Peter Zillig

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Peter Zillig (born October 24, 1855 in Staffelstein , † August 19, 1929 in Würzburg ) was a German educator.

Life

Zillig attended school in Staffelstein, then the preparatory institute and the teachers' seminar in Bamberg , which he completed at the age of 17 and then worked as an assistant teacher in Kirchahorn .

In 1876 he took leave of absence from school and attended lectures in philosophy, psychology, pedagogy, German studies and history at the University of Leipzig . The psychologist and philosopher Wilhelm Wundt certified that he would pass the examination for higher education in philosophy.

However, since Zillig did not have a high school diploma, he returned to the elementary school in 1879 and worked as an assistant teacher at the preparatory institute and the city school in Amberg . In 1881 he was called to teach boys in Würzburg, where he worked until his retirement.

The educator Tuiskon Ziller , whom Zillig met in Leipzig and who advocated a Christian education, had a great influence, and as a result Zillig's writings are shaped by Ziller's theories. Among other things, he fought against learning mere facts and advocated ethically oriented teaching.

Among other things, Zillig edited the Nibelungenlied for the elementary school and was the only elementary school teacher who contributed to the Encyclopedic Manual of Pedagogy (1894). In 1919 he was appointed to the Würzburg City Teachers 'Council and the 16-member Bavarian State Teachers' Council. From its founding in 1913, he was a member of the professional academic center of the Bavarian Teachers' Association and in 1920 he was appointed to the Berlin Reich School Conference.

family

Zillig was married and had four children. His son Hermann Zillig set up the viticulture branch of the Biological Reich Institute for Agriculture and Forestry in Trier and was the founder of the German Viticulture Museum in Trier . The daughter Maria Zillig (1896–1983) was a child and adolescent psychologist ('Psychologie des Jungmädchens', 1962). The composer Winfried Zillig was his second son. His grandson Wolfram Zillig was director at the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry in Martinsried .

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SURNAME Zillig, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German educator
DATE OF BIRTH October 24, 1855
PLACE OF BIRTH Relay stone
DATE OF DEATH August 19, 1929
Place of death Wurzburg