Neutor School
| Neutor School | |
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| The main entrance of the Neutorschule | |
| type of school | secondary schools |
| founding | 1926 |
| closure | 1989 |
| address |
Neutorstrasse 1, |
| place | Mainz old town |
| country | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 59 '36 " N , 8 ° 16' 49" E |
The Neutorschule on Neutorstrasse in Mainz-Altstadt was a school with an important history. The school, which is in the immediate vicinity of the former Neutor barracks , was initially operated as a primary school and then as a secondary school until 1989 . The school complex is now a cultural monument .
history
Until 1924 there was an ammunition factory on the property at Neutorstrasse 1 . She belonged to the Neutorkaserne, which was in the immediate vicinity. From 1924 the site was converted into an elementary school according to plans by Fritz Luft, Mainz city councilor . The school opened on April 19, 1926. Special features were a public bathing establishment under the main building and a kitchen with a dining room in the right side wing. In the time of National Socialism , sporting activities were introduced during school breaks and some sports equipment was installed at the back of the school.
During the Second World War , the roof of the school was destroyed in 1942 during air raids on Mainz . Shortly afterwards, the reconstruction of the plant began. The roof turret with the school clock was not rebuilt. The makeshift hipped roof was completed in March 1943. On July 30, 1944, windows and doors were damaged by an air mine . After the occupation of Mainz by the French occupying forces , school operations were resumed on October 1, 1945. The new principal of the school was Susanne Lucas. Shortly after the end of the Second World War, there were 13 teachers and 750 pupils in 14 classes in the Neutorschule, and in March 1946 school meals were made possible again.
Lucas died in 1949 and Eleonore Dietz became the new rector. At the beginning of the 1950s, the Neutorschule taught at its limits. Around 1000 students were taught by only 20 teachers in 27 classes. Dietz retired on January 30, 1968 . In the same year the elementary school was transformed into a secondary school. The new school was now called "Hauptschule Altstadt" and had 550 students. Helmut Guthmann became the new rector. In 1985 Mrs. Kratz took over from Guthmann as rector. At that time the secondary school had 210 students. At the end of the 1989 school year, the Neutorschule was closed. 90 students had to look for a new school.
For the next few years the rooms of the school were used as a cultural center. In the mid-1990s, the Neutorschule was then opened for other activities, for example by the adult education center , the Mainz Volkstheater and various associations. The integrated comprehensive school (IGS) Anna Seghers Mainz (formerly IGS-Berliner-Siedlung) also used the premises for teaching. As of December 31, 2010, all rental contracts were terminated by the City of Mainz. The further use of the rooms is uncertain.
architecture
The main building is elongated and today has two floors. On the sides of the main building and opposite there are three single-storey buildings. The system has a total of four wings and is axially symmetrical . The main building has a mezzanine in the middle and single-storey building sections on the sides. There is also a structural transition to the side wings. In the middle is the main entrance to the school. This main entrance has three arcades , behind the main entrance you get to the entrance hall. On the sides and above the main entrance you can see the division of the classrooms from three and four grouped windows.
In addition, the main building has sill cornices and eaves cornices made of artificial stone with an offset eaves , the last two axes have triangular gables . In the gable fields there are reliefs with Nuremberg funnels and reading girls. The stairwells are on the sides of the main building. They are connected with hallways . They are made of artificial stone. The other single-storey buildings are quite simple and plain. They have pilaster strips for structuring the double-grouped windows. There are colonnades on the buildings leading to the schoolyard . The octagonal columns of the colonnades are also made of artificial stone and resemble the pillars of the arcades on the main building. The single-storey building opposite the main building has triangular gables like the main building. It also has a risalit in the middle of the side to the school yard. This illustrates the axial symmetry of the building group. All structures in the group have hip roofs covered with tiles.
Of the former 14 plane trees , nine are still in the schoolyard . They are all under nature protection under the Rhineland-Palatinate State Maintenance Act . In addition, the window bars have been preserved to this day as an important monument. In the post-war period of World War I, the Neutorschule was an important milestone in the construction of new Mainz schools.
See also
literature
- Ewald Wegner (editor) with the participation of Hans Caspary, Paul-Georg Custodis, Ludwig Falck and Gerd Rupprecht: Kulturdenkmäler in Rheinland-Pfalz. Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany. Volume 2.2: City of Mainz. Old town. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1988: pp. 276-277. ISBN 3-491-31036-9
Web links
- History of the Neutorschule on neutorschule-mainz.de.tl
- Directory of cultural monuments District-Free City of Mainz (PDF; 1.6 MB) on denkmallisten.gdke-rlp.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Mainzer Neutorschule gammels as an "uncut diamond" by Werner Wenzel and Benjamin Kilb on September 12, 2011 on the Rhein Main Presse website
- ↑ a b c d e Artists and designers want in Neutorschule ( memento from April 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) by Andrea Wagenknecht on June 21, 2012 on the Frankfurter Rundschau website
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Directory of cultural monuments District- free city of Mainz (PDF; 1.6 MB) on denkmallisten.gdke-rlp.de
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i Ewald Wegner (editor) with the participation of Hans Caspary, Paul-Georg Custodis, Ludwig Falck and Gerd Rupprecht: Kulturdenkmäler in Rheinland-Pfalz. Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany. Volume 2.2: City of Mainz. Old town. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1988: pp. 276-277. ISBN 3-491-31036-9
- ↑ a b c d e f g h History of the Neutorschule on neutorschule-mainz.de.tl