Primary school on Pechauer Platz
The primary school Am Pechauer Platz is a partially listed primary school in Magdeburg in Saxony-Anhalt .
location
The school is located at Witzlebenstrasse 1 in the Cracau district of Magdeburg , north of Pechauer Platz. A little further east is the Prester district .
School equipment
In the three-class primary school, 241 children study in twelve classes. 14 primary school teachers and one special school teacher teach at the school (as of 2019). In addition to the classrooms, there are specialist rooms for foreign languages, design, IT and music, two offer rooms as well as a gym and a small sports facility. There are also playgrounds, a school garden and a wetland biotope in the outdoor area .
The primary school also offers courses in Low German . There is a sponsoring association for the school.
Architecture and history
The school complex consists of a listed low-rise building and a younger multi-storey building.
The single-storey low-rise building was built in 1950/51 as an eight-class elementary school in the style of a garden school based on a design by the architect Brigitte Schünemann from the state planning office for the construction industry in Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg branch as part of a school building program in the period after the Second World War . It was the first new school in Magdeburg in the post-war period. It was built on the site of the former Fort XI of Magdeburg Fortress .
Initially, it was planned to build twelve classes in a loose arrangement. In addition, a gymnasium and rooms for drawing, craft, handicraft and physics classes were planned. A library, a pioneer house, a house for the caretaker and a covered break area were also planned. In addition, the intention was to build three pavilions for a kindergarten. The plant was planned in such a way that an expansion would have been possible. However, due to alluvial sand found in the subsoil, the project could not be carried out as planned, so that only a small part of the original project could be implemented.
The result was three pavilions connected to one another by corridors arranged in the middle, each intended for two classes. The corridors of the buildings, which are evenly spaced from one another, have high-lying small windows. The classrooms in the pavilions are brightly designed through large windows. Each classroom has a room for teaching aids, a cloakroom and a small courtyard. The inner courtyard could be used for outdoor lessons and breaks. The assignment of a school garden was also intended. This should create the feeling of a school living room. The pavilions are covered by protruding flat roofs. The southernmost pavilion received sanitary facilities. A modern extension was later added on the east side of the middle building.
The building is an important example of the continuation of the tradition of New Building in the early years of the GDR . At the same time, it is relevant in terms of urban history as a testimony to efforts to create an architecture for schools in the sense of reform pedagogical approaches. Similar garden schools were also planned in the Lindenhof area, implemented in Neptunweg 11, and in a different version in Rothensee .
In the local register of monuments , the school is listed under registration number 094 71392 as a monument .
In 1966/1967, a new building was built north of the pavilion wing. After the peaceful revolution of 1989 , the secondary school "Thomas Mann" was located in the new building , while the primary school on Pechauer Platz was operated in the pavilions. After the closure of the secondary school, the new school building will be used by the primary school. The after-school care center is housed in the pavilions . In 2013 the school was renovated, during which the school operations were outsourced.
literature
- Sabine Ullrich, Magdeburg Schools , Ed .: State Capital Magdeburg, City Planning Office Magdeburg 2006, page 202 ff.
- Monument Directory Saxony-Anhalt, Volume 14, State Capital Magdeburg , State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt, Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2009, ISBN 978-3-86568-531-5 , page 562.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Short question and answer Olaf Meister (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Prof. Dr. Claudia Dalbert (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Ministry of Culture March 19, 2015 Printed matter 6/3905 (KA 6/8670) List of monuments Saxony-Anhalt , page 2683.
Coordinates: 52 ° 6 ′ 48.1 ″ N , 11 ° 40 ′ 16.5 ″ E