Berndorfer schools
| Berndorfer schools | |
|---|---|
| type of school | Elementary school and secondary school |
| founding | 1909 |
| address |
Margaretenplatz 2 and 5 |
| place | Berndorf |
| state | Lower Austria |
| Country | Austria |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 56 '34 " N , 16 ° 6' 8" E |
The Berndorfer schools are an elementary school and a secondary school in the Lower Austrian town of Berndorf , where the so-called Berndorfer style classes are located. At the time of construction they were intended as a boys 'school (today's secondary school) and a girls' school (today's elementary school).
history
What is special about the two schools is the design and furnishings in different art-historical styles. They were opened in 1909 after two years of construction. The financing was provided by Arthur Krupp . Architect Ludwig Baumann took on the architectural advice for the entire project . Max Hegele received the order to build the schools . The decoration was carried out by the two painters Franz Wilhelm Ladewig and Robert Jüttner. Krupp wanted to convey historical knowledge to the working class children.
The classroom
In each of the two schools there are eleven classrooms that are modeled on certain architectural styles, and in the elementary school there is also a twelfth. The architectural styles can also be read in large letters in the respective rooms. Originally, every classroom also had student benches, a teacher's desk and a cupboard in the same style, but these are no longer in use. The two school buildings are symmetrical on either side of the Margaret Church, which is also financed by Krupp, and the style classes are more or less the same in each school. Smaller differences can be found e.g. B. in the position of the door or in the fact that in the Egyptian room the boys were expected to have warlike motives, while the girls got to see field and housework.
The twelve-style classes were twelve styles of architecture inspired. So there is:
- the Egyptian classroom : the entrance to the class is a faithful imitation of the false door in the burial chamber at Eimisi in Dendera in Upper Egypt . The ceilings and wall paintings show typical Egyptian motifs.
- the Doric classroom : the bronze portal shows the gate at the tower in Mycenae .
- the Pompeian classroom : Theophil Hansen provided designs for it in the style of Pompeii .
- the Moorish classroom : The ceiling is an imitation of the old Moorish wooden ceiling in the university church in Alcalá de Henares in Spain . The door is a replica of the golden gates on the west side of the Mezquita-Catedral (mosque and cathedral) to Cordoba . The door pillars are borrowed from the Alhambra .
- the Byzantine classroom : The model was the Sergios and Bakchos Church in Constantinople , today's Istanbul .
- the Romanesque classroom : the St. Prokop basilica in Trebitsch ( Třebíč ) in Moravia was the model here.
- the Gothic classroom : with a beamed ceiling in Tyrolean Gothic. The door frame is based on the models of the parish church in Steinakirchen am Forst in Lower Austria and the church in Pettau ( Ptuj ) in present-day Slovenia .
- the teaching room in the style of the Roman Renaissance : with a replica of the coffered ceiling in the Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne by Baldassare Peruzzi in Rome . The door frame is modeled on a side altar in the St. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Fünfkirchen ( Pécs ) in Hungary . The inlaid woodwork ( inlays ) are modeled on those of the Certosa ( Carthusian monastery ) of Pavia .
- the teaching room in the style of Louis XIV : based on models from the Palace of Versailles in France .
- the baroque classroom : with an entrance as it exists in the Belvedere Palace in Vienna .
- the Rococo classroom : which is only located in the elementary school and is based on the interior of Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna.
- the Empire classroom : based on the model of the Palais Modena in Vienna.
Others
When the school was being built, critical voices were raised that the children were being distracted too much from the lessons.
Krupp made sure that central heating was installed in the school. There were also showers for the children - a tremendous luxury at the time of construction that the local workers did not have in their homes. In addition, Krupp took care of what would be called school medical care today: in the girls 'school there was a dentist paid by Krupp who regularly inspected the students' teeth and repaired them if necessary.
Today the schools are still a tourist attraction in addition to the lessons, which can be visited when there are no lessons.
Since they are primarily intended for use, the schools can freely dispose of the interior furnishings. In primary schools in particular, modern furniture is now installed instead of or in addition to the original furnishings; In 2008, the original, discreet lamps were also replaced by large, modern lighting fixtures.
literature
- Dieter Lautscham: Arthur, the Austrian Krupp , Berndorf: A. Kral 2005, ISBN 3-902447-12-5 (about Arthur Krupp in general)
Web links
- Berndorfer style classes
- Berndorfer style classes. In: kruppstadt-berndorf. Retrieved May 26, 2016 .
- Leaflet Berndorfer style classes (PDF; 365 kB)
- "The best is just good enough for young people" Article by Johann Werfring, in: "Wiener Zeitung" of August 26, 2010, supplement "ProgrammPunkte", p. 7.