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History

The school began as the ''Städtische Steindammer Mittelschule'', a municipal

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in the Steindamm quarter.''Statistisches Jahrbuch der höheren Schulen'', entry 22 It opened with 27 students in three classes in October 1868 and grew quickly under headmaster Carl A. Kißner. It moved to a stately building on 1. Fließstraße in 1890Köster, p. 88 and was renamed the ''Steindammer Realschule'' in 1902. In January 1917 the growing school moved to a new building constructed on Wallring in northern

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from 1914 to 1917. At the same time it was dedicated as the ''Hindenburg-Realschule'', in honor of

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.Albinus, p. 128 Professor

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led its elevation to the ''Hindenburg-Oberrealschule'' during Easter 1918. By 1920 it was the largest school in Königsberg, with 780 students. The building now houses part of the

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