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| − | The Chortitza Mädchenschule (secondary school for girls), [[Ukraine|Ukraine]], [[Russia|Russia]], was founded through private initiative in 1895. For some time the girls had been attending the [[Chortitza Zentralschule (Chortitza, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Chortitza Zentralschule]] | + | The Chortitza Mädchenschule (secondary school for girls), [[Ukraine|Ukraine]], [[Russia|Russia]], was founded through private initiative in 1895. For some time the girls had been attending the [[Chortitza Zentralschule (Chortitza, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Chortitza Zentralschule]], but this practice was later forbidden by the [[Fürsorge-Komitee (Guardians' Committee)|<em>Fürsorge-Komitee </em>]]at Odessa. For this reason it was felt that a special secondary school for girls should be established. Since the Chortitza <em>[[Gebietsamt|Gebietsamt]] </em>hesitated to sponsor the project, some friends of education organized an association. Educators who particularly promoted the cause were [[Epp, David Heinrich (1861-1934)|David H. Epp]], [[Neufeld, Abraham A. (1862-1909)|A. A. Neufeld]], and [[Klaassen, Jakob Abramovitch (1847-1919)|Jacob A. Klassen]]. The financial sponsors were mostly Mennonite industrialists of [[Chortitza River|Chortitza]] and the city of [[Ekaterinoslav (Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine)|Ekaterinoslav]]. |
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| + | In 1900 the Department of Education approved the school with the following required curriculum: religion, Russian, German, mathematics, history, geography, science, art, penmanship, music, and crafts. The school started with a three-year course and added a fourth year in 1899. A new modern and well-equipped building was erected in 1904, made possible by a gift of 10,000 rubles ($5,000) from Mrs. Katharina Wallmann, wife of entrepreneur Andreas Wallmann. J. J. Thiessen of Ekaterinoslav, the chairman of the school board, especially promoted the school. Most of the teachers were women. | ||
The school was opened in 1895 with 17 girls and had an enrollment of 116 in 1913. Many of the graduates continued their studies, obtained teacher's certificates, and taught school. A certain number of needy girls and daughters of teachers and ministers could attend without paying tuition. The Chortitza <em>Mädchenschule </em>was highly influential in raising the standard of education and the cultural level of the settlement. Some 600 girls attended the school during its 25 years of existence. After the [[Russian Revolution and Civil War|Revolution]], when the Zentralschule became coeducational, the <em>Mädchenschule </em>was closed (1920) by the Soviets and it became a Ukrainian school. Teachers during the last year were: Agnes J. Klassen, [[Neufeld, Peter P. (1875-1927)|Peter P. Neufeld]], Lena Froese, Lise Epp, and Sophie Thiessen. | The school was opened in 1895 with 17 girls and had an enrollment of 116 in 1913. Many of the graduates continued their studies, obtained teacher's certificates, and taught school. A certain number of needy girls and daughters of teachers and ministers could attend without paying tuition. The Chortitza <em>Mädchenschule </em>was highly influential in raising the standard of education and the cultural level of the settlement. Some 600 girls attended the school during its 25 years of existence. After the [[Russian Revolution and Civil War|Revolution]], when the Zentralschule became coeducational, the <em>Mädchenschule </em>was closed (1920) by the Soviets and it became a Ukrainian school. Teachers during the last year were: Agnes J. Klassen, [[Neufeld, Peter P. (1875-1927)|Peter P. Neufeld]], Lena Froese, Lise Epp, and Sophie Thiessen. | ||
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| + | The building was designed in the Art Nouveau style and combined elements of the late Baroque and Dutch Renaissance. The architectural features of the building are wooden carved doors with a pattern in the form of a circle and three vertical slits, as well as a large window above them, decorated in the form of an arch. | ||
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| + | In 2021, the building was added to the State Register of Immovable Monuments of Ukraine. | ||
= Bibliography = | = Bibliography = | ||
Epp, H. "Die Chortitzer Mädchenschule." <em class="gameo_bibliography">Mennitisches Jahrbuch </em>(Berdyansk, 1913): 91-102 | Epp, H. "Die Chortitzer Mädchenschule." <em class="gameo_bibliography">Mennitisches Jahrbuch </em>(Berdyansk, 1913): 91-102 | ||
<em class="gameo_bibliography">Glückliche sonnige Schulzeit. </em>Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON, n.d. | <em class="gameo_bibliography">Glückliche sonnige Schulzeit. </em>Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON, n.d. | ||
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| + | ПОРОГИ: НЕЗАЛЕЖНИЙ МОЛОДІЖНИЙ ПОРТАЛ. Менонітська школа – споруда, що розповість частинку історії запорізького краю. 2024. Web. 06 June 2024. https://porogy.zp.ua/2023/04/menonitska-shkola-sporuda-shho-rozpovist-chastynku-istoriyi-zaporizkogo-krayu/ | ||
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Revision as of 20:59, 10 June 2024
The Chortitza Mädchenschule (secondary school for girls), Ukraine, Russia, was founded through private initiative in 1895. For some time the girls had been attending the Chortitza Zentralschule, but this practice was later forbidden by the Fürsorge-Komitee at Odessa. For this reason it was felt that a special secondary school for girls should be established. Since the Chortitza Gebietsamt hesitated to sponsor the project, some friends of education organized an association. Educators who particularly promoted the cause were David H. Epp, A. A. Neufeld, and Jacob A. Klassen. The financial sponsors were mostly Mennonite industrialists of Chortitza and the city of Ekaterinoslav.
In 1900 the Department of Education approved the school with the following required curriculum: religion, Russian, German, mathematics, history, geography, science, art, penmanship, music, and crafts. The school started with a three-year course and added a fourth year in 1899. A new modern and well-equipped building was erected in 1904, made possible by a gift of 10,000 rubles ($5,000) from Mrs. Katharina Wallmann, wife of entrepreneur Andreas Wallmann. J. J. Thiessen of Ekaterinoslav, the chairman of the school board, especially promoted the school. Most of the teachers were women.
The school was opened in 1895 with 17 girls and had an enrollment of 116 in 1913. Many of the graduates continued their studies, obtained teacher's certificates, and taught school. A certain number of needy girls and daughters of teachers and ministers could attend without paying tuition. The Chortitza Mädchenschule was highly influential in raising the standard of education and the cultural level of the settlement. Some 600 girls attended the school during its 25 years of existence. After the Revolution, when the Zentralschule became coeducational, the Mädchenschule was closed (1920) by the Soviets and it became a Ukrainian school. Teachers during the last year were: Agnes J. Klassen, Peter P. Neufeld, Lena Froese, Lise Epp, and Sophie Thiessen.
The building was designed in the Art Nouveau style and combined elements of the late Baroque and Dutch Renaissance. The architectural features of the building are wooden carved doors with a pattern in the form of a circle and three vertical slits, as well as a large window above them, decorated in the form of an arch.
In 2021, the building was added to the State Register of Immovable Monuments of Ukraine.
Bibliography
Epp, H. "Die Chortitzer Mädchenschule." Mennitisches Jahrbuch (Berdyansk, 1913): 91-102
Glückliche sonnige Schulzeit. Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON, n.d.
ПОРОГИ: НЕЗАЛЕЖНИЙ МОЛОДІЖНИЙ ПОРТАЛ. Менонітська школа – споруда, що розповість частинку історії запорізького краю. 2024. Web. 06 June 2024. https://porogy.zp.ua/2023/04/menonitska-shkola-sporuda-shho-rozpovist-chastynku-istoriyi-zaporizkogo-krayu/
| Author(s) | Cornelius Krahn |
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| Richard D Thiessen | |
| Date Published | June 2024 |
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Krahn, Cornelius and Richard D Thiessen. "Chortitza Mädchenschule (Chortitza, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. June 2024. Web. 24 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Chortitza_M%C3%A4dchenschule_(Chortitza,_Zaporizhia_Oblast,_Ukraine)&oldid=179122.
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Krahn, Cornelius and Richard D Thiessen. (June 2024). Chortitza Mädchenschule (Chortitza, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 24 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Chortitza_M%C3%A4dchenschule_(Chortitza,_Zaporizhia_Oblast,_Ukraine)&oldid=179122.
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