Christian Gotthilf Salzmann
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Christian Gotthilf Salzmann was a German educational reformer and the founder of the Schnepfenthal institution.
Christian Gotthilf Salzmann
Philanthropinum
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The Philanthropinum was a reformist, progressive school in Dessau, Germany from 1774 to 1793. It was based on the principles of philanthropinism, an educational movement developed in the German-speaki
Christian Gotthilf Salzmann
…on how to teach religion to children, but it was widely rejected by his superiors. Because of this rejection, he accepted a position at Basedow's Philanthropinum. From there, he continued to write papers about education reform, including his Moralische Elementarbuch in 1783. In 1785, Salzmann opened his own…
Palais Dietrich, in Dessau, site of the original Philanthropinum