In 1658 a parochial school was founded in Burgfreiheit near Königsberg Castle to serve the city's reformed community,[1] which included Germans, English, Scots, Poles, Lithuanians, and Huguenots.
Its first and initially only teacher was Dr. Paul Andreas Jurski, who would later become a reformed pastor in Memel (Klaipėda).
Frederick William donated 100 Hufen (roughly 750 hectares) near Labiau (Polessk) in support of the school.
Later directors of the Burgschule included Karl Böttcher (1838-1900) from 1882 to 1900, Max Mirisch (1853-1912) from 1900 to 1912, and Friedrich Graz until 1924.
[1] In 1927 the Burgschule moved from Kollegienplatz in central Königsberg to Lehndorfstraße in Amalienau, part of the rapidly expanding Hufen suburbs.
[1] The new school was constructed from 1926 to 1927 and built in the style of a brick Ordensburg of the Teutonic Knights,[12] Lochstedt Castle near Pillau (Baltiysk).
Above the entrance were busts by Stanislaus Cauer of Nicolaus Copernicus, Immanuel Kant, Johann Gottfried Herder, and Lovis Corinth.