Löbenicht Realgymnasium (german: Löbenichtsches Realgymnasium or Städtisches Realgymnasium) was a gymnasium in the

Löbenicht View of Löbenicht from the Pregel, including its church and gymnasium, as well as the nearby Propsteikirche Löbenicht ( lt, Lyvenikė; pl, Lipnik) was a quarter of central Königsberg, Germany. During the Middle Ages it was the weakest of ...

quarter 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 ...

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History

A parochial school affiliated with Löbenicht Church was documented in 1441,Albinus, p. 204 but it had probably been founded shortly after the church's construction ca. 1333.Wiese, p. 153 It became a

Latin school The Latin school was the grammar school of 14th- to 19th-century Europe, though the latter term was much more common in England. Emphasis was placed, as the name indicates, on learning to use Latin. The education given at Latin schools gave gre ...

in 1525 during the

Protestant Reformation The Reformation (alternatively named the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation) was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and in ...

and creation of the Duchy of Prussia. The school was expanded in 1581 and rebuilt in 1644. The great fire of Löbenicht on 11 November 1764 destroyed the church and caused its steeple to fall upon the school and set it ablaze. The school was rebuilt soon after, however, and rededicated on 23 March 1768. The school was acquired by the city from the church in 1810 and developed into a Höhere Bürgerschule in 1811. Löbenicht's school moved to a new brick building, built from 1855 to 1859 at Münchenhofplatz, and became a municipal Realschule. On 16 October 1865''Statistisches Jahrbuch der höheren Schulen'', entry 20 it became an Oberrealschule with 357 students. Under the leadership of director Alexander Schmidt it became a Realgymnasium in 1882. The building was expanded and added a gym in 1895 at a cost of 120,600 Mark. Its library contained 4,000 volumes. Through the efforts of Director Otto Wittrin, a new building for the Realgymnasium designed by Karl Glage was constructed from 1911 to 1914 in place of land once used by the dismantled Löbenicht Hospital.Gause, p. 718 Frescoes by Otto Ewel decorated its auditorium. Pastor Johann Funk (1792-1867) and architect

Friedrich Lahrs Johann Ludwig Friedrich Lahrs (11 July 1880 – 13 March 1964) was a German architect and professor. Life Lahrs was born in Königsberg, East Prussia. After attending the Löbenicht Realgymnasium, Lahrs studied at the Technical University ...

(1880-1964) attended the institution, while Paul Stettiner (1862-1941) taught there in 1887. In 1902 it consisted of 16 teachers and 331 students. The building was destroyed during the 1944 bombing of Königsberg in World War II.

Gallery

image:ID003742 B174 StaedtRealgymnasium.jpg, Löbenicht Realgymnasium image:PartieAmPregelk.jpg, View from the Pregel of Löbenicht, with the gymasium, Löbenicht Church, and Propsteikirche image:ID003740 B173 MuenchenhofStaedtRealGym.jpg, Münchenhofplatz with the gymnasium, church, and fish market

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