Hufen-Oberlyzeum Explained

The Hufen-Oberlyzeum was a girls' gymnasium in Königsberg, Germany.

History

Elvira Szittnick founded a girls' secondary school on Bahnstraße, later Hindenburgstraße, in Mittelhufen in 1902.^[1] Three years later it moved to a new building on the same street.^[2] It was acquired by the Prussian state and converted into a gymnasium in 1921,^[1] taking on the tradition of the former Königliche Luisenschule of Posen (Poznań).^[3] Alfred Walsdorff was its only director. It closed in January 1945 during World War II. The building is now used as a school in Kaliningrad, Russia.^[4] Amongst its better known pupils was Hannah Arendt, who enrolled there in August 1913.

References

• Book: Albinus, Robert. Lexikon der Stadt Königsberg Pr. und Umgebung. 1985. Verlag Gerhard Rautenberg. Leer. 371. 3-7921-0320-6. de.
• Blochplan. Stadtplan Königsberg 1931 / Kaliningrad heute. Berlin. 2010. 978-3000307621. de.
• Book: Gause, Fritz. Fritz Gause

. Fritz Gause. Die Geschichte der Stadt Königsberg. Band II: Von der Königskrönung bis zum Ausbruch des Ersten Weltkriegs. 1968. Böhlau Verlag. Köln. 761. de.

• Book: Gause, Fritz. Fritz Gause

. 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.

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Notes and References

1. Albinus, p. 135
2. Gause II, p. 720
3. Gause III, p. 77
4. Blochplan