Anna Waetge

Anna Waetge (* in the 19th century; † 1926 in Bremen ) was a German teacher and founder of a girls' school in Bremen.

biography

Waetge was the daughter of a wealthy tin caster. She initially gave private lessons. In 1904 she founded the private girls' school Anna-Waetge in Bremer Neustadt on the corner of Moselstrasse and Mainstrasse. The school had around 240 students in nine levels from 6 to 15 years. The students only came from the middle class, as school fees had to be paid. In 1906 50 boys were also enrolled in the pre-school classes. In 1911 the school was expanded to include two buildings, and so the tenth year could also be admitted. A kindergarten and a kindergarten teachers' school were also attached. Initially, the school was not yet recognized as a lyceum . As the headmistress, Waetge succeeded in running her school as a subsidized secondary school for girls in 1918 . However, she fell ill in 1920 and had to leave the school to the city of Bremen.

In 1924 the school became a lyceum and since 1938 has been called the secondary school for girls . In 1950 the school with around 180 pupils was integrated into the high school at Leibnizplatz , after Hans Koch had been the headmaster of both schools since 1947/48 . The so-called co-education, the common teaching of girls and boys, began.

literature

• Herbert Black Forest : The Great Bremen Lexicon . 2nd, updated, revised and expanded edition. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2003, ISBN 3-86108-693-X .