Free school

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Free school was the name for a school for the poor , in which children from poor families were taught free of charge (“free”). Free schools were run by charitable foundations, state, municipal or church sponsors. They were found in larger towns with a higher number of poor children, while in small communities such children attended general school and the school fees were borne by the community. Free schools that were not run by church bodies were often run as simultaneous schools. Often they combined elementary instruction with “useful occupation”, that is, work.

Well-known free schools in Germany were:

• the free school of the Francke Foundations in Halle (1695–1897)
• the Ratsfreischule in Leipzig (since 1792)
• the Jenisch free school in Lübeck (1803-1923)

The term often occurs in Jewish schools. From the end of the 18th century, free schools in Germany often replaced the traditional Chadarim .

Well-known Jewish free schools were:

• Jewish Free School Berlin
• Israelite Free School , Hamburg
• Samson School , Wolfenbüttel
• Jacobson School , Seesen

See also

• Free school

literature

• Dirk Sadowski: Free school. In: Dan Diner (Ed.): Encyclopedia of Jewish History and Culture (EJGK). Volume 2: Co-Ha. Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2012, ISBN 978-3-476-02502-9 , pp. 385-391.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Art. School for the poor . In: Pierer's Universal Lexicon, 4th Edition 1857-1864, Volume 1, p. 733; Digitized at zeno.org