Trade School Worms

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The former trade school

The building of the former trade school in Worms is located at Gewerbeschulstraße 20 in the Rhineland-Palatinate city of Worms .

history

The neo-renaissance building , built according to plans by Worms city architect Karl Hofmann , was built almost at the same time as the old Worms city hospital . In 1885 the local trade association had placed the order.

Originally, the construction of a cavalry barracks was planned on the site west of the railway line. The site had already been bought, but when the plans failed, it was given to the trade association free of charge. Donations already received (e.g. from the industrialist Wilhelm Valckenberg from Worms and the city of Worms) contributed to the financing. A loan from the Städtische Sparkasse was taken out. When the city bought the building and the trade association was responsible for its maintenance, taxes were saved.

After construction progressed according to plan, the trade school was opened on July 5, 1887. Grand Duke Ludwig IV awarded Jakob Worret, the oldest member of the board of the trade association, the Knight's Cross, Class II.

classes

In the rooms of the vocational school, twelve teachers taught subjects such as mathematics, geometry, German, physics, accounting and art history painting. The students were divided into the main subjects of construction, machine trade, arts and crafts and small businesses. Furthermore, a Sunday drawing school was connected, various evening courses and a winter day school for the construction industry.

An extension to a arts and crafts school was planned; the leather industrialist Johann Baptist Doerr had already provided the necessary financial means. However, this idea was not implemented.

financing

The vocational school was mainly financed from grants from the city, the district and the state, as well as from the school fees .

Development of the number of students

Initially, the number of students was rather disappointing. City architect Hofmann initially expected 400 students, but in 1885 only 170 students were enrolled. However, the number of pupils grew to 650 pupils just six years after the opening, in the school year 1891/92. In order to be able to accommodate the increased number of students in the school, an extension of the building was even necessary, which was opened in 1903. The extension changed the school building, which now consisted of an L-shape.

Subsequent use of the building

Until the middle of the 20th century, the building of the industrial school was used in its originally planned function. Today the listed building is divided into rooms used by the Lucie Kölsch youth music school, the adult education center and a day care center.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ At that time the city council had not yet issued any conditions to apply for a separate permit for private buildings.
  2. ↑ 19th century> City of Worms. In: worms.de. Retrieved April 8, 2016 .
  3. ↑ a b c Fritz Reuter : History of the City of Worms . 2nd Edition. Theiss , Stuttgart 2015, ISBN 978-3-8062-3158-8 , pp. 508 ff .
  4. ↑ General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - district-free city of Worms. ( Memento from June 13, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Mainz 2018 [ Version 2020 is available. ] , P. 7 (PDF; 5.0 MB).

Coordinates: 49 ° 37 '55.3 "  N , 8 ° 21'7"  E