School desk

Rettig Bank by P. Joh.Müller & Co., Berlin, 1904

Classroom in the Pedagogical Museum at Bielefeld University

The school desk is a bench that was used in schools until the 1960s .

Chairs or bench are immovably connected to the table. The table top can usually be folded up to store exercise books and books underneath. Usually a holder for an inkwell was also built into the table.

In the second half of the 20th century, school desks in Germany were replaced by separate tables and chairs . Nowadays the classic school desks can still be found in museums or in school hallways.

literature

• Hnilica, Sonja: Disciplined bodies. The school desk as an educational apparatus. Edition Selene, Vienna 2003

See also

• Digital school desk
• Mullca chair

Web links

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