Jānis Cimze founded a seminary - called also as Cimze Seminary or Vidzeme Teachers' Seminary or later Walk's Seminary in 1839 in Wolmar (Livonia (current Valmiera in Latvia)) and in 1849 the seminary moved to Walk (Livonia (joint town of current Valka in Latvia and Valga in Estonia)). Students to that seminary came among the Latvian (3/4) and Estonian (1/4) speaking population throughout the Livonia and from neighbouring provinces. In total, there were 479 graduates, in addition 4 toshers and 24 short course participants. Teaching language was German.

The seminary is also known as: Das Ritterschaftliche Parochiallehrer-Seminar zu Livland, Vidzemes skolotāju seminārs, Cimzes seminārs, Zimses seminārs, Cimze seminar, Valga seminar

The main aim of the project is to collect and present the information about the persons who has been got their education at that seminary and made the major input to the Latvian and Estonian cultural development.

As the the second aim of the project Jānis Cimze family's pedigree information could also be improved in geni.com database.

All co-workers and any input to the project as well as to Jānis Cimze pedigree research and updating is most welcomed!

Brief history of the seminary

In Estonian: Valga seminar, ka Cimze seminar, Valmiera seminar, 1839 Volmaris pastor C. F. Walteri algatusel ja Liivimaa rüütelkonna toetusel asutatud õppeasutus. 1849 viidi seminar Valka. 1853 valmis 2-korruseline koolihoone, õppeotstarbeks rajati kooliaed. Vastu võeti vähemalt 17-aastasi noormehi. Õppeaeg oli 3 aastat, õppetöö toimus saksa keeles. Koolis said ettevalmistuse tulevased kihelkonnakoolmeistrid ja köstrid. 1881. aastani oli seminari juhataja Jānis Cimze. 1871 hakati õpilasi vastu võtma igal aastal, 1879 pikendati õppeaega 4 aastani. Suurenes pedagoogika osatähtsus, aluseks võeti Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi ja Friedrich Diesterwegi põhimõtted. Praktikatunde anti 1873 avatud harjutuskoolis. 1850 korraldati Valga semiaris Eestimaa esimesed koolmeistrite täienduskursused. 1887. aastal muudeti seminar venestamise tulemusena köstrite kooliks ning 1890 rüütelkonna otsusega suleti. Valga semianris sai hariduse 479 tulevast õpetajat, nendest umbes 100 olid eestlased, sealhulgas Joosep Kapp, Andreas Erlemann, Ado Grenzstein, Carl Robert Jakobson, Johannes Eglon, Mihkel Kampmaa, Aleksander Kunileid, Aleksander Läte ja Friedrich August Saebelmann. Sourse: Eesti Entsüklopeedia

List of persons in alfabetic order in Ahnenforschung.Net Forum

Directors

• Jānis Cimze (1814-1881) in years 1839-1881
• Johann Heinrich Guleke (1821-1889) in years 1881-1883
• Friedrich Hackmann (1853-1893) in years 1883-1891

Teachers

Full time teachers

• Georg Neiken (1826-1868) 1848-49 (No 17) page 189
• J. Swaigsniht 1857-59 (No 47)
• J. Belinsky 1859-62 (No 49)
• B. Sihle 1862-67 (no 128)
• J. Klawin 1867-68 (No 139)
• Aleksander Kunileid (Peter Aleksander Saebelmann) 1868-71 (No 168)
• P. Balson 1874-74 & 1881 (No 217)
• G. Tedder 1872-75 (No 225)
• L. Semel 1874-88 (No 207)
• J. Sermuksl 1874-80 (No 259)
• G. Schkender 1881 & 1882-90 (No 335)
• E Ottoson 1886-87 & 1889-90 (No 414)
• Philipp Johann Stramm (1814-1871) 1833-54
• Kristine Cimze (1832-...) 1862-65
• Peter Rosenthal (1861-...)
• Heinrich Warstaff 1873-..

Single class teachers

• Rudolf Gottfried Kallas

Students

Student No and Page No refers to the pdf file of Das ritterschaftliche Parochiallehrer-Seminar in Walk, seine Lehrer und Zöglinge, 1839-1890 Peterson, Carl Christian

Valmiera's period 1839-1849

...

I course 1839-1843

1. Karl Eduard Knorr (18.01.1824 - ...); page 186
2. Johann Lamster (8.06.1822 - ...); page 186
3. Friedrich Johann Gottlieb Mietens (16.06.1824 - ...); page 186
4. Peter Oblat (2.02.1820 - ...); page 186
5. Jakob Rosenberg (16.09.1819 - ...); page 187
6. Jahn Ruggen (Rugebn) (9.08.1817 - 2.09.1876); page 187 Jānis Ruģēns
7. Jakob Schmidt (... - 1871); page 187
8. Dāvis Cimze; (14.11.1822 - 4.10.1872); page 187

II course 1843-1846

13. Dionysius (Tennis) Garklaw (2.5.1825 - ...); page 188

17. Juris/Georg Neikens (23.3.1836 - 1.07.1869) in Viki.lv; page 189

III course 1846-1849

20. Samuel Auster (9.12.1825 - ...); page 190

Valka's period 1849-1890

...

Short course of Januar-June 1850

1 Samuel Auster (9.12.1825 - ...); page 192

IV course 1850-1853

38. Joosep Kapp

V course 1853-1856

• Kārlis Baumanis / Baumaņu Kārlis (11.05.1835 – 10.01.1905) In Viki.lv
• Andreas Erlemann

VI course 1856-1859

• Carl Robert Jakobson
• Johannes Eglon
• Jaak Peerna / Jakob Pehrna

VII course 1859-1862

• Indriķis Zīle / Heinrich Sihle (7./19.05.1841 - 15.07.1919) in Viki

VIII course 1862-1865

• Aleksander Kunileid (Peter Aleksander Saebelmann)

IX course 1865-1868

180. ? Peter Abel (9. 12.1848 – 12. 02.1920); page 219

• 193 Hans Glas

184. Woldemar Auster (15.2.1846 - 22.4.1883); page 220

189. Rudolfs Bodnieks (29.10.1845 - ...)

X course 1868-1871

• August Friedrich Saebelmann
• Robert Julius Erlemann
• Auseklis/ MIĶELIS Krogzemis / Mikus Krogsem (6./18. 09.1850 - 25.01./6.02.1879) in Viki

XI course 1871-1874

• Ado Grenzstein
• Ado (Adolf) Linde
• Paul Undritz

XII course 1872-1875

271 Carl Niggul (17.9.1852 - 1925?); page 237
...

XIII course 1873-1876

...

XIV course 1874-1877

...

XV course 1875-1878

• Hans Einer
• Adelbert Wilhelm Reilian

XVI course 1876-1879

...

XVII course 1877-1880

...

XVIII course 1878-1882

• Anton Jürgenstein

XIX course 1879-1883

...

XX course 1880-1884

380. August Paukam (22.7.1862 - 26.2.1929), not graduated; page 255

...

XXI course 1881-1885

• Hans Rebane
• Jaan Saar ?

XXII course 1882-1886

• Tõnis Grünberg (1864-194?)

XXIII course 1883-1887

• Volmer Univer

...

XXIV course 1884-1888

• Mats Mölder
• Mihkel Kampmaa (Kampmann)
• 431. Reinholds Bodnieks (20.8.1867 - ...)

XXV course 1885-1889

• Eduard Vilhelm Pajo

XXVI course 1886-1890

XXVII course 1888-1890

...

Sources from the web about the students, not in geni.com trees

1. Birth of Martin Uhder's (student nr. 139, VII 1859-1862) daughter Monica Helene 1.5.1860 in Lugazi 21-6. By the way: the godfather Theodor Wirk is student nr.77 (V 1853-56).

2. The family of Monica Helene Uhder, whose husband Jakob Pawassar was also a student at the seminary (student nr. 283, XIII 1873-76). Saaga EAA.1299.1.182:94

Other sources from web

• Das ritterschaftliche Parochiallehrer-Seminar in Walk, seine Lehrer und Zöglinge, 1839-1890 Peterson, Carl Christian - list of teachers and students: pp 182-270
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C4%81nis_Cimze
• http://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cimzes_skolot%C4%81ju_semin%C4%81rs
• http://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C4%81nis_Cimze
• http://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cimze_seminar
• http://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C4%81nis_Cimze
• http://krzwlive.kirmus.ee/et/lisamaterjalid/ajatelje_materjalid?ite...
• http://www.forselius.ee/index.php?page=taerkav-eesti-intelligents
• http://www.linernotes.com/o/1/7bd8d353-70f7-4d14-aaab-1cc3ecbf71af
• http://books.google.ee/books?id=rGh0ZIpKLzcC&pg=PT94&lpg=PT94&dq=Ci...
• http://vieglassmiltis.lv/home/userprofile/Janis-Cimze
• http://valmiera.zurbu.net/tag:J%C4%81nis_Cimze/feed
• http://entsyklopeedia.ee/artikkel/valga_seminar1
• http://valka.lv/news/latvian-and-estonian-joint-song-festival-cimze...
• http://valmiera.zurbu.net/tag:J%C4%81nis_Cimze/feed
• http://www.rauna.lv/index.php?p=4658&lang=1103&pp=5619
• http://www.vieglicelot.lv/ru/object/janis-cimze-1814-1881.htm
• Baumaņu Kārļa dienasgrāmata 1856.g. Atmiņas no 1. janvāra līdz 30. jūnijam, 1856.

Notes

• Liivimaa Rüütelkond kulutas Valga kihelkonna koolmeistrite ja köstrite (Cimze) seminari ülalpidamiseks 1870. aastate algul umbes 4000–4500 rubla aastas, Eesti vallakoolmeistrite (Hollmanni) ja Läti vallakoolmeistrite seminari ülalpidamiseks kokku umbes 6000 rubla aastas. Tuna 2009-2