Odenwaldschule

Odenwaldschule in Heppenheim

1933 at the Odenwaldschule

Odenwaldschule, is a German school located in Heppenheim in the Odenwald. Founded in 1910, it is Germany's oldest Landerziehungsheim , a private boarding school located in a rural setting. Edith and Paul Geheeb established it using their concept of progressive education, which integrated the work of the head and hand. The school was run by Minna Specht from 1946 to 1951.^[1]

In the late 1990s, and again in 2010, the school became the center of national attention, when an investigation revealed the sexual abuse of more than 130 pupils by at least 8 teachers in the 1970s and 1980s.^[2][3]

Notable alumni

• Hans Bethe
• Daniel Cohn-Bendit
• Nathan Clark
• Nigel Dennis
• Amelie Fried
• Klaus Gysi
• Wolfgang Hildesheimer
• Felicitas Kukuck
• Klaus Mann
• Sandra Nettelbeck (daughter of Uwe Nettelbeck)
• Konstantin Neven DuMont
• Rosalinda von Ossietzky-Palm (daughter of Carl von Ossietzky)
• Wolfgang Porsche
• Dankwart Rustow
• Rudolf Ritsema

Notable staff

• Fridolin Friedmann
• Alois Kottmann
• Alfred Landé
• Peter Suhrkamp
• Minna Specht
• Martin Wagenschein

Notable teachers

• Alfred Landé
• Peter Suhrkamp
• Martin Wagenschein

See also

• Landschulheim Herrlingen

In film

• Und wir sind nicht die Einzigen . Regie: Christoph Röhl; Produzenten: Dirk Wilutzky, Anja Wedell; Redakteure: Inge Classen, Udo Bremer. Eine Produktion von Herbstfilm im Auftrag von 3Sat 2011, 85 min
• Geschlossene Gesellschaft.^[4]
• Die Auserwählten^[5]

Further reading

• Detmers, Jürgen (2011). Wie laut soll ich denn noch schreien? Die Odenwaldschule und der sexuelle Missbrauch (in German). Rowohlt, Reinbek. ISBN 978-3-498-01332-5. 

References

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Coordinates: 49°39′58″N 8°41′12″E / 49.66611°N 8.68667°E / 49.66611; 8.68667