St. Jürgen School House

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The St. Jürgen School House
Inscription plaque above the entrance door

The St.-Jürgen-Schulhaus ( Ratzeburger Allee 23) is a listed former school building in Lübeck-St. Jurgen .

Origins

In 1680, the head of the infirmary at the St. Jürgen chapel had a simple house built for a schoolmaster with donations . Here, children from the gardening families living in front of the Mühlentor were given lessons all year round against payment of school fees , with over 80 students present in winter, but only half in the summer months, when every manpower was needed. At the beginning of the 19th century, the number of pupils rose to over 200, so that the space in the schoolhouse was no longer sufficient and the neighboring, now defunct summer house of Mayor Christian Nicolaus von Evers was rented. As early as 1811 the schoolhouse was judged to be in disrepair; In 1834 the Siechenhaus Foundation decided to demolish it in favor of a new building.

History of the school house

The 1834 built new St.-Jürgen schoolhouse was built as a simple two-story neoclassical brick building with a partial hip - mansard roof . The schoolmaster's apartment was on the ground floor, the 30 square meter classroom and another living room on the upper floor . In 1846 the infirmary, now serving as a poor house, was closed; however, the separate foundation for the school remained. In 1866 the management of the school went to the cathedral parish ; two rooms of the former infirmary were set up as additional classrooms.

In the wake of the lifting of the gate in 1864, the population of the suburb of St. Jürgen rose rapidly, and with it the number of students. Around 1885 almost 300 pupils were being taught in the St. Jürgen school house, and although the entire infirmary was now used for the four school classes, there was an oppressive lack of space. In 1885/86, the Hanseatic City of Lübeck therefore built a new school building on Kalandstraße for eight girls and eight boys' classes . In 1886 the students moved there.

The now unused former infirmary was demolished in 1891 to expand the cemetery of the St. Jürgen Chapel, but the actual schoolhouse was preserved. On March 17, 1891, at the meeting of the Society for the Promotion of Charitable Activities, the members of the previous select committee for the founding of the school were appointed head of the school. Christian Reimpell was a pastor at the cathedral and was one of them. Following the adoption of church order of 8 December 1897 these were pastors in after her set up the third pastoral district . According to the report of the “Fifth Toddler School” in the house of the St. Jürgen Foundation, Ms. Reimpell also joined the board that year. The pastor of the Aegidienkirche , Paul Lütge , was elected in 1896 to replace Reimpell, who left the board . The following year, Ms. Reimpell left the board at her own request. Reimpell was elected by the company in place of Lütge, who in 1903 regularly resigned from the chiefs. At the meeting of February 23, 1909, the one who had meanwhile been elected chief pastor was re-elected head of the school. With the approval of the company, the retiring Reimpell was re-elected to the board of the school at the meeting on December 14, 1915.

The actual schoolhouse, which has been preserved, is now used by the St. Jürgen community as a parish hall and sexton's apartment , even if it is visually overwhelmed by the directly adjacent Wakenitz bridge on the B 75 (St. Jürgen Ring) . Today there is a kindergarten in an extension.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Society z. Convey. charitable work. In: Lübeckische Blätter , 33rd volume, No. 22, edition of March 18, 1891, p. 127.
  2. ^ Society for the promotion of charitable activities. In: Lübeckische Blätter , 34th volume, No. 60, edition of July 30, 1892, pp. 350–351.
  3. ^ Society for the promotion of charitable activities. In: Lübeckische Blätter , 38th volume, no. 64, edition of December 25, 1896, pp. 567-568.
  4. ^ Society for the promotion of charitable activities. In: Lübeckische Blätter , Volume 39, No. 28, edition of July 11, 1897, pp. 345–346.
  5. ^ Report on the Fifth. In: Lübeckische Blätter , 45th volume, no. 25, edition of July 21, 1903, pp. 345–346.
  6. ^ Society for the promotion of charitable activities. In: Lübeckische Blätter , Volume 51, No. 9, edition of February 28, 1909, pp. 117–118.
  7. ^ Society for the promotion of charitable activities. In: Lübeckische Blätter , Volume 57, No. 51, Edition of December 19, 1915, pp. 117–118.

Coordinates: 53 ° 51 ′ 9.4 ″  N , 10 ° 42 ′ 5 ″  E