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Max Zeltner-Wyss (born 16 August 1895 in Biel/Bienne; died 18 June 1953 in Zurich) was a Swiss special educator and long-serving director of the Albisbrunn Boarding School.

Life

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The son of the locomotive driver Philipp Zeltner and his wife Bertha, Max Zeltner grew up in Biel. From 1911 he attended the teacher training college in Solothurn, which he completed in 1915 with a primary school teaching diploma.[1] During his training, he met his wife, the educator Anna Wyss.[2] They had one daughter, the Swiss psychologist and writer Eva Zeltner [de].[3]

During the First World War, Max Zeltner served as a commander in the border occupation from 1915 to 1918.[2]

In 1919, together with Fritz Wartenweiler [de], the former director of the Solothurn teacher seminary, he founded the "Nussbaum", Switzerland's first folk public education centre.[3] Inspired by Danish folk high schools, it aimed to bridge, through shared learning, "the painfully felt divides between the educated and the uneducated".[4]

In 1925 Zeltner was appointed as an educator at the Albisbrunn Boarding School of the Albisbrunn Foundation [de], a home where so-called "difficult" boys were to be educated on an explicitly special educational principle.[3] From 1928, as successor to the special educator Heinrich Hanselmann [de], Zeltner took over the directorship, which he held until his sudden death at the age of 58.[2]

Work

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During his time as director, he was active as a member and board member in the Swiss National Conference on Social Affairs and in the Aid Association of Swiss Institutions for Difficult Children (SHVS, later SVE, now Integras [de]). His tireless activity, as noted in his obituary, made him one of the best-known and most distinguished experts on the Swiss institutional system beyond cantonal borders.[2] Numerous presentations at congresses and training courses testify to his commitment.

In addition to his work as director, Zeltner published on central issues of residential education. The everyday practice of residential education was particularly in the foreground.[3] In addition to record-keeping in residential homes[5] he published, among other things, on dealing with runaways from youth homes[6] and on issues of educational observation.[3][7]

From 1944, together with the special educator Paul Moor [de], he edited the Hefte zur Anstaltserziehung (Journals on institutional education).[3] Its aim was to address a series of practical questions regarding special educational work in homes for so-called difficult children and adolescents using "scientific methods".[3][8]

Writings

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Monographs

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  • Zeltner, Max; Hanselmann, Heinrich (1930). Fünf Jahre Albisbrunn 1925–1929: Grundsätzliches über Ziel und Organisation einer neuzeitlichen Erziehungsanstalt [Five years at Albisbrunn 1925–1929: Fundamentals regarding the objectives and organisation of a modern educational institution] (in German). Affoltern am Albis: Dr. J. Weiss.
  • Zeltner, Max (1947). Pädagogische Beobachtung: Im Zusammenhang mit der Aktenführung in Erziehungsanstalten [Educational observation: In connection with record keeping in educational institutions] (in German). Hausen am Albis: Landerziehungsheim Albisbrunn.

Contributions to journals and edited volumes

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  • Moor, Paul; Zeltner, Max (1944). "Die Arbeitskurve: Eine Anleitung für die Durchführung des Additionsversuches von Kraepelin als Hilfsmittel bei der Erfassung von schwererziehbaren Kindern und Jugendlichen" [The work curve: Instructions for conducting Kraepelin's addition test as an aid in assessing children and adolescents with behavioural difficulties]. Hefte für Anstaltserziehung (in German). 1. Hausen am Albis: Landerziehungsheim Albisbrunn: 5.
  • Zeltner, Max (1944). "Beobachtungsheim" [Observation home]. Lexikon der Pädagogik [Encyclopaedia of Education] (in German). Bern: Francke.
  • Zeltner, Max (1932). "Das Durchbrennen in Anstalten für Knaben" [Elopement in institutions for boys]. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Gemeinnützigkeit (in German). 71 (12): 428–444.
  • Zeltner, Max (1934). "Aufnahmeformulare und Aktenführung" [Admission forms and record keeping]. Schweizerische Blätter für Gesundheitspflege (in German). 73 (2): 39–47.
  • Zeltner, Max (1945). "Arbeitserziehung" [Work Education]. 100 Jahre Schweizerisches Anstaltswesen [100 years of Swiss institutions] (in German). Zürich: Otth.

References

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  1. ^ Anonymous (1953-06-19). "Totentafel" [Death notice]. Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). No. 1426 (Evening ed.). Retrieved 2025-10-16.
  2. ^ a b c d Schütz, Fritz Emmanuell (1953-06-23). "Trauerfeier für Max Zeltner" [Funeral service for Max Zeltner]. Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). No. 1464 (Evening ed.). Retrieved 2025-10-16.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Hoyningen-Süess, Ursula; Garz, Jona T. (2025-07-07). "Zeltner, Max". Historical Dictionary of Switzerland (in German). Retrieved 2025-10-28.
  4. ^ Ammann, Werner (1953-08-20). "Fritz Wartenweiler zum 70. Geburtstag" [Fritz Wartenweiler on his 70th birthday]. Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German) (Morning ed.). Retrieved 2025-10-16.
  5. ^ Zeltner 1934.
  6. ^ Zeltner 1932.
  7. ^ Zeltner 1947.
  8. ^ Moor & Zeltner 1944.
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