History of education in Trzebiatów
The first mention of an educational institution in Trzebiatów comes from a document issued by Abbot Arnold of Białoboki [pl], dated 29 November 1328.
A minor mention is found in a document dated 6 December 1354, issued by Johannes, Bishop of Kamień, regarding a pension for the Norbertine monastery in Białoboki from the village of Roby, purchased by Ludolf Webelen.
However, this project was never realized due to the lack of consent from church authorities, who at that time claimed the exclusive right to establish schools.
Additionally, due to the education of the wealthy bourgeois youth, the curriculum was expanded to include geography and elements of law.
The rector expanded the curriculum, which gained wide interest; he lectured on the First and Second Epistles to Timothy and the Psalms, and introduced students to humanistic studies.
[9] In 1517, at the initiative of Abbot J. Boldewan, the Collegium presbiterorum sive sacerdotum (College of Priests) was established at the Białoboki Monastery.
The general provisions contained in Die Kerken – Ordenige des gantzen Pamerlandes regulated church, administrative, and educational relations in the duchy.
It was proposed to establish educational institutions at cathedrals, which would teach both Latin and German, along with writing, reading, prayer, catechism, and singing skills.
Commonly used textbooks in Pomerania included Religion die Catechesis D. Chytraeusa, Dialogi sacri Castellii, Luther's Catechism, F. Melanchton's Lateinische Grammatik, and works by Cicero, Terence, and Ovid.
Financial problems due to contributions imposed on the town by imperial troops (1630, 1636, and 1648) led to frequent suspensions of the school's activities.
The incorporation of Trzebiatów into Brandenburg-Prussia following the Peace of Westphalia, signed in 1648 in Osnabrück, did not cause significant changes in the curriculum.
The so-called Latin model of education based on religious upbringing remained in place until the end of the 18th century.
[19] The edict issued by Frederick William I in 1734 included mandatory winter (daily) and summer (once or twice a week) schooling.
[22] In the 18th-century Trzebiatów school, textbooks included Allgemeine heilige und weltliche Geschichte by Hardion, Geographie by Phennings, Naturlehre and Naturgeschichte by J. J. Ebert, Grammatik by Langen, and works by Cornelius Nepos, along with Cicero's letters and De rebus gestis Alexandri Magni by Quintus Curtius Rufus.
Besides mandatory prayer, singing was taught, Bible passages were read to the children, and exercises in German and Latin (grammar) were conducted, as well as instruction in orthography and calligraphy.
Elementary schools provided education in German, religion, arithmetic, natural sciences, geography, history, calligraphy, drawing, and singing.
[34] The gymnasium was located at a new site on Woldeckenstrasse (now Wodna Street), with the construction costing approximately 42,000 thalers, funded by the city treasury.
The curriculum focused on Latin and Greek, with additional subjects such as German, French, religion, history, geography, and mathematics.
[38] Up to that year, 657 students had completed the matura exam, with graduates from Brandenburg, Berlin, other Prussian provinces, and foreign countries such as the Indian Empire, England, and Switzerland.
In 1937, the Nazi Germany made amendments to the education system, leading to the establishment of a secondary school (German: Oberschule) in Trzebiatów.
The shortage of basic food supplies and utilities (water, electricity, and natural gas) disrupted the functioning of educational and cultural institutions.
On 7 August 1943, people were relocated from the Ruhr area (cities of Bochum and Herne) to Trzebiatów due to the war.
[42][43] After World War II, the new residents of Trzebiatów faced numerous challenges in terms of provisioning, housing, and communication.
[44] However, within the first post-war year, they managed to lay the foundations for the efficient functioning of the city, including its education system.
The relocation was necessary due to the large number of students (the institution acquired a gymnasium built through community effort between 1966 and 1972).
[47] Two years later, the Ukrainian Social and Cultural Society requested the establishment of an independent 11-year school, but the lack of space halted the project.
[52] In 1999, as a result of the education reform, the Public Gymnasium of the Dukes of Western Pomerania was established in Trzebiatów,[58] located at 2 Wodna Street (the building was previously used by Primary School No.
[62] Afterward, it became an independent institution, training students in trades such as locksmith-mechanic, locksmith-welder, furniture carpenter, construction painter, and sanitary installation fitter.
It provided education in areas such as metal cutting and agricultural mechanization and had a dormitory to accommodate non-local students.
[63] Adult education in Trzebiatów traces its roots back to the 1940s when efforts to combat illiteracy began in the post-war years.
