The Ostpreußische Mädchengewerbeschule or Ostpreussische Mädchengewerbeschule was a girls'

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, the capital of

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, Germany.

Context

In East Prussia the concept ''Gewerbeschule'' stems from Christian Peter Wilhelm Beuth opening the ''Gewerbeinstitut zur Industrieförderung'' (commercial institute for the advancement of industry) which he call a "''Gewerbeschule''". It took youngsters in their final three years of secondary education (from 12 to 16). It trained the students in geometry, arithmetic, physics, chemistry, technical- and freehand drawing, trigonometry, statics, mechanics and engineering. On completion, the youngsters could find work in engineering, the textile and chemical industries or move onto further education. In other parts of Germany the word had a different meaning.

History

The school opened in 1909 on Kasernenstraße between the Burgkirche and Roßgärter Markt.Albinus, p. 235 Its first director was Dr. Gertrud Brostowski, followed by Marie Gosse in 1912.Wiesemann, p. 258 By 1928 it included 1,208 students. In 1930 the Mädchengewerbeschule moved to a new building on Beethovenstraße and Loewestraße in

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. The new school, which cost 2,092,00 or 2,245,000 RM, was designed by

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and Georg Lucas in the

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style and constructed from 1928 to 1930. It contained classrooms for chemistry, physics, cooking, and drawing, a gym, offices, a small boarding school, and living quarters for the director and teachers. It was colloquially known as the "Mädchenaquarium" (girls' aquarium) and "Klopsakademie". The new Mädchengewerbeschule and the Haus der Technik were the greatest works of Hopp during the 1920s. The building survived the destruction of Königsberg during

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and is now used as an officers' club in

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.Blochplan Its gym was also converted into a discothèque.

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References

* * * * * 1909 establishments in Germany 1945 disestablishments in Germany Bauhaus Buildings and structures in Kaliningrad Education in Königsberg Educational institutions established in 1909 Educational institutions disestablished in 1945 Former buildings and structures in Königsberg Girls' schools in Germany {{Germany-hist-stub