School Seilerstrasse

The building at Seilerstraße 42 in Hamburg-St. Pauli : Until 2002 it was used as a secondary school, since 2006 it has housed the Hamburg School Museum.

The Seilerstraße school is a former school in the Hamburg district of St. Pauli .

building

Both buildings (elementary and secondary school) are part of a listed ensemble. This area includes the buildings Detlev-Bremer-Strasse 37–54, Hamburger Berg 21–26, Hein-Hoyer-Strasse 3–24, Rendsburger Strasse 1–4, Seilerstrasse 29–57 and Simon-von-Utrecht-Strasse 17 -25, 67-69 and 80-91.

Elementary schools

The building at Seilerstraße 41–43 was built between 1887 and 1888. The entrance at Seilerstraße 41 led to the elementary school for girls, the entrance to Seilerstraße 43 to the elementary school for boys. The architect was the building director of the city of Hamburg, Carl Johann Christian Zimmermann . The elementary school was in operation until 2002, after which the building was renovated. Since 2003 it has housed the state-approved and Bafög-recognized private vocational school for musical theater performers .

secondary school

The school Seilerstraße 42 was built between 1884 and 1885 and was a secondary school of the Evangelical Reformed community. The architects were Eduard Hallier and Hinrich Fitschen . It was in operation as a secondary school until 2002, after the renovation the building was reopened as the Hamburg School Museum in 2006 .

History

At the time of the onset of industrialization, the large double complex elementary school for girls / elementary school for boys Seilerstraße 41-43 was built in St. Pauli, directly behind the Reeperbahn, with the schoolyard adjacent to the back of hotels, bars, clubs and dance halls. He soon gained some popular notoriety. Hannes Priesterjahn took part in 1959. The higher school is nothing - my child won't get in there - they also learn very quickly in Seilerstrasse - and what should be known about this school with Latin , in which Hamburg's Platt was the colloquial language until the 1960s .

The old secondary school is now just as well known as the old large elementary school due to its function as a Hamburg school museum. The children who went to school here came from parents from all walks of life in St. Pauli.

Individual evidence

↑ List of monuments of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, as of October 29, 2015 (PDF; 9.5 MB).

53.550555555556 9.9633333333333Coordinates: 53 ° 33 ′ 2 " N , 9 ° 57 ′ 48" E

[1] List of monuments of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, as of October 29, 2015 (PDF; 9.5 MB).