Goethe-Oberlyzeum Explained

Goethe-Oberlyzeum
Location:Friedrichstraße, Königsberg
Country:Germany
Established:1913
Type:Girls' gymnasium

The Goethe-Oberlyzeum was a girls' gymnasium in Königsberg, Germany, named in honor of the writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

History

In 1913 a women's teaching institute (Lehrerinnenbildungsanstalt) was converted into a gymnasium.[1] Fritz Gause began lecturing there in 1922.[2] The school, which was located on Friedrichstraße in Neue Sorge, was acquired by the city of Königsberg in 1925.[3] Its directors included Bruno Dannenbaum and Richard Scheibe.[1] The building survived Bombing of Königsberg in World War II and was razed in January 2018, under protest from presidential candidate Ksenia Sobchak and other conservationists, in Kaliningrad, Russia.[2]

References

. Fritz Gause. Die Geschichte der Stadt Königsberg. Band III: Vom Ersten Weltkrieg biz zum Untergang Königsbergs. 1971. Böhlau Verlag. Köln. 327. 3-412-38871-8. de.

Notes and References

  1. Albinus, p. 105
  2. Schmidtke, p. 298
  3. Gause, p. 77