Ostpreußische Mädchengewerbeschule
The Ostpreußische Mädchengewerbeschule or Ostpreussische Mädchengewerbeschule was a girls' vocational school in Königsberg, the capital of East Prussia, Germany.
History
The school opened in 1909 on Kasernenstraße between the Burgkirche and Roßgärter Markt.[1] Its first director was Dr. Gertrud Brostowski,[2] followed by Marie Gosse in 1912.[3] By 1928 it included 1,208 students.
In 1930 the Mädchengewerbeschule moved to a new building on Beethovenstraße and Loewestraße in Vorderhufen. The new school, which cost 2,092,00[3] or 2,245,000[1] RM, was designed by Hanns Hopp and Georg Lucas in the Bauhaus 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.[3] It was colloquially known as the "Mädchenaquarium" (girls' aquarium) and "Klopsakademie".[1] The new Mädchengewerbeschule and the Haus der Technik were the greatest works of Hopp during the 1920s.[4]
The building survived the destruction of Königsberg during World War II and is now used as an officers' club in Kaliningrad, Russia.[5][6] Its gym was also converted into a discothèque.[3]
Notes
References
- Albinus, Robert (1985). Lexikon der Stadt Königsberg Pr. und Umgebung (in German). Leer: Verlag Gerhard Rautenberg. p. 371. ISBN 3-7921-0320-6.
- Stadtplan Königsberg 1931 / Kaliningrad heute (Map) (2010 ed.) (in German). Berlin: Blochplan. ISBN 978-3000307621.
- Köster, Baldur (2000). Königsberg: Architektur aus deutscher Zeit (in German). Husum: Husum Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft. p. 256. ISBN 3-88042-923-5.
- Mühlpfordt, Herbert Meinhard (1972). Königsberg von A bis Z (in German). München: Aufstieg-Verlag. p. 168. ISBN 3-7612-0092-7.
- Wiesemann, Gabriele (2000). Hanns Hopp (in German). Schwerin: Thomas Helms Verlag. p. 312. ISBN 3-931185-61-3.
Coordinates: 54°43′27″N 20°29′45″E / 54.72417°N 20.49583°E