berglein: a contribution to the history of the secondary school in Braunschweig; Compiled from official sources and the records left by the deceased . In: Annual report of the Ducal Realgymnasium in Braunschweig, Easter. Braunschweig 1904, pp. 33–44, urn : nbn: de: hbz: 061: 1-240314 .
• Franz Kössler: Personal lexicon of 19th century teachers, professional biographies from school annual reports and school programs 1825–1918 , volume: Baack - Buzello , Giessener Electronic Library 2008, urn : nbn: de: hebis: 26-opus-61061 , p. 216 . ( Online )
• Gerhard Linne, Hans Kaufmann, Hans Lindemann (eds.): Pictures and reports from the life of a Braunschweig high school. State New High School for Boys 1828–1953 . Limbach, Braunschweig 1953.
• Ludwig August Berglein . In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon , Volume 19th and 20th Century . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , p. 53.

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c d e} personal dictionary of teachers of the 19th century: professional biographies from school annual reports and school programs 1825–1918 with lists of publications. Retrieved August 20, 2017 . Volume: Baack - Buzello , PDF file, p. 216. 
2. ↑ Ludwig August Berglein: De Philoxeno Cytherio dithyramborum poeta. Ex officina Huthiana, 1843. (Dissertation)
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Dahl, Johann Wilhelm: The life of the director Dr. LA Berglein: a contribution to the history of the secondary school in Braunschweig; Compiled from official sources and the records left by the deceased . In: Annual report of the Ducal Realgymnasium in Braunschweig, Easter . Braunschweig 1904, p. 33-44 . ; Digital copy from ULB Düsseldorf
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e} G. Linne, H. Kaufmann, H. Lindemann (ed.): Pictures and reports from the life of a Braunschweig high school. State New High School for Boys 1828–1953. Braunschweig 1953, DNB 450460002 .
5. ↑ ^{a b} Reinhard Bein: They lived in Braunschweig: biographical notes on the Jews buried in Braunschweig (1797 to 1983) (=  messages from the Braunschweig City Archives . Volume 1 ). Döring-Dr, Braunschweig 2009, ISBN 978-3-925268-30-4 ( dnb.de [accessed on October 13, 2017]).