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1782 |
Born on April 21 in Oberweißbach, Thuringia, the sixth child of Lutheran pastor Johann Jacob Fröbel and his wife Jacobine Eleonore Friedricke, maiden name: Hoffmann. |
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1783 |
February 7, death of mother. |
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1789–1799 |
Attended primary school in Oberweißbach and Stadtilm, completed training as land surveyor in Hirschberg an der Saale. |
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1799–1801 |
Studied Natural Sciences at the University of Jena. |
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1805–1806 |
Employed as a teacher at the Pestalozzi Model School in Frankfurt am Main; in autumn, first journey to Iferten (Yverdon) in Switzerland to train under Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi. |
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1813 |
In April, volunteered for the Lützow Free Coprs and fought in the Napoleonic Wars . |
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1816 |
November 13, founded the General German Education Institute (Allgemeine deutsche Erziehungsanstalt) in Griesheim, Thuringia. School transferred to Keilhau in 1817. |
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1818 |
September 11, married divorcee Henriette Wilhelmine Hoffmeister in Berlin; the union was childless. |
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1823 |
40 pupils registered in Keilhau, Johannes Arnold Barop hired by Fröbel. |
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1826 |
Major written work "The Education of Man" (Die Menschenerziehung) published. |
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1830 |
Johannes Arnold Barop took over the leadership of Keilhaus. |
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1831–1835 |
Departure from Keilhau; leadership of various educational institutes and teacher training courses in Switzerland. |
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1837 |
Return to Bad Blankenburg and development of the educational toys "Fröbel's Gifts". |
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1839 |
Death of Henriette Wilhelmine; opening of the "Play and Activity Institute" (Spiel- und Beschäftigungsanstalt) in Bad Blankenburg. |
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1840 |
June 28, opening of the first General German Kindergarten (Allgemeinen Deutschen Kindergartens) in the Bad Blankenburg Town Hall. |
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1842 |
Training of kindergarten teachers in Bad Blankenburg. |
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1844 |
Closure of the kindergarten due to financial difficulties; return to Keilhau and the publication of the songbook "Mutter- und Koselieder". |
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1845–1849 |
Travelling to promote the concept of kindergarten. |
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1848 |
Presentation of kindergarten concept to a general meeting of some 260 educationalists in Rudolstadt, August 17-19. Application sent to central government in Frankfurt for support of Fröbel's Kindergarten. Demand for a universal educational system from kindergarten to secondary school. |
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1849 |
Relocation to Bad Liebenstein and the foundation of the "Facility for Holistic Life Practice through Developed and Nurturing Education" (Anstalt für allseitige Lebenseinigung durch entwickelnd-erziehende Menschenbildung). Training of women as kindergarten teachers. |
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1851 |
Married Luise Levin; August 23, kindergarten banned in Prussia. |
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1852 |
Died June 21 in Marienthal and buried in Schweina. |
Fröbel in the region
