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Ludwig Susen (3 January 1807 – 24 December 1863) was a German elementary teacher, who worked and lived mainly in

Duisburg Duisburg () is a city in the Ruhr metropolitan area of the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Lying on the confluence of the Rhine and the Ruhr rivers in the center of the Rhine-Ruhr Region, Duisburg is the 5th largest city in No ...

Work and legacy

Susen worked as elementary teacher in Duisburg following his admittance by the Administrative District of Düsseldorf in 1832. The city chronics of Duisburg state that Susen discovered the pedagogic talent of one of his students, the later Friemersheim teacher Friedrich Wilhelm Guillaume (1838–1926), and convinced Guillaume's father not to let his son become a craftsman but a teacher. After Susen's death in 1863, a monument was erected in his honor on the cemetery of the Protestant St. Mary's church in Duisburg's historic center in 1875. The statue, which is often referred to as "Teacher's Monument", was declared a protected monument on 15 December 1992 in accordance with § 3 (2) DSchG of the

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inha ...

monument act. The inscription of the monument quotes the

Gospel of John The Gospel of John ( grc, Εὐαγγέλιον κατὰ Ἰωάννην, translit=Euangélion katà Iōánnēn) is the fourth of the four canonical gospels. It contains a highly schematic account of the ministry of Jesus, with seven "sig ...

, Verse 9:4: ''"We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work."''

Personal life

Ludwig Susen was born to his father Bernhard Susen. He married Johanna Susen (born Busch) in 1831, with whom he had two daughters Christiane and Maria. Sources state that he was at a later point married to Maria Susen (born Mühles).https://www.myheritage.de/person-2000057_214355321_214355321/ludwig-susen

External links

St. Mary's Church Duisburg

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Susen, Ludwig 1863 deaths 1807 births German schoolteachers