Endingen schoolhouse: Focus on the essential

With steady growth in the Jewish population in Endingen around 1850, the schools began to be crowded. In response, the renowned Baden architect Caspar Joseph Jeuch built a new Jewish schoolhouse in 1854 and 1855. To this day, it bears the hallmarks of this era.

School with a view

An architectural statement: while set back somewhat, the schoolhouse façade faces directly towards the village centre. This was a deliberate decision by the architect to strengthen ties between the Jewish community and other villagers and to establish the schoolhouse as an integral part of the townscape.

More room, more lessons

In 1895, the canton revoked the law on religious segregation of schools. One year later, local Christian and Jewish schools merged, and the municipality assumed ownership of the Endingen schoolhouse. When Endingen became a district school in 1938, the municipality expanded the building. Eugen Schneider, an architect from Ennetbaden, added an additional storey and a gymnasium.

A window to history

Visitors walking through the building today will admire the finely structured original windows by Caspar Joseph Jeuch. On the mezzanine and first floors, they stretch upwards into an elegant pointed arch – a beautiful relic of the original style.