Moritz Julius Spit

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Moritz Julius Spieß (born November 9, 1820 in Seifhennersdorf ; † May 8, 1897 in Dresden - Striesen ) was a German teacher and local researcher in the Ore Mountains .

Life

In 1834 Spieß moved into the Kreuzschule in Dresden, from which he left at the University of Leipzig at Easter 1841 to study theology and pedagogy. From 1843 he was also a member of the Lausitzer Preacher Society in Leipzig. He then worked as a private tutor in Burkhardtsdorf near Chemnitz from 1845 and was then director of a licensed private school in Buchholz near Annaberg from 1848 . After completing his doctorate at the University of Jena , Spieß was first from 1852 the fifth and from 1859 fourth senior teacher at the Realschule in Annaberg. In January 1861 he moved to Pirna as a deacon of St. Mary's Church , where he became archdeacon and ephoric administrator in 1869 . At the same time he acted as the first museum director of the city museum founded in 1861. From 1874 he was the royal district school inspector and school councilor for Chemnitz and the Flöha district administration , later from 1877 to 1893 in the same function in the Annaberg district administration . In Dresden he was a member of the Masonic lodge Zum golden Apfel .

He was the first honorary member of the Association for the History of Annaberg and the Surrounding Area .

The three children Emilie, Moritz Albert (1855–1929) and Berta are known from his marriage to Albertine Schindler on October 26, 1852 in Burkhardtsdorf.

Honors

Spieß was made an honorary citizen of the city of Annaberg-Buchholz on September 30, 1892 .

Fonts

  • Superstitions, customs and traditions of the Saxon Upper Ore Mountains . A contribution to the knowledge of popular belief and popular life in the Kingdom of Saxony. Kgl. Hofbuchhandlung H. Burdach, Dresden 1862, p. 7–24 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  • World history in biographies. In three concentrically expanding courses / ed. by Moritz Spiess and Bruno Berlet . - Hildburghausen: nun. - 3 parts [1872–1887] ( digitized version), some of which appeared in 13 editions.
  • The Pirna Municipal Museum . In: Pirnaer Anzeiger 54 (1863), No. 182, p. 1013; No. 184, pp. 1021-1022.
  • Saxon history in biographies for secondary schools: in two concentrically expanding courses , Hildburghausen 1889

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Neues Lausitzisches Magazin , Volume 19, Nachrichten aus der Lausitz 1841 , p. 18 ( google.de ).
  2. ^ Adolf Hinrichsen: The literary Germany . Berlin / Rostock 1887, p. 615 ( archive.org )
  3. ^ Hugo Kühn: Teacher as Writer , Leipzig 1888, p. 159.
  4. ↑ State Handbook for the Free State of Saxony 1876, p. 410.
  5. ^ Sächsisches Staatsarchiv, electronic finding aid inventory 30356, District School Office Annaberg
personal data
SURNAME Spit, Moritz Julius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher and local researcher of the Ore Mountains
DATE OF BIRTH November 9, 1820
PLACE OF BIRTH Seifhennersdorf
DATE OF DEATH May 8, 1897
Place of death Dresden