Emmaus boys' education home (Muschaken)
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The Emmaus boys' education home in Muschaken was a church and cooperative welfare institution in Masuria .
history
Pastor Hans Ebel initiated the home in poor Masuria , which was built in 1903 with provincial funds from East Prussia . Under the supervision of the Provincial Administration of East Prussia , he ran it until his death in 1920. The entire parish was leased to the institution and farmed from there. New land was bought. 5 horses, 8 to 9 cows and 100 pigs stood in the stables. So the institute was almost self-sufficient in agricultural products.
Built for 80 children, the home continuously accommodated 60 to 80 socially disadvantaged and difficult to raise children aged 6 to 14 years. After finishing school, the boys started their apprenticeship or were placed in a job in agriculture, but were under the supervision of the institution until they came of age .
After Ebel's death, the housefather and teacher, Gustav Will, took over the management of the home until 1945. With some of the boys, he fled East Prussia in January 1945 and ended up in the Stephansstift in Hanover. Here he worked as a teacher until his retirement. He died in the spring of 1953 and was buried in the monastery cemetery.
The "Emmaus" in Muschaken survived both wars. It still stands today as a stone witness of Pastor Ebel's work. It is said to have served the Poles as an agricultural school for at least a while.
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Living room
Dormitory
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Heads of Home ( Memento from November 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive )