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SCANDALOUS LOOK INTO SCHOOL HISTORY: Old town tour in Leonberg!
Experience a historical city tour in Leonberg on September 7th, 2025. Discover the school history and learn from city guide Ina Dielmann. Meeting point: Market fountain at 4:00 p.m.
SCANDALOUS LOOK INTO SCHOOL HISTORY: Old town tour in Leonberg!
The events of today, September 6, 2025, leave us shocked! A TRUE HISTORICAL SPECTACLE awaits us in the picturesque old town of Leonberg, which sheds light on the dark past of the German school system! On Sunday, September 7, 2025, the Time Machine will open to all curious citizens between 4:00 p.m. and 5:15 p.m., and you won't want to miss this! The tour, led by the charismatic city guide Ina Dielmann, takes you back to an era in which learning was reserved for the privileged - SCANDALOUS conditions that will make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up! Leonberg reports that...
At the beginning of the 17th century, schools in Germany were reserved only for the rich, while the poorer remained trapped in the darkness of ignorance. Convent and Latin schools dominated the scene, while the rest of the population had to fight for access to education. What AMAZING! The Reformation brought a glimmering hope in the form of compulsory schooling, but only very few children were able to read and write - mainly thanks to the miserable social conditions! The bpb reports that…
True shocking moments in school history!
The tour will explore the incredible challenges children have faced over the past millennium. Many had to struggle – and not just with their homework! Elementary schools promised a spark of education for everyone, but parents usually had to dig deep into their pockets to give their children access. A sad reality for many families who were barely making ends meet! But there are bright spots: church collections and municipal interest income have enabled some poorer children to escape ignorance. What a heroic struggle for knowledge!
The TOP 3 most SHOCKING facts about the German school system:
- Die Einschulungsquote lag Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts unter 50% – viele Kinder waren völlig ungebildet!
- Der Unterricht wurde oft von kriegsbeschädigten Soldaten und Küstern gehalten, die mit brutaler Strenge unterrichteten!
- Die Machtübernahme der Nationalsozialisten 1933 – eine Zerschlagung des Bildungssystems, die schockierende Diskriminierungen nach sich zog!
However, in the turmoil of history there were also bright spots! With the Prussian reforms from 1807 onwards, a revolutionary plan by Wilhelm von Humboldt was born: a school system that promised education to ALL children regardless of their origin! But woe betide anyone who underestimates the conservative forces who will do everything in their power to thwart this plan - a battle of epic proportions!
But the Weimar Republic also had great hopes with new laws that were supposed to introduce a common primary school - a symbol of social justice that was brutally crushed by the global economic crisis of 1929. Especially in view of the subsequent Nazi rule, which did not stop even at the youngest! Compulsory education was now made compulsory under the influence of the National Socialists, and Jewish children were banned from schools - a CRIME against humanity!
So be there when the dark history of school education in Leonberg comes to life on Sunday! With a participation fee of just 5 euros for adults (and FREE for children under 16) you have the unique opportunity to question the structures of education that still shape our society today! Don't register, just come to the market fountain with the fountain figure Wäppner from 1566! History is waiting for you!