Oskar Hentschel

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Oskar Hentschel (born June 27, 1926 in Trenčín ; † January 2, 2019 in Braunschweig ) was a German classical philologist and grammar school teacher who taught at the Wilhelm grammar school in Braunschweig from 1953 to 1989 .

Life

Oskar Hentschel was the son of a district judge from Northern Bohemia. He grew up in Trenčín, Slovakia, where he attended the Slovak primary school of a Catholic monastery school. In 1934 his father was transferred to Reichenberg (today Liberec ). There Oskar Hentschel attended the German elementary school and from autumn 1937 the Staatsrealgymnasium, which was converted into a high school after the Sudetenland was annexed to the German Reich . During the Second World War , Hentschel had to interrupt his school career. In the winter of 1943/1944 he served as an air force helper in Berlin. From April 1, 1944, he served in the Wehrmacht . Because he was granted school leave twice, he received the so-called maturity note on March 31, 1945. On May 8, 1945, the day of the surrender , Hentschel became a prisoner of war and was interned in Schleswig-Holstein. Since the prisoners of war's certificate of maturity was not recognized, Hentschel caught up with the Abitur at the Büsum State High School, which was specially set up as a boarding school for prisoners of war and released soldiers. Here he entered the 8th grade of high school on October 3, 1945. On January 5, 1946, he was released from captivity, and on April 18, 1946, he received his Abitur.

From 1946 to 1950 Hentschel studied Classical Philology, German Philology and Philosophy at the University of Erlangen . In December 1949 he passed the first state examination for the higher teaching post and then began with preparatory work for an article for the real encyclopedia of classical antiquity about the Roman festivals Quinquatrus . He edited this article through the mediation of his academic teacher Carl Koch . He completed it during his legal clerkship in Braunschweig (1952).

Hentschel completed his legal clerkship at the municipal boys' high school in Goslar and at the Wilhelm high school in Braunschweig. In the winter half of 1952/1953 he worked as a study assessor in Goslar, then again at the Wilhelm-Gymnasium in Braunschweig, where he was appointed a teacher in 1956. From 1962 he was head of Latin and Greek at the state study seminars Braunschweig I and II. From 1964 to 1971 he acted as a consultant for ancient languages ​​in the field of school supervision. In the 1986 summer semester he was given a teaching position at the Technical University of Braunschweig . In July 1989, Hentschel retired as Director of Studies (since 1970).

In addition to his professional activity, Hentschel wrote reviews for the Lower Saxony school administration gazette, the newsletter of the Lower Saxony Classical Philological Association and the magazine Gymnasium , as well as essays on didactics and the value of ancient languages ​​and Latin poems. In retirement, he wrote a study on the legibility of Latin hexameters from the typeface alone (1996) and a corresponding handout (1999).

Fonts (selection)

  • For legibility of Latin hexameters from the typeface alone . Braunschweig 1996
  • Handout for determining or checking the metrically correct reading of Latin hexameters . Braunschweig 1999

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary notice. In: Braunschweiger Zeitung . January 18, 2019, accessed February 22, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Hentschel, Oskar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical philologist and high school teacher
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Trenčín
DATE OF DEATH 2nd January 2019
Place of death Braunschweig