Martin Planta

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Martin von Planta (born March 4, 1727 in Susch , † March 29, 1772 in Haldenstein ) was a Swiss Reformed clergyman and educator .

Life

Martin Planta was born on March 4, 1727 in Susch in the canton of Graubünden as the son of Landammann Josef von Planta and his wife Elsa Conrad . From the age of ten he was tutored by his older brother Andreas, who was a pastor. On his advice, Planta visited the Carolinum in Zurich from 1742 . On June 18, 1745 he was accepted into the Evangelical-Rhaetian Synod in Vicosoprano . He was then allowed to take over the pastor's office , but since he was only 18 years old, he and his older brother first became pastor in Erlangen . At the same time he worked as a private tutor in Obernzenn . He was allowed to use the library of the family whose boy he was teaching.

In 1748 he gave up his private tutoring and parish activities in order to make a research trip through Mainz , The Hague and England. Two years later he arrived in London, where he sought the reformation of the school system and founded several private schools. There he planned a more in-depth career, but he fell ill and doctors advised him to return home. He then became court master in Zuoz . During these years, Planta was still teaching his head of house student in Zuoz, Chur and Chiavenna . Planta made friends with Johann Heinrich Lambert and Johann Peter Nesemann .

In 1753 Planta was hired as a pastor in Zizers . He married Anna Caterina Sprecher and a few years later he and Nesemann decided to set up a seminar in Zizers. The first lesson took place in the rectory, but it could not stay that way in the long run. In 1761 the seminar moved into one half of the castle in Haldenstein Castle . Five years later - in the meantime the Haldenstein seminar itself was known across the canton - he presented his school reformation plans in Schinznach , which were later taken into account. In the meantime, the seminar rooms became too small again, so that in 1771 the south side of the castle was also claimed. Martin Planta died there on March 29, 1772 at the age of 45. A few years later, the seminar also had to close.

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SURNAME Planta, Martin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Planta, Martin of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss reformed clergyman and educator
DATE OF BIRTH March 4, 1727
PLACE OF BIRTH Susch
DATE OF DEATH March 29, 1772
Place of death Haldenstein