Philipp Jakob Nabholz

Philipp Jakob Nabholz (* 15. April 1782 in Villingen , † 10. October 1842 in Meersburg ) was a German , sometimes in Switzerland active, Benedictine monk , seminar leader and educational reformer .

Life

Philipp Jakob Nabholz entered the Benedictine order in his hometown Villingen . From 1802 to 1804 he studied theology, philosophy and mathematics in Freiburg im Breisgau . In 1806 he was ordained a priest. In preparation for a pastorate in the seminary in Meersburg , Nabholz, sponsored by Ignaz Heinrich von Wessenberg , became increasingly interested in pedagogy and was trained as a teacher by the Pestalozzi student Karl August Zeller in Zurich . In 1810 Nabholz took over the management of the seminary of Kreuzlingen , which was dissolved in 1814 and converted into a boys' institution. During this time, Nabholz made personal contact with the reform pedagogue Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi and stayed with him in Yverdon for over half a year. Nabholz superiors, however, replaced him and transferred him as parish administrator to Waldkirch, a current district of Waldshut-Tiengen . It was not until 1822 that Nabholz moved to Aarau , where he took over the management of the teachers' college. In 1834 he was headed the Catholic preparatory institute in Rastatt, which was reorganized under Nabholz in Esslingen . In 1839 the institution was divided. In the former seminary of Meersburg, a Catholic teachers' seminar for the upper Baden region was set up. Nabholz took over the management of the facility. In 1839, the ultra-conservative Baden politician Heinrich Bernhard von Andlaw-Birseck polemicized against the “Wessenbergian” Nabholz , who accused Nabholz of having proven himself to be a rationalist through his program and teaching and not having a trace of Christianity. Nabholz died in Meersburg in 1842. The ultramontane paper Der Katholik wrote in an obituary that the Church only had to thank God for Nabholzen's death.

meaning

Philipp Jakob Nabholz's great merit lies in the structuring of teacher training in Wettingen with the claim to a scientific level and Pestalozzian empathy. Nabholz was a thought leader in university teacher training. In addition, he developed a writing-reading method that was used at elementary schools in Baden.

Publications

• Philipp Markus Jakob Nabholz: Representation of the Grand Duke. Bath. Cathol. School teacher seminar in Ettlingen since December 1835. Staats- u. Government Gazette, Karlsruhe 1837.
• Philipp Markus Jakob Nabholz: The school essence and structure. State and Government Gazette, Karlsruhe 1838.
• Philipp Markus Jakob Nabholz: Guide to German language teaching for elementary schools. Herder, Karlsruhe and Freiburg 1839.
• K. Jung and Philipp Markus Jakob Nabholz: Instructions for the graduation of the handwriting lessons. Herder, Karlsruhe 1845.
• Philipp Markus Jakob Nabholz: Little God book or first lesson from God and Jesus Christ plus preliminary exercises for reading printed matter using Nabholz's writing-reading method for Baden's elementary schools. Vogel, Rastatt 1858.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Karl Brechenmacher : Joseph Beck (1803-1883). Franz Steiner Verlag, 1984, p. 91
2. ↑ Karl Brechenmacher: Joseph Beck (1803-1883). Franz Steiner Verlag, 1984, p. 92

literature

• Short biography of Philipp Nabholz, the former director of the seminar in Aarau, Rastatt, Ettlingen and Meersburg. Ammon, Constance 1870.
• J. Merz: Philipp Jacob Nabholz. In: Friedrich von Weech (Ed.): Badische Biographien . Volume 2, 1875, pp. 94-96.
• Ferdinand Graf: Teacher training in the 19th century in Baden. P. 10 f. ( PDF )
• Arthur Frey: Nabholz, Philipp Jakob. In: Otto Mittler and Georg Boner (editors): Biographisches Lexikon des Aargau 1803–1957. Sauerländer, Aarau 1958 (with picture)