Mayen - Jewish school

By NicoleB on Apr 16, 2008 | In Germany (in between), Countries | 6 feedbacks »

During my childhood people lived in this building.
I’m not sure if this building is city owned, but it sure falls under the category “Denkmalschutz".
A law that prohibits the owner from tearing down the building or changing it from it’s original architecture.

As kids we played with the kids from the family that lived there (if I remember it right - my best friend has a better memory :) ).
We were totally unaware that this building once had been a Jewish school.
We lived right around the corner in the street where the Synagogue has been (not aware of that either - at least I haven’t been).

In 1873 the Synagogue (now these days around the corner) bought the property.
In 1875 they built the simple school house with an apartment.
Some time in 1875 it changed from a private into a public Jewish school.
In 1908 it changed ownership to the public civil community (?).
Renovated in 1920 by a teacher named Albert Levi.
Used as a school until 1938.

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Comment from: Linus [Visitor] · http://www.linusb.wordpress.com
It's interesting to see these sort of stuff!
I don't think we have a Muslim School in Kuwait :P
Our schools raises jerks and bastards!
2008-04-16 @ 08:08
Comment from: NicoleB [Member] Email · http://nicoleb.org
LOL, I'm not gonna comment on that one, Linus :D
2008-04-16 @ 08:15
Comment from: Jonathan [Visitor] · http://jonathanmerchant.com
It is interesting...

So what happened to it during WW2 (or Hitler's regime)? How strict is the law, I mean can they fix it up like re-plaster the front?

What if over time there's structural damage, how do they fix it?
2008-04-16 @ 21:03
Comment from: NicoleB [Member] Email · http://nicoleb.org
What happened during WW2?
I guess most of them got deported.
The school sure closed thanks to that.

You can restore the front into its original state, shouldn't be that hard.
But you can't let's say, paint it pink or remove stuff.
There are companies specialized for that.
Remember the wood structures in the other post?
Even that can all be fixed.
Not with the original parts, but with the same sort of material.
2008-04-17 @ 06:02
Comment from: Keera Ann Fox [Visitor] · http://home.online.no/~kafox/
We have a similar protection of buildings in Norway and it's not always easy to preserve historical buildings without upsetting modern needs (sometimes the preservation rules seem too strict). In today's news, they reported on a local hospital's challenge with being housed in a "Denkmalschutz" building. Too often, too, owners unable to afford the period-specific refurbishing let national monuments decay.
2008-04-17 @ 19:29
Comment from: NicoleB [Member] Email · http://nicoleb.org
Yes, that's sad.
That's the point when I think the government should sort of step in.
We waste so much money on things - tax payers money :(
2008-04-17 @ 19:38

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