1902Trade school is built

In the middle of the 19th century, Alsfeld tradesmen and craftsmen – together with the town – founded a trade association. The reason for this was the lack of a training facility for the next generation of tradesmen, and the association took on the task of founding a training school for craftsmen.

In 1862, teaching initially began as a Sunday drawing school with two teachers. Later, an evening school for German style exercises and arithmetic was added. Classes for an average of around 40 pupils were held on the premises of the Alsfeld town school. In 1891, the trade association expanded this school into the “Extended Craftsmen’s School in Alsfeld”. Classes were now held daily, particularly for trainees in the building trades. Two classes with 12 pupils each were taught in rooms in the Hochzeitshaus. In 1897, the school already consisted of three classes, and two years later, in 1899, it was renamed “Gewerbeschule Alsfeld”:

The number of pupils continued to rise in the following years and the Hochzeitshaus became too small. The trade association, in cooperation with the town of Alsfeld and the local savings bank, therefore built a new school building at Jahnstraße 8, which was occupied in 1902.

The school remained at this location, which was extended in 1956, until 1979, when it moved to a new building on the Krebsbach 6 site, which has since been renamed “Staatliche Technikerschule Alsfeld, Fachschule für Hoch-, Tief- und Stahlbetonbau”. The “Staatliche Technikakademie Alsfeld” is still located here today. (JP)