Station 15: Ludwig-Wilhelm-Gymnasium - Historical Library
Johan Michael Ludwig Rohrer built the then court rectory in 1726 on behalf of Margravine Sibylla Augusta. Between 1738 and 1747, Johann Peter Ernst Rohrer extended the court rectory by three window axes and the side wings.
The Piarist teaching order used it as a monastery and school building. nationalization followed in 1808 and the Piarist school was merged with the lyceum. in 1908, the school was given the name Ludwig-Wilhelm-Gymnasium.
The library hall and refectory of the former monastery house the historical library of the Ludwig-Wilhelm-Gymnasium. It is one of the most important collections of its kind in the whole of Germany.
Children discover Rastatt:
Many children who lived in the countryside did not go to school at all during the Baroque period. They had to help their parents in the fields or feed the animals.
The farms did not belong to the farmers, but to the owners. The farmers borrowed the houses and fields from them. In return, part of the harvest had to be delivered. There was probably already a school in Rastatt around 1500. Margravine Sibylla Augusta introduced secondary education in 1715. Monks from the Piarist order were brought to Rastatt for this purpose. Learning Greek and Latin, music, writing and arithmetic were the subjects taught at the secondary school. There was also a theater. Here the pupils learned how to use the language in a playful way.
Those who had a lot of money could have their children taught by private tutors. The young princes in Rastatt received lessons in riding, fencing and shooting in addition to the normal school subjects. Princesses practiced painting and needlework.
