Bismarck-Oberlyzeum

The Bismarck-Oberlyzeum was a girls' gymnasium in Königsberg, Germany. It was named after statesman Otto von Bismarck.

History

The Frankenbergsches Lyzeum on Prinzenstraße in Sackheim was led by Hermine Lewitz and Helene von Frankenberg.^[1] When the Rauschningsche Schule was converted into a Mittelschule in 1925,^[2] its lyzeum classes were transferred to the Frankenbergsches Lyzeum,^[3] which was acquired by the city of Königsberg in 1925.^[4] It was renamed the Bismark-Lyzeum in 1930.^[1]

In 1931 the school was renamed the Bismarck-Oberlyzeum and acquired the closed Arnheim-Lyzeum of Tragheimer Pulverstraße in Tragheim.^[5] In the same year it moved to the modernized western wing of the decommissioned Wrangel-Kaserne (barracks) on Wrangelstraße in northern Tragheim.^[6] The barracks' eastern wing contained the Herderschule, a Volksschule.

The Oberlyzeum's directors were Anna Brenneisen and Franz Rutau,^[6] while its students included Tamara Ehlert. The school was not rebuilt in Kaliningrad after World War II.^[7]

Notes

1. Albinus, p. 86
2. Albinus, p. 183
3. Gause, p. 77
4. Gause, p. 76
5. Albinus, p. 38
6. Albinus, p. 38
7. Blochplan

References

• Albinus, Robert (1985). Lexikon der Stadt Königsberg Pr. und Umgebung (in German). Leer: Verlag Gerhard Rautenberg. p. 371. ISBN 3-7921-0320-6.
• Stadtplan Königsberg 1931 / Kaliningrad heute (Map) (2010 ed.) (in German). Berlin: Blochplan. ISBN 978-3000307621.
• Gause, Fritz (1971). Die Geschichte der Stadt Königsberg. Band III: Vom Ersten Weltkrieg biz zum Untergang Königsbergs (in German). Köln: Böhlau Verlag. p. 327. ISBN 3-412-38871-8.