Wilhelm Roettiger
Carl Wilhelm Heinrich Gustav Röttiger (born September 20, 1858 in Stade , † July 13, 1928 in Hamburg ) was a German educator .
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Wilhelm Röttiger was the son of a lieutenant colonel. He received school education at grammar schools in Neisse , Hanover and Göttingen , where he graduated from school in 1877. After studying mathematics for two semesters at the University of Jena , he switched to studying new languages at the University of Göttingen . Here he received his doctorate in 1883 on “The Tristan of Thomas. A contribution to the criticism and language of the same "to the Dr. phil. In 1884 and 1885 he passed both state examinations at Göttingen University and was then allowed to teach French and English language classes in all grades and in the grammar school intermediate level religion and Latin. From 1885 he taught in the scientific field of the learned school of the Johanneum , where he was appointed senior teacher in 1890. From 1895 to 1903 he worked as a teacher at the Wilhelm Gymnasium , where he received the title of professor in 1900.
In 1904 Röttiger took over the secondary school in Eppendorf as the first director and established the secondary secondary school there from 1911. During the First World War he did military service as a repeatedly distinguished major in the reserve and rose to major. As a school principal confirmed in office in 1919, 1920 and 1923, he retired in 1924. In the service he was not considered an autocrat and also tried to maintain a friendly relationship between students and teachers outside of school. From 1897 to 1911 he gave practical French lessons in general lectures .
In politics, Röttiger was involved in the right-wing spectrum. He took over the chairmanship of the Hamburg senior gentlemen's group of the Kösener Senioren-Convents-Verband and worked in the Pan-German Association . Röttiger gave speeches at the Bismarck festivities of the association in 1902 and 1906. In 1907 he co-founded the Hamburg Association for Combating Social Democracy and in 1919/20 he was a member of the advisory board of the Association of German Academics in Hamburg . Due to his political stance, he attached particular importance to national holidays such as Sedan Day and festivals in honor of Bismarck at the school. In the classroom, he attached great importance to highlighting the effects of "great men" and military successes.
In 1913 Röttiger received the Red Eagle Order, 4th class. General Hans Röttiger was his son.
literature
- Rainer Hering: Röttiger, Wilhelm . In: Franklin Kopitzsch, Dirk Brietzke (Hrsg.): Hamburgische Biographie . tape 6 . Wallstein, Göttingen 2012, ISBN 978-3-8353-1025-4 , p. 269-270 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ In 1879 he became a member of the Corps Saxonia Jena ( Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 71 , 437)
- ↑ In 1880 he became a member of the Corps Brunsviga Göttingen ( Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 40 , 651)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Röttiger, Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Röttiger, Carl Wilhelm Heinrich Gustav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German educator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 20, 1858 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stade |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 13, 1928 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |