Malinkowa, Lubina: Pietistic Teacher Education in the Sorbian Part of Lusatia
Lětopis Abstract 2017 1: Malinkowa, Lubina: Pietistic Teacher Education in the Sorbian Part of Lusatia
The school in Großwelka, founded by August Adolph von Below in 1746, and the training college established by Heinrich Ludwig, Count of Dohna, in 1804,
are often cited in the literature as the first Sorbian teaching establishments, however without placing in more detail the content and personnel of
both institutions. Using a biographical approach, the present study puts the two institutions into the contemporary context placing them between
Pietism and public enlightenment, and develops connections between both institutions and the Halle orphanage, the Herrnhut Brotherhood, the pietistic
aristocracy of Lusatia and educational reforms in Saxony. Particular attention is given to the significance of both institutions for Sorbian
educational and cultural history; both educational establishments trained a large number of people who had a decisive influence on Sorbian religious
and cultural life in the transitional period (Sattelzeit) leading to modernity.
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