List of schools in Oberhausen

The list of schools in Oberhausen includes schools in the Ruhr area town of Oberhausen .

The city has 31 primary schools (5 of which are Catholic), 3 secondary schools , 5 grammar schools , 4 comprehensive schools , 3 vocational colleges and 2 special schools .

Legend

• Name: current, official name of the school (Dependances are in italics, the main location in brackets)
• District: District in which the school is located
• Type of school: elementary school , special school , secondary school , secondary school , grammar school , comprehensive school or vocational college
• Founding year: For schools whose type of school has changed over the course of time or which have changed buildings (even several times), the founding year of the oldest forerunner is still given. However, if schools are merged, the year of merging is listed.
• Current number of students: As far as can be determined, the current number of students (as of 2015/2016)
• Sponsorship: municipal, catholic, private sponsor
• Name origin: origin or namesake of the school
• Comments: Comments on the history, the system or other characteristics of the school

list

Surname	district	type of school	founding year	Current number of students	Sponsorship	Origin of name	Remarks	image
Adolf Field School	Downtown	primary school	1857		communal	In 1854, Adolf Feld began teaching children in the back room of a small restaurant. In 1857 he had the first school building built.
Alsfeld School	Alsfeld	primary school	1904		communal	The school is located in the Alsfeld district.	The Alsfeld School was a Catholic denominational school until 1998, before it was merged with the municipal Forsthofschule .
Anne Frank Realschule	Downtown	secondary school	1920		communal	Anne Frank (1929–1945) was a Jewish German girl who was a victim of the Holocaust and who wrote down her experiences during the time of National Socialism in her diary of Anne Frank, which was later published .	Until 1994 the school was called Karl-Broermann-Realschule after the founder . When Broermann's National Socialist school literature became known through an anonymous article in the Styrum Intern newspaper , the school changed its name to Anne Frank Realschule .
Astrid Lindgren School	Schlad	primary school	2012	310	communal	Astrid Lindgren , 1907–2002, Swedish writer	The Astrid-Lindgren-Schule was created in 2012 from the merger of the Astrid-Lindgren-Schule community school with the Catholic denominational school Johannesschule and was initially called Schule an der Stiftstrasse.
Bertha von Suttner High School	Marienviertel	high school		1200	communal	Bertha von Suttner (1843-1914) was an Austrian pacifist , writer and Nobel Peace Prize laureate .
Bismarck School	Alstaden	primary school	1898	208	communal	Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898) played a key role in the founding of the German Empire and from 1871 to 1890 was the first Reich Chancellor .
Brothers Grimm School	Downtown	primary school			communal	Jacob (1785–1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786–1859) were linguists and editors of children's and household tales .
Buschhausen Primary School	Buschhausen	primary school	2009		communal	The school is located in the Buschhausen district.	The Buschhausen Primary School was created in 2009 from the merger of the Hegel School Community School and the Lindnerschule Catholic Confession School . In November 2015, the administration of the city of Oberhausen presented a plan that includes the imminent end of the Lindnerstrasse location.
Dépendance Buschhausen (comprehensive school Weierheide)	Buschhausen	comprehensive school			communal	The Dépendance is located in the Buschhausen district.
Christoph Schlingensief School	Black heather	special school			Regional Association of Rhineland	Christoph Schlingensief (1960–2010) was a film and theater director from Oberhausen .	Special school for physical and motor development
Branch Comenius School (Schiller School)	Klosterhardt	special school			communal	Johann Amos Comenius , 1592–1670, philosopher, theologian and educator	The Comenius School is a branch of the Schillerschule special needs school.
Concordia School	Lirich-South	primary school			communal	The Concordia School is located near the Concordia Colliery, which is very important for the development of the city of Oberhausen .
Elsa-Brändström-Gymnasium	Downtown	high school	1874	900	communal	Elsa Brändström (1888–1948) was a Swedish philanthropist who became known as the "Angel of Siberia" in the Russian prison camps during the First World War .	It is a Montessori high school . The school was nominated for the German School Prize in 2013.
Erich Kästner School	Rothebusch	primary school			communal	Erich Kästner (1899–1974) was a German writer and author of children's books.
Falkenstein School	Knappenviertel	primary school	1871	185	communal	The Falkenstein School is located near Falkensteinstrasse, which in turn is named after the old field name "auf dem Falkenstein" .
Fasia-Jansen Comprehensive School	Downtown	comprehensive school		1200	communal	Fasia Jansen (1929–1997) was an Oberhausen songwriter and peace activist .	Until 2014 the school was called Alt-Oberhausen Comprehensive School . In addition to the main building, there is the Dépendance Schönefeld in Dümpten for the fifth and sixth grade .
Freiherr-vom-Stein-Gymnasium	Sterkrade -Mitte	high school	1905		communal	Heinrich Freiherr vom Stein (1757–1831) was a Prussian statesman and reformer.
Friedrich-Ebert-Realschule	Sterkrade -Mitte	secondary school			communal	Friedrich Ebert (1871–1925) was a German SPD politician and the first Reich President of the Weimar Republic .
Primary school at the frog pond	Bermensfeld	primary school	1968	233	communal	There used to be a large pond here with many frogs.	Until 1988 the school was called the Bermensfeld Community Primary School .
Hans Böckler Vocational College	Downtown	Vocational college	1936		communal	Hans Böckler (1875–1951) was a German politician and trade union official .
School on Hagedornstrasse	Black heather	special school			communal	The school is located on Hagedornstrasse.	The school on Hagedornstrasse was created in 2015 from the merger of the Herderschule with the Christian Morgenstern School. The Rechenacker branch is located in the CMS building today .
Hans Sachs Vocational College	Lirich-South	Vocational college	1865		communal	Hans Sachs (1494–1576) was a poet , master singer and playwright .
Hartmann School	Königshardt	primary school	1877	219	communal	The school was built on a field owned by farmer Hartmann.
Havenstein School	Borbeck	primary school			communal	Berthold Otto Havenstein (1867–1945) was Lord Mayor of Oberhausen from 1906 to 1930.	The Havenstein School is expected to be closed in the next few years and will continue as a branch of the school at the Froschenteich.
Heinrich Böll Comprehensive School	Schmachtendorf	comprehensive school	1981		communal	Heinrich Böll (1917–1985) was a German writer .	The Heinrich Böll Comprehensive School is a European school . It has a branch in Königshardt .
Heinrich-Heine-Gymnasium	Schlad	high school	1873	800	communal	Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) was a German poet and writer .
Hirschkamp School	Walsumermark - Brink	primary school		305	communal	The school is located near the Hirschkamp Forest .	The Hirschkampschule has a location in the Brink district and a branch in the core of Walsumermark.
Jacobi School	Osterfeld	primary school	1914	205	communal	The Jacobischule is located near the former Jacobi colliery .	The Jacobischule was a Catholic denominational school until 1968, before it was merged with the neighboring Evangelical Harkort School.
Käthe Kollwitz Vocational College	Osterfeld Heath	Vocational college			communal	Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945) was a German artist.
Fort school	Holten	primary school	before 1525		communal	The school used to be in Fort Holten and is still close to it today.
Dépendance Königshardt (Heinrich Böll Comprehensive School)	Königshardt	comprehensive school			communal	The Dépendance is located in the Königshardt district.
Royal school	Biefang	primary school	1753		communal	The school was built with the help of donations from the Prussian King Frederick the Great .	In November 2015, the administration of the city of Oberhausen presented a plan for school closings, including the imminent end of the royal school. But this has not yet been decided.
Landwehr School	Alstaden	primary school	1876	194	communal	The Landwehr School is located near the old Bergische Landwehr , which was built in the Middle Ages to protect the town of Alstaden.
Luis School	Styrum	primary school		200	Catholic		As a Catholic denominational primary school, the Luisenschule is closely linked to the Catholic parish of St. Joseph .
Marienschule	Marienviertel	primary school	1845		Catholic	The Marienkirche in Oberhausen is located near the school.	As a Catholic denominational primary school, the Marienschule is closely connected to the Catholic parish of St. Marien .
Melanchthon School	Alsfeld	primary school			communal	Philipp Melanchthon (1497–1560) was a driving force behind the Reformation alongside Martin Luther .
Primary school on Oranienstrasse	Schmachtendorf	primary school	2017		communal	The school is on Oranienstrasse.	The school on Oranienstrasse was created in 2017 from the merger of the Catholic Dunkelschlag School with the Schmachtendorf Primary School.
Osterfeld comprehensive school	Osterfeld	comprehensive school	1969	1500	communal	The school is located in the Osterfeld district.
Osterfelder-Heide School	Osterfeld Heath	primary school	1878	140	communal	The school is located in the Osterfeld-Heide district.	In November 2015, the administration of the city of Oberhausen presented a plan that included the imminent end of the Osterfelder-Heide school. But this has not yet been decided.
Overberg School	Vonderort	primary school	1907	176	Catholic	Bernhard Heinrich Overberg (1754-1826) was a Catholic theologian and educator .	As a Catholic denominational primary school, the Overberg School is closely linked to the Catholic parish of St. Pankratius.
Post School	Alsfeld	primary school		220	Catholic	The school is located on Postweg, an old street that was used to transport letters as early as the 16th century.	As a Catholic denominational primary school, the Postwegschule is closely linked to the Catholic parish Herz Jesu .
Dépendance Rechenacker (school on Hagedornstrasse)	Alstaden	special school			communal	The branch is located on Rechenacker Street.	The school on Hagedornstrasse was created in 2015 from the merger of the Herderschule with the Christian Morgenstern School. The Rechenacker branch is now located in the CMS building.
Robert Koch School	Osterfeld Heath	primary school	1960	310	communal	Robert Koch (1843-1910) was a German physician and microbiologist .
Roland School	Muffled	primary school	1874	149	communal	The Rolandschule is located near the former Roland colliery .
GK Ruhrschule	Alstaden	primary school	1899	252	Catholic	The Ruhrschule is located in the Alstaden district, in close proximity to the Ruhr .	As a Catholic denominational primary school, the Ruhrschule is closely linked to the Catholic community of St. Antonius . In 2019 she moved into the former building of the Alstaden secondary school, on Bebelstraße in the center of the village.
Schiller School	Vonderort	special school			communal	Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805) was a German poet .	The Schillerschule has two locations: the main building in Vonderort and the Comenius School in Klosterhardt.
Dépendance Schönefeld (Fasia-Jansen Comprehensive School)	Muffled	comprehensive school			communal	The Dépendance is located on Schönefeld Street.
Black Heath School	Black heather	primary school		240	communal	The school is located in the Schwarze Heide district.
School on Siedlerweg	Tackenberg	primary school	2012		communal	The school is located on Siedlerweg.
Sophie-Scholl-Gymnasium	Sterkrade -Mitte	high school		1160	communal	Sophie Scholl (1921–1943) was a German resistance fighter who was executed under the dictatorship of the NSDAP for membership in the White Rose resistance movement .
Steinbrink School	Sterkrade -Mitte	primary school			communal	"Op den Steenbrink" is an old cadastral name with the meaning "grass hill with stones", which led to the naming of Steinbrinkstrasse and the Steinbrink School.
Theodor Heuss Secondary School	Tackenberg	secondary school	1939	654	communal	Theodor Heuss (1884–1963) was a German politician from various liberal parties and from 1949 to 1959 the first Federal President .
Weierheide comprehensive school	Black heather	comprehensive school			communal	The school is located in the Weierheide district .	The comprehensive school Weierheide has a branch in Buschhausen .
Wonder School	Lirich	primary school	2012		communal	The school is located on Wunderstrasse.	The wonder school was created in the summer of 2012 from the amalgamation of the Emscherschule community school and the Katharinenschule Catholic denominational school . Until 2014 it was called Schule an der Wunderstraße .

List of former schools

The list of former schools lists some provable schools that existed in the urban area of ​​today's Oberhausen. Schools whose type of school was later changed can be found under their current type of school in the above list and the former type of school in this list. Schools that have merely changed their names are not on this list.

Surname	district	type of school	founding year	Year of closure	Sponsorship	Origin of name	Remarks	image
Albert Schweitzer Secondary School	Tackenberg -East	secondary schools		2017	communal	Albert Schweitzer , 1875–1965, German-French philosopher, theologian and pacifist
Alstaden secondary school	Alstaden	secondary schools	1968	2018	communal	The school is located in the Alstaden district.	In 1875 the school was founded as a Catholic denominational school with the name Alstader Schule . With the construction of the neighboring Antoniuskirche, it was given the name Antoniusschule , which it kept until the time of National Socialism . During this time the denominational school became a community school called Schule Alstaden . In 1945 the school was reopened as the Catholic Confessional Primary School Antoniusschule , before it became the municipal secondary school in Alstaden in 1968 as part of the school reform . The secondary school has been gradually phased out since 2013 and has been closed since summer 2018. In the summer of 2019, the GK Ruhrschule is to move into the main school building, which will be extensively renovated for this purpose.
Anthony School	Alstaden	Elementary school	1875	1968	Catholic	The school was near the Antoniuskirche .	The Antoniusschule became the Hauptschule Alstaden in 1968 as part of the school reform .
Astrid Lindgren School	Schlad	primary school		2012	communal	Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002) was a Swedish writer .	The Astrid Lindgren School was merged with the neighboring Catholic Johannesschule to form the school on Stiftstraße in 2012 .
Christian Morgenstern School	Alstaden	special school	1988	2015	communal	Christian Morgenstern (1871-1914) was a German poet and writer .	The "School on Hagedornstrasse" with the Rechenacker branch emerged from the Christian Morgenstern and Herderschule .
Dietrich Bonhoeffer School	Tackenberg	primary school		2012	communal	Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945) was a Lutheran theologian who was involved in the German resistance against National Socialism . He was executed in the Flossenbürg concentration camp on the express orders of Adolf Hitler .	The “School on Siedlerweg” was created in 2012 from the Dietrich Bonhoeffer School and the Cardinal von Galen School.
possibly Dümpter school	Muffled	Elementary school	1891		evangelical	The school was on Landwehrstrasse (today Wehrstrasse) in Dümpten (Oberhausen) .	The school later became the officially recognized industrial test school Dümpter Schule and has been the seat of today's Niederrhein-Kolleg since 1953 .
Darkfall School	Schmachtendorf	primary school	1895	2017	Catholic	The school was on the dark side .	As a Catholic denominational primary school, the Dunkelschlagschule was closely associated with the Catholic parish of St. Josef.	In 2017 the Dunkelschlagschule was merged with the Schmachtendorf Primary School to form the Primary School on Oranienstrasse.
Eisenheim secondary school	Osterfeld Heath	secondary schools		2015	communal	The school is located in the Eisenheim housing estate .	The secondary school in Eisenheim gradually expired until the 2014/2015 school year due to a lack of pupil numbers and was closed in 2015.
Emscher School	Lirich	primary school		2012	communal	The school is located in the Lirich district, near the Emscher .	The Emscherschule was merged with the neighboring Catholic Katharinenschule to form the school on Wunderstraße in 2012 .
Froebel School	Rothebusch	special school	1949	2015	communal	Friedrich Froebel (1782-1852) was a German teacher and founder of the kindergarten .
Herderschule	Black heather	special school		2015	communal	Johann Gottfried Herder (1744–1803) was a German poet , theologian and writer .	The "School on Hagedornstrasse" arose from the Herder and Christian Morgenstern schools.
Johanness School	Schlad	primary school		2012	Catholic	The school is near the Johanneskirche.	The John School was 2012 with the neighboring Lindgren Astrid school to school at the Stiftstraße together.
Joseph School	Lirich-South	primary school		2015	communal		The Josefschule ran out gradually until the 2014/2015 school year and was closed in 2015.
Cardinal von Galen School	Tackenberg	primary school		2012	Catholic	Clemens Cardinal Graf von Galen (1878–1946) was Bishop of Münster and an opponent of National Socialism . He is one of the blessed of the Catholic Church.	In 2012 the school was merged with the neighboring Dietrich Bonhoeffer School to form the “School on Siedlerweg”.
Katharinenschule	Lirich	primary school		2012	Catholic	The school was near the Catholic Katharinenkirche.	The Katharinenschule was merged with the neighboring Emscherschule to form the school on Wunderstraße in 2012 .
Knappenschule	Knappenviertel	primary school		2010	Catholic	The school was in the Knappenviertel district.	The school was demolished in 2016. In its place there is now a day care center.
Otfried Preussler School	Sterkrade	special school		2015	communal	Otfried Preußler , 1923–2013, children's book author
Peterschule	Lirich-South	primary school			Catholic	The school was near the Catholic St. Peter's Church .	The Peterschule was merged with the neighboring Concordia School .
Saint Martin School	Downtown	primary school		2016	Catholic	Martin of Tours (316 / 317–397) was the third Bishop of Tours and is one of the most famous saints of the Catholic Church.	As a Catholic denominational primary school, the Saint Martin School was closely connected with the Catholic parish Herz Jesu. In 2015, the administration of the city of Oberhausen decided to close the Sankt-Martin-Schule for the school year 2016 due to a lack of pupils. The old school building was demolished by the beginning of 2018. The site was then rebuilt with a daycare center.
Schmachtendorf primary school	Schmachtendorf	primary school		2017	communal	The school was in the Schmachtendorf district.	In 2017 the school was merged with the Dunkelschlagschule to form the school on Oranienstrasse.
St. Michael secondary school	Knappenviertel	secondary schools	1968	2016	Catholic	The St. Michael secondary school was close to the St. Michael Church, which was consecrated to the Archangel Michael .
Stötznerschule	Schlad	special school	1959	2015	communal	Heinrich Ernst Stötzner (1832-1910) was a German educator .
Tackenberg School	Tackenberg	primary school			communal	The school was in the Tackenberg district.
Vennepoth School	Muffled	primary school		2015	communal	The Vennepoth School is named after an old field name that indicates a depression in the ground ("Poth") in which water collected from small watercourses ("Venne") from the main terrace of the Rhine.	The Vennepothschule gradually expired in the 2014/2015 school year due to a lack of pupils and was closed in 2015. The school building was demolished in 2018.

Individual evidence

1. ^ City of Oberhausen: Education Office for the City of Oberhausen. Retrieved August 17, 2015 . 
2. ^ History of the Adolf Feld School. Retrieved August 16, 2015 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} The Alsfeld School. Retrieved August 16, 2015 . 
4. ↑ The school on Stiftstrasse. Retrieved August 16, 2015 . 
5. ^ The Bertha-von-Suttner-Gymnasium. Retrieved August 16, 2015 . 
6. ↑ Manfred Kellen: Once upon a time and it is still moving ... Elsa-Brändström-Gymnasium: yesterday - today - tomorrow. Elsa-Brändström-Gymnasium Oberhausen, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on September 10, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Elsa Brändström Gymnasium Oberhausen - About us - The ELSA introduces itself. Archived from the original on August 17, 2016 ; accessed on September 10, 2017 . 
8. ↑ Open teaching. Elsa-Brändström-Gymnasium Oberhausen, accessed on February 2, 2019 . 
9. ↑ Awards & Prizes. Elsa-Brändström-Gymnasium Oberhausen, archived from the original on September 10, 2017 ; accessed on September 10, 2017 . 
10. ↑ Falkenstein School. Retrieved August 16, 2015 . 
11. ↑ ^{a b} The Fasia Jansen Comprehensive School. Retrieved August 16, 2015 . 
12. ^ The Freiherr-vom-Stein-Gymnasium. Retrieved August 16, 2015 . 
13. ↑ ^{a b c} Primary School at the Froschenteich. Retrieved August 16, 2015 . 
14. ↑ ^{a b} The Hartmann School. Retrieved August 16, 2015 . 
15. ↑ The Heinrich Böll Comprehensive School. Retrieved August 16, 2015 . 
16. ↑ ^{a b} The Heinrich-Heine-Gymnasium. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on August 16, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
17. ↑ ^{a b} The Hirschkamp School. Retrieved August 16, 2015 . 
18. ↑ ^{a b c} The Jacobischule. Retrieved August 16, 2015 . 
19. ↑ ^{a b c} The West: Seven school locations in Oberhausen should close. Retrieved November 10, 2015 . 
20. ↑ ^{a b} The Landwehr School. Retrieved August 16, 2015 . 
21. ↑ The Luis School. Retrieved August 16, 2015 . 
22. ^ The Osterfeld comprehensive school. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 5, 2016 ; accessed on August 16, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
23. ↑ ^{a b} The Osterfelder-Heide School. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 19, 2015 ; accessed on August 16, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
24. ↑ The Overberg School. Retrieved August 16, 2015 . 
25. ↑ The Postwegschule. Retrieved August 16, 2015 . 
26. ^ The Robert Koch School. Retrieved August 16, 2015 . 
27. ↑ The Roland School. Retrieved August 16, 2015 . 
28. ↑ The Ruhr School. Retrieved August 16, 2015 . 
29. ↑ The Black Heide School. Retrieved August 16, 2015 . 
30. ↑ The Sophie-Scholl-Gymnasium. Retrieved August 16, 2015 . 
31. ↑ The Theodor-Heuss-Realschule. Retrieved August 16, 2015 . 
32. ↑ The West: Wonder School in Oberhausen-Lirich starts in summer. Retrieved September 23, 2017 . 
33. ^ Demolition of the miners' elementary school. September 8, 2016, accessed on September 8, 2019 (German). 
34. ↑ Former St. Martin School demolished for a new daycare center. March 3, 2018, accessed on September 8, 2019 (German).