Provincial deaf-mute institution Langenhorst
The Provincial Deaf-Mute Asylum Langenhorst was a special needs school for deaf children in Langenhorst , town of Ochtrup , from 1841 to 1968 . The successor institution is today's Münsterlandschule-LWL-Förderschule , which is sponsored by the Regional Association of Westphalia-Lippe (LWL) .
history
At the instigation of the first headmaster Bernhard Stahm, the school was founded on April 1, 1841 as the second deaf-mute institution in the Prussian province of Westphalia , in order to enable deaf pupils to get an education as close to their home as possible.
For financial reasons, the school was only able to accept students in the early years who were supported by their families or private initiatives. In 1841, only 6 deaf students attended classes. The number of occupants at the school increased only slowly in the following years; By 1849, 13 students were taught, by 1856 the number of students rose to 24.
It was only when the Provincial Association of the Province of Westphalia took over the sponsorship in 1876 that the financial conditions for the institution improved, so that in 1886 the school had already 93 pupils and 8 employed teachers. Since the school's catchment area was so large that many children were unable to travel to school every day, they were housed in foster families in Langenhorst .
Even before the establishment of the institution, teacher seminars were held in Langenhorst in order to increase the educational opportunities for deaf-mute teachers and deaf children. After the teachers' college had been relocated to Warendorf in 1882 , the school moved into its converted building in 1884, which was expanded two years later with an extension and in 1902 with a gym and rooms for handicrafts classes. After the end of the First World War , the school expanded teaching to include job-related subjects and supported dismissed students in finding a career.
During the period of National Socialism the school system continued to run, however, was in the course of the Second World War, more and more restricted. The effects of the war and the entry of Allied troops into the school buildings brought school operations to a complete standstill from April to December 1945. After the facility was occupied by war refugees in the meantime and was completely renovated by 1951, lessons could be continued in modernized rooms from 1952.
In the 1950s, a discussion about the relocation of the school began. The unfavorable traffic situation in the north-west of the Münsterland, the outdated accommodation of students in nursing homes and unsatisfactory medical care led to a decline in the number of students. In 1953 100 children were still attending school, in 1961 there were only 27 pupils.
After the decision to move to the Münster Kinderhaus , the construction of a new school building with a boarding school began there in 1965. In 1968 the school with its 70 students was able to move into the new building.
Development since 1968
From 1968 the school was continued as the Westphalian School for the Deaf Münster . In the period that followed, the number of pupils rose steadily, so that 230 children attended the school in 1971. In the course of further development, the number of classes and the range of lessons were expanded in the following years by adding numerous subjects and other support programs.
The Westphalian School for the Deaf in Münster merged in 2005 with the Westphalian School for the Hard of Hearing to form the Münsterland School that still exists today - LWL-Förderschule, Förderschule Hören und Kommunikation .
principal
- 1841–1889: Bernhard Stahm
- 1889–1916: Matthias Bruß
- 1917–1933: Bernhard Jansen
- 1933–1945: Karl Steinig
- 1945–1946: Erich Krömer
- 1946–1948: Franz Wenning
- 1948–1953: Heinrich Alt
- 1953–1962: Josef Schabedoth
- 1962–1968: Felix Uppenkamp
literature
- 150 years of education for the deaf Langenhorst - Münster 1841–1991 / Ed. Westphalian School for the Deaf, Münster 1991
- German deaf-mute institutions, schools and homes in words and pictures / Ed. Gustav Wende, Halle a. P. 1915
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ LWL archive office for Westphalia, LWL archive, Best. 558/15
- ^ LWL archive office for Westphalia, LWL archive, Best. 558/1114
Coordinates: 52 ° 11 ′ 48.8 " N , 7 ° 14 ′ 8.5" E