Kyritzschule, School building in Martinsviertel, Darmstadt, Germany
The Kyritzschule is a listed school building at Emilstraße 10 in the Martinsviertel of Darmstadt, built in 1906/07 to plans by August Buxbaum as a city school for girls. It originally held 20 classrooms, and its gymnasium sits in a bridge structure that arches over the Plönniesstraße.
The institution traces its roots to 1809, when a house donation from a church counselor made its founding possible. In 1907, it received a new building designed by August Buxbaum that defined its appearance until today.
The school is named after church counselor Friedrich Christoph Kyritz, who donated a house on Karlstraße for a school in 1809. Today the building houses a women's center, a branch of the Alice-Eleonoren-Schule vocational school, and a branch of the neighboring Goetheschule.
The former schoolyard has been converted into a public playground and activity space available to the community since August 2011. Visitors can use this area and explore the grounds freely.
The building sustained only minimal damage during World War II, making it the first school in Darmstadt to resume operations after the conflict. This gave the site a special role in rebuilding the city's educational infrastructure.
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