Theodor Storm School (Lehe)
The Theodor Storm School from 1902 is located in Bremerhaven - Lehe , Lutherstrasse 7 / Eupener Strasse. It has been used by the House for Work, Family and Culture under the abbreviation “die theo” since 2007 .
history
Surname
Through their initiative, Leh citizens succeeded in opening a private secondary school for girls in Lehe on October 6, 1902 .
In 1906 this school was named Kaiserin-Auguste-Viktoria-Schule , named after Auguste Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1858–1921), wife of Kaiser Wilhelm II . The school's subtitle changed from Lyceum and Higher Daughter School.
Since 1920 it was called the Städtisches Lyzeum zu Lehe in Hanover , since Lehe belonged to the Prussian province of Hanover .
In 1924, after the unification of Lehe and Geestemünde to form the city of Wesermünde , it was called the State Theodor Storm School Wesermünde , named after the Husum writer and poet Theodor Storm (1817–1888).
In 1937, by decree of the Reich Minister for Science, Education and National Education, the grammar schools in the Reich were given the uniform name of Oberschule . So the school was now called Staatliche Theodor Storm School, secondary school for girls - domestic form .
After the Second World War it became the municipal upper lyceum in the Theodor Storm School (also called Theo for short ). 1950 came the additional designation Volksoberschule .
The abbreviation “die theo” now also leads the house for work, family and culture .
building
school
Around 24,000 people lived in Lehe at the turn of the century. Lehe had also grown rapidly thanks to the port in Bremerhaven. In the 19th century there was a Latin school for boys from 1713 in Lehe and Helene Meyer's private secondary school for girls from 1865, which was housed in the Schroeder House on Kreuzstrasse in 1881. The existing schools could no longer cope with the further influx of students. New schools had to be built like the Körner and Lessing Schools . A founded board of trustees pushed for a new school for girls.
In 1902 the towering, red-stone-faced school building was built on Lutherstrasse according to plans by the community builder Heinrich Lagershausen. In the reform style of the late imperial era, a representative, elaborately designed, but quite quiet building complex with some neo-Gothic elements and decorative window openings was created after the turn of the century .
In 1913, Lagershausen almost doubled the capacity of the Lyceum with seven (or six) additional classrooms and the chemistry and physics classrooms. There was also a large gym, a splendidly equipped auditorium and the staff room. The main building was lengthened at the building line with the street with a narrower part of the building, which jumps back a little to prevent monotony. The arrangement of the extension was also based on the course of the Aue river, which was not yet piped. In 1913 the house of the "school servant" was built on the corner of Mühlenstrasse. The old building, extension and residential building form a harmonious whole.
Home for work, family and culture
In 2007, after the school was closed and the building was renovated with funds from the Urban Redevelopment West program , the district center “die theo”, a house for work, family and culture , was opened here. This center is the spatial consolidation of the social and cultural institutions that work in the Lehe district.
The former gymnasium was used by a large catering establishment from 2005 to 2012.
Monument protection
In 2009 the Theodor Storm School was listed as a historical monument .
School uses
Lyceum
In 1902 184 pupils were taught in eight classes at the Lyceum. From 1904 the school belonged to the community. The first rector was Wilhelm Eskuchen, who was previously the rector of the boys' school on Poststrasse.
In 1920 the school became the municipal lyceum. The one-year women's school affiliated in 1928 was expanded in 1937 in connection with the school reform to a three-year upper level, at which the school leaving examination could also be taken.
Oberlyzeum, additive comprehensive school
After the Second World War , the girls' school initially remained a municipal upper lyceum in the Theodor Storm School . Boys have been admitted to the school since the mid-1950s. Until 1969, the Theodor Storm School was an additive comprehensive school with the branches Hauptschule (Branch A or H), Middle School or Realschule (Branch B or M) and Gymnasium (Branch D or G). The grammar school was oriented towards the modern language. Around 600 students attended the school with around 24 classes.
In 1969, the middle and upper school students moved to the nearby, modern school center Geschwister Scholl at Pestalozzistraße / Walter-Kolb-Weg 2 in Mitte.
primary school
The children of the Körner elementary school moved into the Stormschule building . The old grain school from 1908 was renamed the school center Geschwister Scholl and it was able to expand in the vacant rooms for the secondary and secondary school as well as the grammar school.
In 2002 it was decided to close the Theodor Storm School due to the declining number of pupils and this was carried out by 2005. In 2005, according to the “Lehe Schools Master Plan”, the primary school students from Stormschule moved in with those from Deichschule to Astrid-Lindgren-Schule (formerly Körnerschule from 1908).
Low German stage "Waterkant"
From 1947 to 1972 the Low German stage “Waterkant” used the Storm School auditorium for its performances. There were also performances at the Schollschule and, since 1967, at the Kleines Haus at the Bremerhaven City Theater . The stage has been playing permanently in the small house since 1972 .
literature
- Norbert Friedrich: Adaptation strategies of the school infrastructure to demographic change in Bremerhaven-Lehe. Bremerhaven 2006.
- Heinrich Lagershausen: Politics and Economy. In: Bremerhaven, Geestemünde, Lehe. (= Germany's urban development .) DARI, Berlin-Halensee 1922.
- Harry Gabcke , Renate Gabcke, Herbert Körtge, Manfred Ernst: Bremerhaven in two centuries. (Volumes I to III from 1827 to 1991.) Nordwestdeutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, Bremerhaven 1989/1991, ISBN 3-927857-00-9 / ISBN 3-927857-37-8 / ISBN 3-927857-22-X .
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Individual evidence
Coordinates: 53 ° 33 '29.4 " N , 8 ° 35' 2.1" E