N. Zahle's School ( Danish: N. Zahles Skole) is a private school located on

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. Named after its founder,

Natalie Zahle Ida Charlotte Natalie Zahle (11 June 1827 – 11 August 1913) was a Danish reform pedagogue and pioneer of women's education. She founded N. Zahle's School in 1851. Life Her parents were the Roskilde vicar Ernst Sophus Wilhelm Zahle (1797-1837) ...

(1827–1913), it now consists of two independently run primary schools and a Gymnasium.

History

On 1 May 1851, Natalie Zahle launched a programme for the training of female private teachers. In 1844, Zahle took over Sofie Foersom's schhol at Gammel Strand 38 (then No. 14, Strand Quarter). She resided in the rear wing of Gammel Strand 46. It developed into a proper

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in 1861 after women had been given access to teach at Danish public schools in 1859. The gymnasium traces its history back to a programme that was introduced in 1877. The school now known as ''N. Zahles Seminarieskole'' was founded in 1895 as a preparatory school for the teachers college. The schools were opened to boys in the 1950s. The teachers' college was disjoined from the institution in 2002 and is now part of University College of Copenhagen. The school's first home was a small apartment in the no longer existing street Hummergade. It later moved to larger premises on

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and finally to a new building on

in 1877. The school later took over several of the neighbouring buildings.

Buildings

Nørre Voldgade 7 was designed by Frederik Bøttger (1838–1920) and completed in 1877. The adjoining building at No. 5 originally housed ''Østifternes Kreditforening'' and later the insurance company ''Forsikringsselskabet National''. This building was designed by Valdemar Ingemann (1840–1911) and is from 1875. The building which houses ''N. Zahles Seminarieskole'' faces the square

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on the other side of the block. The building was expanded with an extra floor by

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in 2012.

Alumni

Notable alumni have included: *

Henriette Skram Henriette Skram (28 September 1841, Copenhagen — 10 November 1929) was a Danish school teacher. After joining N. Zahle's School as a pupil in 1853, from 1866 she taught there, developing a special interest in English and history. Over the years ...

(1841–1929), from 1900 the school's principal * Anna Hude (1858–1934) * Kristine Marie Jensen (1858-1923) * Karen Ankersted (1859–1921) * Ingrid Jespersen (1867–1938) * Ellen Hørup (1871-1953) *

Ellen Nielsen Ellen Nielsen ( zh, 艾伦·聂乐信 or more commonly zh, 聂乐信, 17 July 1871-25 July 1960) was a Danish-born teacher and missionary who moved to Manchuria, took Chinese citizenship and worked to establish schools and provide social services ...

(1871-1960) * Marie Krogh (1874-1943) *

Lis Jacobsen Elisabeth (Lis) Jacobsen, née Rubin, (29 January 1882 - 18 June 1961) was a Danish philologist, archaeologist and writer. She is remembered first and foremost for her research and publications on the history of the Danish language. Among other b ...

(1882-1961) *

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(born 1940) *

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(born 1944) *

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(born 1946) * Sigrid Friis Proschowsky (born 1994)

References

External links

Official website

N. Zahles Seminarieskole

N. Zahles Gymnasieskole

N. Zahes Gymnasium

Rlisabeth Hennings Buntzen
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