Viktor Holtz

Viktor Holtz (born May 3, 1846 in Stolberg ; † September 3, 1919 in Posen ) was a German teacher and a pioneer of German - Japanese scientific and cultural relations.

He studied from 1865 to 1867 at the royal Catholic teacher training institute in Kempen , then became a teacher in Aachen and in 1869 a seminar teacher at the Boppard school teachers' seminar . The Prussian minister of education sent him to Japan for three years at the end of 1870 because of his knowledge of foreign languages ​​and his other qualifications . Together with the more famous military doctors Eduard Hoffmann and Leopold Müller , he belonged to the first group of Germans who were sent by Prussia to higher schools of the new Meiji government.

He was first assigned to the Daigaku Nankô South University, from 1872 Holtz 'school was at least nominally independent. The name changed from First School of Foreign Learning , 2nd Middle School to German School . Holtz remained the only teacher for all eleven subjects. Due to a change in Japanese school policy, the school was incorporated into the Kaisei School as early as August 1873, while Holtz was transferred to the Tokyo Medical School for the rest of his contract, which had been extended twice by 8 months. Due to inconsistent educational planning, the pioneering experiment of a German school in Japan ended with no lasting effect.

Holtz returned to Boppard in 1875 and was transferred to Prüm in 1877 , to Schrimm in 1889 and to Posen in 1902 .

Footnotes

1. ↑ A report by Viktor Holtz ( Memento of the original from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (found at the State Main Archives Koblenz )