Hindenburg-Oberrealschule

The Hindenburg-Oberrealschule or Hindenburgschule was an Oberrealschule in Königsberg, Germany.

History

The school began as the Städtische Steindammer Mittelschule, a municipal Mittelschule in the Steindamm quarter.^[1] It opened with 27 students in three classes in October 1868 and grew quickly under headmaster Carl A. Kißner. It moved to a stately building on 1. Fließstraße in 1890^[2] and was renamed the Steindammer Realschule in 1902.^[1]

In January 1917 the growing school moved to a new building constructed on Wallring in northern Tragheim from 1914 to 1917. At the same time it was dedicated as the Hindenburg-Realschule, in honor of Paul von Hindenburg.^[3] Professor Otto Portzehl led its elevation to the Hindenburg-Oberrealschule during Easter 1918. By 1920 it was the largest school in Königsberg, with 780 students.^[3] The building now houses part of the Kaliningrad State Technical University in Kaliningrad, Russia.^[4][2]

Notes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Statistisches Jahrbuch der höheren Schulen, entry 22
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Köster, p. 88
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Albinus, p. 128
4. ↑ 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.
• Köster, Baldur (2000). Königsberg: Architektur aus deutscher Zeit (in German). Husum: Husum Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft. p. 256. ISBN 3-88042-923-5.
• Statistisches Jahrbuch der höheren Schulen und heilpädagogischen Antstalten Deutschlands, Luxemburgs und der Schweiz (in German) (XXIX, I. Teil ed.). Leipzig: B. G. Teubner. 1908.