Latvian High School Münster
| Latvian high school | |
|---|---|
| type of school | high school |
| founding | 1951 |
| closure | 1998 |
| place | Münster - children's home |
| country | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 59 '27 " N , 7 ° 36' 56" E |
The Latvian High School in Munster was the only recognized Latvian school in Western Europe when Latvia was occupied by the Soviet Union . It was located in the Kinderhaus district of Münster .
history
The Latvian Gymnasium Münster emerged in 1951 from a German refugee camp . During the Cold War , the grammar school accepted students from all over the world, so that the Latvian community in Münster and the grammar school developed into a center for the Latvians in exile . Teaching was in Latvian . A boarding school was attached to the grammar school .
Since 1986 there has been a Latvian Center at the same location in Münster , to which the grammar school was assigned. After the restoration of Latvia's independence in 1990/1991, the grammar school lost its importance and was finally dissolved in 1998.
Since then, the Latvian Center has been active in adult education , running a kindergarten and hosting a summer school .
Known students
- Egils Levits (born 1955), President of Latvia since 2019, student at the Latvian High School in Münster from 1983.
Comparable initiatives
In the same year founded Lithuanian refugees in Diepholz a private school , the 1954 after Hüttenfeld in Mannheim moved.
literature
- Minsteres Latviešu ǧimnazija / Latvian High School Münster . Latvian Central Committee, Münster 1981.
Web links
- Latvian Center Münster (Latvian, German, accessed on August 16, 2018)
Footnotes
- ↑ Boris Meissner , Dietrich André Loeber, Detlef Henning (eds.): The German ethnic group in Latvia during the interwar period and current issues of German-Latvian relations . Bibliotheca Baltica Tallinn 2000, ISBN 9985-800-21-4 , p. 10.