2nd Cititzen School
Pestalozzistraße 17
Anna, around 1910
» This is our new, 2nd Cititzen School. Our cook’s daughter Minna attends here. My brothers and I attend the 1st Citizen School on Brücknerring street. But my Papa said that Minna’s mother can’t pay for it. Some of the schoolchildren here don't even wear shoes. They must be so cold! «
Anna, around 1910
» This is our new, 2nd Cititzen School. Our cook’s daughter Minna attends here. My brothers and I attend the 1st Citizen School on Brücknerring street. But my Papa said that Minna’s mother can’t pay for it. Some of the schoolchildren here don't even wear shoes. They must be so cold! «
In 1835, the Saxon ‘Law on Elementary Education’ introduced compulsory schooling for all children aged 6 to 14. This led to a significant decline in child labour in Saxony’s factories. To accommodate the growing population, Löbau’s building inspector Max Otto Rudert built a second school, which opened on 16 August 1898. The school fees were cheaper here than at the 1st Citizen School. Young boys and girls are taught reading, writing, mathematics, history and religion in separate sex classes.
PE is on the curriculum as well, girls had to wear mid-length dresses for it. The school doesn't prepare its students for a specific job, but rather teaches them the basics that, according to school law, are ‘essential for everyone’. Today, it houses Löbau Secondary School, named after the Swiss educator Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi.
