In 1903, the Töchternheim (a kind of girls’ boarding school) was build by the two ladies A. H. Baege and I. H. Peters. After completion of the villa, the ladies established a Töchternheim that was highly frequented and of significant benefit for the city.
In institutions like this, daughters from better-off families received practical education. They had to acquire homemaking skills. Furthermore, they were educated in manners for dealings within circles of “better people”. Often they also learned a foreign language, mostly French because it was nurtured especially in aristocratic circles. In return, the parents had to pay these institutes a kind of school fee and cover living expenses. The prospective “ladies” that were housed in the boarding school stayed there for at least one year. Around 1925, 8–10 daughters were trained there each year.
In the picture on the right side, you can see the wings of the windmill.
Today the building is used as a residential building.
From “Strehlaer Tageblatt” (local newspaper)
You’re welcome to leave your TBs for training for free
Please use each page for several logs.