Knight Academy Berlin

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The Ritter-Academie was an educational institution for young aristocrats in Berlin from 1705 to 1715 and from 1765 to 1813.

Locations

  • 1705–1713 Klosterstrasse 76 (formerly Hohes Haus )
  • 1713–1714 in front of the Frankfurter Tor
  • 1715-1716?
  • 1765–1769 Marstall , Breite Straße 31 (top two floors)
  • 1769–1803 Burgstrasse (near the bridge, southern side)
  • 1803–1813 Breite Straße 34 (today the city ​​library )

history

Knight Academy 1705–1713

The knight academy was founded in 1705 by King Friedrich I on the model of other knight academies . It should serve the education of sons from princely and other noble houses. The maximum capacity of 36 seats was probably never reached. Lessons were given in law, history, geography, physics, French and Italian, as well as fencing and horse riding. The students lived in the building.

In 1713 the academy was closed after the death of King Friedrich I. The professor Isaac Briand founded a royal privileged academy in front of the Frankfurter Tor, but had to leave Berlin the following year because of debts. Another attempt ended in 1716.

Royal New Knight Academy 1765–1813

In 1762 King Friedrich II founded a Royal Knight Academy ( Académie militaire ). He also brought in teachers from France. The training took place in religion, mathematics, engineering, philosophy, morality, natural law, civil law, history, languages, drawing, fencing, horse riding and dancing. In 1769 the building on Burgstrasse was completed. The professors lived in a house on the neighboring Heilig-Geist-Straße.

In 1803 the company moved to Breite Straße, by the Marstall. In 1813 the academy was closed after the end of the Napoleonic occupation.

Professors

1705-1713

  • Johann Friedrich Pfeiffer, Civil and Canon Law
  • Jacob Paul Gundling , History and Literature
  • Johann Heinrich Hertenstein, natural, feudal and civil law
  • Christian Maximilian Spener , heraldry, genealogy and physics
  • Philipp Naudé , Geography and French Language,
  • Isaac Briand, French language and beautiful literature
  • Johann Audoy, ​​French language
  • Johann Gerardi, Italian language
  • Hanibal August Micheli, Italian language

1765–1813 (selection)

Remarks

  1. ↑ On this first academy see Carl von Ledebur : King Friedrich I. von Prussia. First volume. Leipzig 1878. Reprint 2013. p. 86
  2. ↑ For the first decades of this academy see also Friedrich Nicolai : Die Königliche Residenzstädte Potsdam and Berlin. Second volume. Berlin 1786. p. 721