Castle School (Königsberg)

The Burgschule was the fourth oldest grammar school in East Prussia's provincial capital, Königsberg , after the Old Town grammar school , the Kneiphöfische grammar school and the Löbenicht Real grammar school .

history

On August 17, 1664, Elector Friedrich Wilhelm awarded the Reformed parish a deed of land of 100 Hufen as a material basis for the school to be maintained. The elector himself had chosen the building site for the church and school. The castle school, which over time has been given the titles "Reformed Latin Parochial School", "Reformed Latin School " and "German Reformed School", is said to have even been attended by children of English and Scots living in Poland and Lithuania. In 1720 the first Lutheran teacher was hired at the castle school, which more and more students and teachers followed. By 1800 the proportion of Lutheran students was already 75%. The Königsberg school plan was originally intended to be applied to the Burgschule as well, but the negotiations ultimately failed due to the behavior of the church council, which did not want to give up any privileges at the school. In 1813 the castle school was converted into a higher middle school. In 1819 it was named "Castle School". In 1827, the Burgschule was once again put on an equal footing with the grammar schools for leaving certain professions.

In 1859, with effect from October 15, it was converted into the new type of secondary school. The conversion of the school from Realgymnasium to Oberrealschule was completed in 1902. The school was now named "Royal High School at the Castle". In 1930 the castle school moved from Burgkirchplatz (in the immediate vicinity of the castle church ) to the Landgraben. The new building had the layout of the Ordensburg Lochstädt on the Frischen Haff . The heads of Nicolaus Copernicus , Kant , Herder and Corinth were placed above the main entrance . From 1936 on it was called the “High School for Boys at the Castle”. As in all schools in Königsberg, classes were discontinued on January 22, 1945.

In 1955, Duisburg sponsored the Königsberg community . In the same year, on May 28, 1955, the Landfermann-Gymnasium took over the sponsorship of the former Collegium Fridericianum . On the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the founding, the Mercator-Gymnasium followed in sponsorship for the Burgschule on September 27, 1958.

The color of the school was green-gold-green.

Teacher

Sorted by year of birth

Heinrich Schiefferdecker (1810–1891), rector until 1881
Franz Olck (1841–1905), teacher from 1867 to 1894
Ottomar Cludius (1850-1910)
Albert Zweck (1857–1934)
Richard Draeger (1876–1945), teacher from 1921 to 1936

student

literature

Reinhard Adam: The Stadtgymnasium Altstadt-Kneiphof zu Königsberg (Pr.). 1304-1945. From the history of the two oldest schools in East Germany . Leer, Rautenberg 1977, ISBN 3-7921-0196-3 .

Robert Albinus: Königsberg Lexicon. City and surroundings . Flechsig, Würzburg 2002, ISBN 3-88189-441-1 .

Richard Armstedt: history of the royal. Capital and residence city of Königsberg in Prussia. Hobbing & Büchle, Stuttgart 1899 ( German land and life in single descriptions . 2, city stories), (reprint: Melchior-Verlag, Wolfenbüttel 2006, ISBN 3-939102-70-9 ( historical library )).

Fritz Gause : The history of the city of Königsberg in Prussia. 3 volumes. 2nd / 3rd supplemented edition. Böhlau, Cologne et al. 1996, ISBN 3-412-08896-X

Albert Zweck : The history of the castle school 1664-1914 . Koenigsberg 1914

For the public examination of the students of the Höhere Burgschule ... invite ... sincerely ... Königsberg 1837–1856 ( digitized version )

Individual evidence

↑ Mercator times a hundred Festschrift, 2001 (PDF; 4.14 MB; accessed on February 19, 2011)
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[1] Mercator times a hundred Festschrift, 2001 (PDF; 4.14 MB; accessed on February 19, 2011)

[2] Personal data of teachers in Prussia ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Library for Research on Educational History @1@ 2