Jewish School Krefeld

As late as August 1840, the Chief Rabbi Dr. Ullmann had submitted an application for the establishment of a Jewish elementary school - a predecessor of today's elementary schools. This application was supported by Mayor Leysner of the city of Krefeld. A school building was erected towards the end of the same year. The school rooms were located at Lohstraße 613. From 1853, the Jewish school moved to premises at Petersstraße 159 (today house number 41) due to lack of space. In 1860, the Jewish community acquired the house at Felbelstraße 15 (later 26) to accommodate its growing student body. In 1865 the Jewish private school was officially taken over by the city of Krefeld. This was intended to put the school on an equal footing with Christian schools. 1874 followed the sale of the school building by the Jewish community to the city.