|
Here we have school photos taken in Blender, a municipality in the district of Verden, in Lower Saxony, Germany. This is northern Germany near Hamburg. The Verden district dates back to the two Ämter of Verden and Achim, which were created (1852 and 1859). This was after the Kingdom of Hanover (ancestral hoime of the British moinarch) became part of Prussia, they were recreated as districts (Kreis), and merged (1932). Ttwo municipalities of the district were added to Bremen (1939). Thedinghausen (previously an exclave of the district of Braunschweig) was added (1972).
Here we have another photo taken at Blender school (see: https://www.histclo.com/schun/country/ger/is/alpha/b/gis-ble.html). This one in the 1940s. This is a class of 10 pupils, three girls and seven boys. They are standing with their school bags on their shoulders. The girls wear dresses and are shod. Three boys are also shod and four barefoot. Four boys wear H-bar short pants. A boy wears lederhosen as only garment (he is barefoot and shirtless). That was quite common in summertime. Sometimes we note this also at school.
This photo was taken in 1952 (figure 1). It looks to be a small primary school. Saxony was in East Germany, but Lower Saxony (German: Niedersachsen) was in West Germany. The children look to be about 8-9 years old. Most of the boys wear short pants, many H-bar or suspender shorts. The girls all wear dresses. Some of the children are barefoot, but we can not tell how common this was.
Related Chronolgy Pages in the Boys' Historical Web Site
[Main Chronology Page]
[The 1850s]
[The 1860s]
[The 1870s]
[The 1880s]
[The 1890s]
[The 1900s]
[The 1910s]
[The 1920s]
Navigate the German school pages
[Return to the Main individual German school alphabetical page]
[Return to the Main individual German school page]
[Return to the Main school national page]
[Return to the Main German school page]
[Imperial Germany]
[Weimar Republic]
[NAZI era]
[Post-war Years]
[Modern Germany]
Navigate the HBC Country School Pages
[Return to the Main country school pages ]
[Austria]
[Czechoskovakia]
[England]
[France]
[Germany]
[Italy]
[Japan]
[New Zealand]
[Poland]
[Scotland]
[United States]
Navigate the HBC School Section:
[About Us]
[Activities]
[Chronology]
[Clothing styles]
[Countries]
[Debate]
[Economics]
[Garment]
[Gender]
[Hair]
[History]
[Home trends]
[Literary characters]
[School types]
[Significance]
[Transport and travel
[Uniform regulations]
[Year level]
[Other topics]
[Images]
[Links]
[Registration]
[Tools]
[Return to the Historic Boys' School Home]
