Johann Julius Hecker
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Johann Julius Hecker was a German educator who established the first Realschule and Prussia's first teacher-education institution.
Memorial to Johann Julius Hecker, on Schlossinsel in Berlin-Köpenick
Francke Foundations
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The Francke Foundations, also known as Glauchasche Anstalten were founded in 1695 in Halle, Germany as a Christian, social and educational work by August Hermann Francke
Johann Julius Hecker
…gymnasium in Essen, he studied theology, ancient languages, medicine, and natural sciences at the University of Halle. In 1729 he became a teacher in the Francke Pädagogium, teaching every subject, including Latin, Greek, Hebrew, German, religion, history, arithmetic, botany, anatomy, physiology, and chemistry. In 1735…
Francke Foundation: Orphanage (Engraving, 1749)
Orphanage wall in 1972 before demolition
Historical orphanage (2009)
Historical Library