In addition to his work as a schoolmaster and publishing textbooks, Einer also actively participated in the social life of Valga. Under his leadership, the first Estonian-language play was performed here, and he was the founder of the first Estonian choir in Valga. Einer was elected chairman of the Valga Estonian Temperance Society, and he was also among the founders of the Estonian Säde Society. For a short time, he also served as the mayor of Valga.

This autumn, the Valga Museum will host several events related to Einer. We will set up an exhibition on the theme of historical school life. We will also organise a relevant series of lectures, the first of which — a lecture by Tiiu Kuurme on education, people, and times of crisis — has already taken place.

After visiting the grave of Einer's family in the neighbouring Valka, Latvia, we also visited the grave of Hans Einer's great role model and teacher, Janis Cimze, the long-time head of the Livonian Parish School Teachers' Seminary, as Cimze's birthday anniversary is also approaching in a few days. The Cimze School played an important role in the history of both the Latvian and Estonian national movements. Despite the fact that teaching at the school was conducted in German, many future figures of the national movement received a good education there.