Wilhelm Oberhaus School
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| type of school | primary school |
| School number | 125544 |
| founding | 1712 |
| address |
Schulwall 5 |
| place | Herford |
| country | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 7 '6 " N , 8 ° 40' 17" E |
| student | about 200 (2012) |
| Teachers | 12 (2012) |
| management | Simoné Schnasse |
| Website | www.wilhelm-oberhaus-schule.de |
The Wilhelm-Oberhaus-Schule is a Catholic primary school in the city of Herford and thus the only denominational school in the city. It goes back to the Catholic elementary school founded in 1712 and therefore has a 300-year tradition.
location
The Wilhelm-Oberhaus-Schule is located in the center of Herford on the border between the new town and the old town on the school wall. The green areas of Wilhelmsplatz with the Wittekind monument are directly behind the school .
history
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In 1712 the small Herford Catholic community founded its own elementary school with the help of the Franciscan Father Franz Brüning. In the first 200 years the catchment area extended beyond the Herford district . Classes were under the supervision of priests. The school was initially just a one-room school with one class. After a second teacher was hired in 1832, there was a lower and an upper class.
In 1906 a new building with six classrooms was built on Komturstrasse in the parish garden of the Church of St. Johannes Baptist . Around 1950 the school, which was now called the Volksschule , had the largest number of pupils in its history with 750 pupils in 17 classes, with around 40 percent of the pupils being refugees. Some of the classes moved to the new school in Meierfeld in 1961. The newly arrived Italian guest worker children were also integrated. In 1968, as part of the North Rhine-Westphalian school reform, elementary schools were replaced by elementary and secondary schools. With that the tradition of the Catholic elementary or elementary school came to an end. A Catholic secondary school required by the school caretaker could not be implemented in Herford due to the insufficient number of pupils. The Catholic primary school was located in the building of the old Wilhelmsplatz community school. The building erected in 1887/1888 is a listed building.
The building on Komturstrasse was empty from 1968 until it was demolished in 1984.
Name of the school
In September 1987 the school was named after the Catholic priest Wilhelm Oberhaus , who was born on January 31, 1901 in Herford and died on September 20, 1942 in the Dachau concentration camp. The urn with his ashes was buried in Herford.
Todays situation
In the school year 2011/2012 over 200 children, combined in 10 classes, attended the 2½-speed school. The students come from all over the city of Herford, mainly from the inner city districts. They are taught and educated in a Christian way in accordance with Catholic teaching. A good half of the students come from Catholic families.
The Wilhelm-Oberhaus-Schule is one of three schools in Herford that are open all day. Each year there is an all-day class with lessons from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Then there will be further offers until 4:30 p.m. In addition to the pure all-day classes, there are mixed classes with half-day and full-day children.
The lessons are given by 12 teachers and one trainee teacher. In the open full day, 6 additional educational staff and various additional workers look after the children. Teachers work in the all-day classes as class teams.
See also
literature
- Rainer Brackhane: Historical yearbook of the Herford district 2004