Ludwig Volrath recently

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Ludwig Volrath Jüngst (born December 27, 1804 in Niederdressierendorf ; † September 21, 1880 in Bielefeld ) was a German teacher of natural history , geography and German and an honorary citizen of the city ​​of Bielefeld.

Ludwig Volrath Jüngst, honorary citizen of the city of Bielefeld

Life

Ludwig Volrath Jüngst was born on December 27, 1804 as the son of pastor Georg Philipp Wilhelm Jüngst in Niederdresselnorf in Siegerland . He grew up in Wetzlar and Soest . After graduating from high school , he studied theology in Halle (Saale) . During his studies in 1822 he became a member of the Halle fraternity and the fraternity source society, in which he probably belonged to the closer association. He had to serve a 15-month imprisonment for his fraternity-political activities. As a teacher, Jüngst initially taught in Hamburg and Wesel and as the rector of a private school in Tecklenburg .

In 1830 he became a teacher of natural history, geography and German at the Ratsgymnasium Bielefeld . During his activity, Jüngst built up a real branch there, the focus of which was no longer on humanistic education with Latin and Greek , but instead the focus of teaching was placed on natural sciences and modern languages.

During the revolution of 1848/49 he was recently involved in the Bielefeld Constitutional Association , which included parts of the liberal - democratic bourgeoisie . He published articles in the Ravensberg Volksblatt .

Recently she was married to Auguste Luise von Döring and had 5 daughters. The youngest daughter Luise Jüngst also worked as an author. Ludwig Jüngst died at the age of 75 on September 21, 1880 in Bielefeld.

Works as an author

Recently, u. a. the Flora Westfalica , a textbook on botany of the region as well as several textbooks. In later years he also appeared as a writer of novels, short stories and dramas, which he published regularly under the pseudonym Ludwig Rosen .

  • Wandering book of a melancholy. Hamburg: Hoffmann and Campe 1834
  • Brief outline of botany for teaching at higher educational establishments. Bielefeld: Velhagen 1835.
  • The rules of German spelling. A guide intended for students. Münster : Regensberg 1842.
  • The popular names in the Kingdom of Prussia. Berlin : Decker 1848.
  • Flora Westfalica. Bielefeld: Helmich 1852.

Honors

The city of Bielefeld recently awarded Ludwig Volrath as the second person honorary citizenship in 1877 . In addition, Jüngststrasse in the Mitte district is named after him today.

literature

  • Reinhard Vogelsang: Ludwig Volrath Jüngst, the Ravensbergische Volksblatt and the Constitutional Association in Bielefeld 1848/49 in: A region on the move - The revolution of 1848/49 in East Westphalia-Lippe, 9th special publication by the Historical Association for the Grafschaft Ravensberg, publisher for Regional history Bielefeld, 1998
  • Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume II: Artists. Winter, Heidelberg 2018, ISBN 978-3-8253-6813-5 , pp. 371–372.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ History lesson materials, page 13
  2. ↑ CV
  3. ^ Ludwig Volrath recently in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors
personal data
SURNAME Most recently, Ludwig Volrath
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rosen, Ludwig (pseudonym); Most recently, Ludwig Volrad; Youngest Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher for natural history, geography and German language
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1804
PLACE OF BIRTH Niederdresselnorf
DATE OF DEATH September 21, 1880
Place of death Bielefeld