Hufengymnasium

Because of the rapid growth of Hufen and Amalienau in turn of the century Königsberg, a new school was needed for the growing population.

[3] It was originally known as the Königliches (royal) Hufengymnasium, as Königsberg was part of the Kingdom of Prussia at that time.

Concurrently, it received a new director, Harry Brettschneider (1854-1934), who stayed until 1921 and was praised for his methods of teaching history.

The school was heavily damaged in 1944 during the bombing of Königsberg in World War II and classes ceased on 21 August 1945.

It was rebuilt in Soviet Kaliningrad after the war and was reopened as a construction engineering school[1][6] on 1 September 1958.