Christi Krybbe skoler

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Christi Krybbe skoler, 2019
Drawing from 1764
View from the southeast
Gable, 2014

The Christi Krybbe skoler is a school in the Norwegian city ​​of Bergen . It is the oldest still existing elementary school in Northern Europe.

location

It is located in the city center of Bergen on the north side above the Øvregaten at the address Vetrlidsallmenningen 10. South-east of the school is the valley station of the Fløibanen cable car .

history

The school was founded on May 1, 1737 for the poor children of the parish. The financial means of 2423 Riksdaler were raised by 24 business people belonging to the Bergener Kreuzkirche . The foundation documents of the school were drawn up by Pastor Jens Mariager and the chaplain Christian Thunboe and presented to King Christian VI. forwarded, who approved it on August 29, 1738. The foundation stone was laid on April 20, 1739. The school was built on the site of the German parish church Sankt-Martin, which was destroyed in the city ​​fire of Bergen in 1702 . Since the property belonged to the Hanseatic League , a permit from the Hamburg mayor was required beforehand .

The school was primarily intended for orphans, and then for half-orphans or poor children. There were strict rules of conduct for the teachers. They lived in school and needed permission from the pastor to visit but also to get married. Corporal punishment was prohibited. In the first year of school, 32 boys and 8 girls were taught Christian teaching, reading, writing and math. Every year on November 11th the bishop visited school and examined the children.

In 1874 a second school building was built, which served as the independent girls' school Øvregaten skole .

On January 1, 1893, the school was merged with the neighboring girls' school and run as a high school under the name Øvregaten skoler . There were now 666 girls and 488 boys taught. In 1920 the school was given its current name. However, the separation of girls and boys was initially continued and existed until the 1930s by means of a fence. In 1940 the school was occupied by German occupation forces. The children went to the Krohnengen skole or were homeschooled . In the 1960s and 1970s, the number of inhabitants in the city center had decreased significantly, so that the number of students was so low that schools were feared to be closed. From 1989 to 1992 the Bergen School Museum used parts of the premises.

The number of pupils then rose again. In 2009, 151 students were taught in grades one to seven by 19 teachers; in 2019 there were 183 students.

Web links

Commons : Christi Krybbe skoler  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christi Krybbe skoler , in: Bergen byleksikon, accessed on June 14, 2020 (Norwegian)
  2. ↑ Christi Krybbe skoler on www.histos.no (Norwegian)
  3. ↑ Elevar, lærarar, skolar on skoleporten.udir.no (Norwegian)

Coordinates: 60 ° 23 ′ 48.6 ″  N , 5 ° 19 ′ 40.6 ″  E