Wilhelmine Canz

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Wilhelmine Canz

Wilhelmine Canz (born February 27, 1815 in Hornberg ; † January 15, 1901 in Großheppach ) was the founder of the Großheppach Sisterhood .

biography

Wilhelmine Canz, whose full maiden name is Friederike Wilhelmine Gottliebin Canz, was the second child of the couple. The father came from Herrenberg and was a senior medical officer and pharmacist in Hornberg . His second marriage was to a born Cronmüller. He died in 1822 at the age of only 57.

Wilhelmine was strongly influenced by her brother Karl, through them with the Hegel was''s philosophy in touch, but also an evangelical received embossing. For a while she and her mother kept house for him in his parish; first in Buchenberg in the Black Forest, then in Bischoffingen am Kaiserstuhl, where she met her niece Amalie Rhode. Because of the proximity to Königsfeld she got to know the daily slogans of the Moravian Brethren . Wilhelmine Canz gained first experience working with children in the Bischoffingen community. She also got to know the institution for nurses in Nonnenweier and its director Regine Julie Jolberg , who suggested that she set up a similar institution in Württemberg, for which she did not support the prelate Sixt Karl Kapff in Stuttgart and the pastor Jakob Heinrich Stadt in Korntal found. Wilhelmine Canz initially aimed to refute dialectical philosophy . During this time she wrote her novel, which was published under the title Eritis sicut deus by the publishing house of the Rauhen Haus without any indication of the author . In this novel, the Württemberg physician finds as "Professor E." Carl August von Eschenmayer .

The sudden death of her brother in 1854 forced Wilhelmine Canz as an unmarried woman, together with her niece, to find a new job and place to stay. In 1855 she came to Großheppach in response to an inquiry and set up the first child care facility with the support of the parish. On May 3, 1856, Therese Leyerle and Lotte Egner came as the first student nurses to the newly founded educational institution for toddler nurses . Gradually, Wilhelmine Canz received further support. Her niece Amalie Rhode left the sisterhood in 1874 after their marriage.

Canz also had in mind that the nurses, who were not paid as high as nurses, needed a retreat for their old age. Even during their work in the parishes, the child sisters were dependent on additional gifts from parishioners.

Wilhelmine Canz died on January 15, 1901 in Großheppach of complications from cancer.

Canz as a teacher

Canz was interested in Froebel pedagogy and took over the Froebel boxes for the toddler facilities. These contained plaques in the form of squares, triangles and other geometric shapes. However, she was hostile to some elements of Froebel pedagogy. So she disagreed with some representatives of Froebel pedagogy on the question of when it makes sense to teach an abstract quantity such as God or to teach the children corresponding passwords.

family

Many of Wilhelmine Canz's ancestors were eminent theologians. They include:

Honor

  • In 1872 Wilhelmine Canz received the "Olga Order" at the suggestion of Queen Olga Nikolajewna of Württemberg

swell

  • The educational institute for nurses in Großheppach. First report from Wilhelmine Canz, housemother. Stuttgart, G. Hasselbrink'sche Buchdruckerei, 1863.
  • Wilhelmine Canz: Is there a living God? Answer with certificates. Dr. Hahn'sche Druckerei, Mannheim 1896.
  • Wilhelmine Canz: Eritis sicut Deus. Anonymous novel, Hamburg, Rauhen Haus agency, 1855.

literature

  • Helmut Bornhak: Wilhelmine Canz: The founder of the parent company Großheppach. A fight for the personal God. Golden Words publishing house, Stuttgart Sillenbuch 1966.
  • Gerhard K. Schäfer: Wilhelmine Canz. No half measures in the service of God and the people, in: Birgit Knorr and Rosemarie Wehling (eds.): Women in the German Southwest, writings on political regional studies of Baden-Württemberg , Volume 20, Kohlhammer Stuttgart 1993, pp. 163–169.
  • Werner Raupp : Wilhelmine Canz, in: ders. (Ed.): Lived faith. Experiences and life testimonies from our country. A reading book, Metzingen / Württ. 1993, pp. 316-324, 394 (Einl., Quellentexte, Lit.).
  • Stefanie Tenbusch: The Großheppach Sisterhood. Origin. Profile and Perspectives, Diaconal Science Institute, Heidelberg University, Contributions to Diaconal Studies Vol. 167, 2006.
  • Martin H. Jung : Word of God for every day - Evangelical piety in the 19th century using the example of Wilhelmine Canz, in: Frank Lüdke and Norbert Schmidt (eds.): Evangelium and experience. 125 years of community movement, LIT Verlag Dr. W. Hopf, Berlin 2014, pp. 7–35.
  • Peter Reinicke : Canz, Wilhelmine , in: Hugo Maier (Ed.): Who is who of social work . Freiburg: Lambertus, 1998 ISBN 3-7841-1036-3 , p. 122

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Hubert Kolling: Friederike Wilhelmine Gottliebin Canz (1815–1901) , in: Hubert Kolling (Hrsg.): Biographical Lexicon for Nursing History “Who was who in nursing history” , Volume 6, hpsmedia Hungen 2012, p. 48 -51.
  2. ↑ a b Christine R. Auer: History of the nursing professions as a subject, the curriculum development in nursing education and training , university publication Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg , academic supervisor Wolfgang U. Eckart , Heidelberg 2008, pp. 191 + 192.
personal data
SURNAME Canz, Wilhelmine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German deaconess
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1815
PLACE OF BIRTH Hornberg
DATE OF DEATH January 15, 1901
Place of death Großheppach