Landfrauenschule Metgethen was a German women's school in Metgethen, which became part of

Königsberg Königsberg (, ) was the historic Prussian city that is now Kaliningrad, Russia. Königsberg was founded in 1255 on the site of the ancient Old Prussian settlement ''Twangste'' by the Teutonic Knights during the Northern Crusades, and was named ...

in 1939.

History

Founded by Elisabeth Böhm-Lamgarben, chairwoman of the Landwirtschaftlicher Hausfrauenverein Ostpreußen (agricultural housewives' association of East Prussia), the women's school opened in April 1912 and served the province of

East Prussia East Prussia ; german: Ostpreißen, label=Low Prussian; pl, Prusy Wschodnie; lt, Rytų Prūsija was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1773 to 1829 and again from 1878 (with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 187 ...

.Albinus, p. 193 Its original name was the Kronprinzessin-Cäcilie-Schule; its namesake, Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, visited the school in 1913. Its directors included Irene Freiin von Gayl until 1919 and Marie Goetz from 1926 to 1945. Although the school closed in 1945 amidst

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, the structure survived the war and is now in

Kaliningrad Kaliningrad ( ; rus, Калининград, p=kəlʲɪnʲɪnˈɡrat, links=y), until 1946 known as Königsberg (; rus, Кёнигсберг, Kyonigsberg, ˈkʲɵnʲɪɡzbɛrk; rus, Короле́вец, Korolevets), is the largest city and ...

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

. The school had been associated with the

Reifenstein schools The Reifenstein schools (german: Reifensteiner Schulen) were the various schools of higher education for women associated with the Reifensteiner Verband. The concept was initiated by Ida von Kortzfleisch, a Prussian noble woman and early German ...

.Ortrud Wörner-Heil: Adelige Frauen als Pionierinnen der Berufsbildung: die ländliche Hauswirtschaft und der Reifensteiner Verband kassel university press GmbH, 2010

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* * 1912 establishments in Germany 1945 disestablishments in Germany Buildings and structures in Kaliningrad Defunct schools in Germany Educational institutions established in 1912 Educational institutions disestablished in 1945 Education in Königsberg Girls' schools in Germany {{Russia-school-stub