Werner Zuberbühler

Werner Zuberbühler (born March 7, 1872 in Herisau ; † May 4, 1942 in Locarno ; resident in Herisau) was a Swiss educator from the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden .

Life

Werner Zuberbühler was a son of Johannes Zuberbühler, teacher, and Katharina Barbara Fitze. In 1906 he married Helena Frei, widow of Wilhelm Alexander Frei , daughter of Anton August Lansel. In 1888 he attended the teachers ' college in Rorschach and in 1889 the teachers' college in Küsnacht . From 1890 to 1895 he was a teacher in Zurich . From 1893 to 1895 he studied at the University of Zurich, obtaining a doctorate as Dr. phil. Around 1900 Zuberbühler attended the New School Abbotsholme in Uttoxeter , Shaffordshire, England , by Cecil Reddie . From 1901 to 1902 he worked in the Haubinda Landerziehungsheim , Thuringia, with Hermann Lietz . In 1902, Wilhelm Alexander Frei and Werner Zuberbühler opened the Swiss Rural Education Center in Glarisegg , which Zuberbühler ran from 1904 to 1936. The two reform pedagogues strived for a natural upbringing that included the balance of body, mind and soul. Zuberbühler was a member of the Libertas and the Guttempler -Loge Steckborn .

literature

• Carl Jacob Burckhardt: Encounters. Zurich: Manesse Verlag 1958, pp. 29–54.
• Carl Jacob Burckhardt: Memorabilia. Munich: Callwey 1977, pp. 313-318.
• Hans-Ulrich Grunder: The Swiss rural education home at the beginning of the 20th century : an educational institution between imitation and independence. Frankfurt am Main: Lang 1987, pp. 51-67.
• H. Mayer: Werner Zuberbühler. In: Thurgauer Zeitung, March 8, 1972.

Web links

• Erich Trösch: Werner Zuberbühler. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 23, 2013 , accessed April 10, 2020 .
• Hans-Ulrich Grunder: Country education homes. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . October 5, 2011 , accessed April 10, 2020 .
• Archive Landerziehungsheim Glarisegg in the State Archive Thurgau
• Estate in the Thurgau State Archives

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Zuberbühler, Werner. In: Matriculation edition of the University of Zurich 1833–1924 , accessed on April 10, 2020.
2. ↑ Hans-Ulrich Grunder: Landherziehungsheime. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

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