Altenhain School (Taunus)
| Altenhain School | |
|---|---|
| type of school | primary school |
| founding | 1775 |
| address |
Heidenfeldstrasse 12 |
| place | Bad Soden am Taunus - Altenhain |
| country | Hesse |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 9 '31 " N , 8 ° 28' 17" E |
| carrier | Main-Taunus-Kreis |
| management | Natali Veldman |
| Website | www.altenhainer.bad-soden.schule.hessen.de |
The Altenhain school is a primary school in Altenhain . It was founded in 1775.
history
prehistory
The children of Altenhain originally attended the Neuenhain school, first mentioned in 1592 . School attendance was limited to the winter months. In 1616 a deacon, Andreas Textor, was hired in Neuenhain, who also worked as a schoolmaster. The current brewery house, built in 1609, was acquired as a school house and used until 1626. No school history has survived during the Thirty Years' War . With the Bergstrasse recess , Altenhain came to Kurmainz in 1650 . The teacher in Neuenhain from approx. 1660 to 1670 is Joseph Gottschalk, followed by his son. In 1792 Johann Schmitt became a teacher in Neuenhain. In 1758 Johann Friedrich Karl von Ostein issued the school ordinance of the Electoral State. His successor, Emmerich Joseph von Breidbach zu Bürresheim , founded the School Teachers Academy in Mainz in 1771.
Foundation and Kurmainzer School
In 1775 the pastor Sallner from Altenhain and the mayor Johann Peter Gottschalk founded the (Catholic) Altenhain school. The first teacher was Wilhelm Reinhard, who was paid 6 Malter grain, 7 guilders from the community treasury and 20 Kreuzer per schoolchild and free firewood. The pastor of Neuenhain supervised the school. In 1797 Wilhelm Reinhard resigned and Peter Henninger was a teacher from 1797 to 1803.
Nassau Simultaneous School
In 1803 Altenhain fell to Nassau-Usingen with the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss and from 1806 to the Duchy of Nassau . In 1817 the simultaneous school was introduced there, i.e. the common school for all denominations. The teacher's salary was now 150 guilders. In 1803 Nikolaus Gottschalk became a teacher in Altenhain. His successors were Jakob Gottschalk (1817-1818) and Johann Schmidt (1818-1820).
In 1820 the ducal government of Nassau ordered that schools should keep a school chronicle. This means that further developments are better documented. Johann Künstler, the sixth teacher at the school, earned 218 guilders a year during his tenure from 1820 to 1822. His successor, Chr. Deisner, had received training at the teachers' college in Idstein and was employed as an organist, sexton and bell ringer in addition to teaching.
Adam Schuth, who was a teacher from 1825 to 1829, taught 67 students in 1825. Together with mayor Konrad Schauer, he set up a tree nursery on the instructions of the school authorities. The students looked after the 300 seedlings and the school generated additional income. The next teachers were Leonhard Röther (1829-1832) and Balhasar Embach (1832-1836). Philipp Gottschalk taught from 1836 to 1845. From 1839 he introduced an evening school for the further education of school-leavers. His successor, Joseph Staat (1845–1849) received a salary of 222 guilders in 1848. Although the school was a simultaneous school open to all denominations, all 68 school children were Catholics. His successor, a Mr. Kraus, was only in office for a few months in 1849 before he was dismissed for "irreligiousness". Georg Hölper was a teacher from 1849 to 1853 and Adam Gauschemann from 1853 to 1858. Gauschemann published several articles in the Nassau School Gazette between 1855 and 1857.
Jakob Stimbert (1858–1860) and Johann Schmidt (1860–1867) were the last teachers of the Nassau period.
In 1827 an industrial school was also set up. A teacher taught here in the winter months. With the March Revolution , this teaching was discontinued by a decision of the municipal council, but reintroduced after the victory of the reaction in 1853. The teacher Dorothea Bode was rewarded with 9 guilders for this.
Prussian elementary school
In 1867 Johann Frankenbach started teaching in Altenhain and taught 78 students. His salary is 228 Prussian thalers and 17 silver groschen. When he left in 1881 it had risen to 300 thalers. Successors were Joseph Ax (1881–1889) and Jakob Fleith (1892–1918).
Until the end of 1896, the Altenhainer School was housed in the town hall in Langgasse (today: Langstrasse). The new schoolhouse was built in 1895/96. In addition to the classrooms, it included a spacious teacher's apartment, a playground and the teacher's garden.
From 1914 onwards, due to the high number of 88 children, half of the lessons were given in the morning and half in the afternoon.
In the Weimar Republic
After Jakob Fleith died of the Spanish flu , Paul Buchaly (1919–1922) took over the teaching position. The size of the student population made it necessary to hire a second teacher in 1920. The school administration candidate Hermann Schnell taught in the old school house. In 1923 Schnell was transferred. This transfer triggered a school strike that lasted six months. The lessons of Schnell's successor Reitz are attended by only one child. After six months the government gives in and Reitz is replaced by the teacher Junggeburth, who teaches in Altenhain from 1924 to 1933.
time of the nationalsocialism
In 1933, the “ Gleichschaltung” did not stop at village schools. The new teacher, Leo Priske (1933–1938) was a staunch National Socialist, which led to conflicts in the Catholic community. After religious instruction was banned by the National Socialists in 1937, pastors offered "parish hours" to fill the gap. From 1938 to 1955, Alois Bug, another apolitical teacher, was employed in Altenhain.
From elementary school to elementary school
To make room for a better second classroom, an extension to the school was built in 1954 and 1955. The foundation stone was laid on October 17, 1954. The extension, which was planned by the architect Ferdinand Wagner, cost 50,000 DM (in today's purchasing power 129,559 euros). The district paid 6,000 marks, 19,000 marks from the land and 25,000 marks from the community.
May 1955 the children's choir was founded. In 1957, parental contributions are elected for the first time in school. April 1964 made a serious change. The 7th and 8th grades of elementary school are abolished. The children now attend school in Neuenhain from the 7th grade onwards. Since the school year 1967/68 the school has been a pure elementary school. Classes in 5th and 6th grade are now being carried out by the Pestalozzi School in Kelkheim . A school bus is set up to take the children there.
In 1972 a pavilion was built to give two more classrooms. A classroom is now available for each of the four age groups.
Due to the small size of the school in 1973 it was planned to close the school and teach the students in Neuenhain. After massive protests by parents, these plans were not implemented.
In the 1980s, the pavilion built in 1972 and located away from the school is demolished and a new one is built directly on the school building.
Student development
| year | Number of students |
|---|---|
| 1828 | 67 |
| 1848 | 70 |
| 1890 | 79 |
| 1920 | 77 |
| 1954 | 82 |
| 1965 | 59 |
| 1971 | 92 |
| 1975 | 117 |
swell
- Otto Raven: Two hundred years of school in Altenhain 1775 to 1975; in: Rad und Sparren, magazine of the Historisches Verein Rhein-Main-Taunus eV, 2nd year, issue 1, June 1976, pages 3-19
