Matthäus Cornelius Münch
Matthäus Cornelius Münch , from 1848 von Münch (born September 14, 1771 in Thengenstadt ; † January 12, 1853 in Unlingen ), was a German Roman Catholic priest and educator .
Life
Münch studied at the University of Innsbruck and was ordained a priest in 1799. From 1805 to 1827 he was pastor in Gattnau . From 1809 he was a school inspector . On October 25, 1826, he was appointed rector of the newly founded Gmünder teachers' seminar . He is considered the founding rector of the institute, which began teaching as early as 1825. According to Reinhard Kuhnert, his views on teacher training are considered modern today.
In 1830 he went back to Gattnau as a school inspector. In 1848 he was awarded the Order of the Württemberg Crown with the rank of knight. This gave him personal nobility . Munch was in the cemetery buried by Unlingen.
Publications
- Universal lexicon of education and teaching for older and younger Christian primary school teachers , 3 volumes, Augsburg 1842 (3rd expanded edition 1859/1860).
literature
- Reinhard Kuhnert : History of the Gmünder teacher training in the portraits of their rectors , in: Einhorn Jahrbuch Schwäbisch Gmünd 1981, Eihorn Verlag, Schwäbisch Gmünd 1981. ISBN 3-921703-40-9 , p. 224 f. (Main source).
- Johann Schneiderhan: Matthäus Cornelius von Münch, a Swabian educator , 3rd edition, Ravensburg 1907.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Münch, Matthäus Cornelius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Münch, Matthäus Cornelius von; Muench, Matthaeus Cornelius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Roman Catholic clergyman and educator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 14, 1771 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Thengenstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 12, 1853 |
| Place of death | Unlingen |