Church and School Photo

Photographer’s Note

This is one of the many "Kapellenschulen" (approximately "chapel-school") of my region. These buildings, beginning about 1650, were used weekdays for holding of instructions and on sunday or holidays for church services - see the small clock-tower.
After the institution of these schools and before the compulsory education was established (in Germany generally in 1919!) in summer the school attendance was only a quarter of the attendance in winter. The reason for this was the "natural" child labour at these days, especially in agriculture. In winter children were more "dispensable"...
In the first time the instruction of reading and writing only was based on the bible. The next subject in my region was - singing! Incredible, because mathematics was established as a subject not untill ~ 1800. Mathematics remained second rated for a long time. The subject "fruit growing" was established about 1780!
Nowadays these "Kapellenschulen" in the villages mostly are used for family celebrations, meetings of the local associations and similar events in the village.

The shown "Kapellenschule" insofar is something special, because it has two separate rooms under one roof - the chapel and the school, and it somehow made it's career.
It was removed in it's tiny village Werthenbach and beam by beam rebuilt in the really great and huge open-air museum of Westphalian villages in Detmold. It was somehow touching to see this venerable building far away from my home.

In the workshop you can see another view of it and the tiny school in it.

Using the map view function at the left you can zoom in (please click several times at +) exactly to this tiny building in the large open air-museum which spans the area north-west of it.

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seb25 (86) 2007-05-11 9:52

hi Frank,

very good photograph

seb.

bracasha75 (22353) 2007-05-11 10:10

Halo Frank
Wier haben so was anliches in ein closter ,da wahren alte schrift schule und kirhe zusamen und die schten immer noch in die nahe wo ich lebe ,dieses Closter hat uber 600 jahre geschihte
Deine arbeit is prima
Grus,Bratislav

asajernigan (14268) 2007-05-11 10:14

Frank,
Great photo with an interesting note.
Nice POV and composition! The people add a nice sense of life to the photo. The lighting and colors are fine with nice sharpness and detail.
TFS,
Asa

snunney (35436) 2007-05-11 10:50

Hello Frank,
A good pov on this very appealing chapel against the backdrop of trees. Great colours and clarity and I like the inclusion of the people who bring a sense of vitality. Pity the top is so closely cropped that a small part of the cross is missing.

erdna (5360) 2007-05-11 11:35

The roof has that distinct medieval lines they do not do anymore. Your photo shows a well defined structure with good details and exposure.

Andre'

besnard (31060) 2007-05-11 11:45

Bonjour Frank
Joli cliché de cette église qui a une architecture particulière et sympathique. C'est le style des maisons à colombages que l'on trouve dans ma région. L'ensemble est d'une grande netteté et la présence de personnages donne de la vie à ton image.
Merci pour le partage et bonne soirée.
Nicole

leo61 (43686) 2007-05-11 12:16

Hallo Frank!
Ich kann mich nicht erinnern eine Kirche in dieser schönen Baurt geshen zu haben.Dein Standort is gut gewählt,so daß man die Längs und Querseite sieht und die Diagonale des Weges und die Menschen machen die Kompo perfekt.Ein tolles Bild.
Gruß und schönes WE ,
Andreas

wolf38 (13069) 2007-05-11 12:19

Halle Frank. Wenn man durch die Gallery bei Te blättert, bleibt man an deinem Photo regelrecht hängen. Es ist so originell und einmalig in seiner baulichen Ausführung und Nutzung. Hervorragend ist auch, dass sich Menschen vor dem Gebäude aufhalten. Insgesamt also photographisch sehr gut gesehen und realisiert, - und besonders sehenswert. Viele Grüße, Wolfgang.

UnTrained (0) 2007-05-11 14:43

Hallo Frank,
da hast Du ein sehr schönes Objekt ausgegraben. Gute Wahl des Standpunkts zur Aufnahme, gute Schärfe und Farben. Schade, dass der Himmel nicht unterstützte, aber die Leute tun es, sie geben Leben. In Deiner Note gibst Du uns noch ein interessante Einblicke in frühere schulische Unterrichtung. Gute Arbeit.
Lieben Gruss, Ulf

thor68 (5537) 2007-05-11 15:16

freilichtmuseum detmold, hm, war ich leider noch nicht, aber dann kennst du sicher auch kommern?
das steht bei mir als nächstes auf´m plan.
hi frank, tolle aufnahme und "geschichte" dazu, die kleine kapellenschule ist wirklich
süss, gut getroffen - der WSblick von oben mit dem baum im hintergrund ist aber auch klasse.
wunderbar gemacht & viele grüße aus dem nicht-mehr-ganz-so-feuchten köln, thorsten.

josepmarin (34063) 2007-05-11 15:27

Hallo Frank,
Thanks to your photo I discover the existence of these chapels - schools, which did not know. This way it is T.E. where we learn many things on other countries.
Your low POV gives a good perspective to this original building, of traditional and very elegant architecture, with its fronts with wood and its roofs of slate, and the people give the dynamical and vital touch to the composition.
Good lighting and beautiful colors, in a great work.
Regards from the warm (20ªC now) and sunny Barcelona.
Josep

pady (4800) 2007-05-11 15:52

Very interesting architecture.
I like this kind of house.
Cheers
Pierre-André

gildasjan (24115) 2007-05-11 15:55

Hello Frank
a beautiful well contrasted composition. The architecture of the church emphasizes it well. Cheer for the comment.
Good weekend
In a friendly way
Gildas

lilimih33 (9874) 2007-05-11 19:32

Hello Frank!
Nice architecture!
Beautiful colours and lovely perspective!
Well done!
Lili

Rev (1782) 2007-05-12 2:40

Hi Frank
Beautiful building in an equally beautiful setting.
I love the colours of the building against the bare trees and cloudy sky.
Excellent POV
Well taken
Regards
Peter

Gerrit (36229) 2007-05-12 4:10

Hi Frank,
interesting and beuatiful building. I like the sutuation on the hilltop. The children form a fine colourful element.
Regardsm, Gerrit

Nicou (45639) 2007-05-12 7:01

Hello,

Très belle chapelle, sa sonstruction est très originale avec ces diagonales en bois, le cardrage de dessous est parfait, mangifique compo.

Bravo et belle journée

Nicou

Graal (58688) 2007-05-12 13:34

Hi Frank,
interesting history in note and amazing old chapel- school. I like the WS also, unusual interior with portrait of emperor. Nice architecture and well quality of photo. Good work.
Gr., Aleksander

amaryllis (17764) 2007-05-12 15:41

Très belle photo de cette église et ecole qui ressemble à un bateau, et très particulière avec ces colombages

bon cadrage de celle-ci
juliette

isabela_sor (42435) 2007-05-13 3:31

Thanks for this detailed note,Frank
And for the photo too!Good POV,great details and I like very much this architectural style
A bine weekend

papagolf21 (56715) 2007-05-13 3:46

Bonjour, mon ami Frank,
C'est le genre de prises de vue qui m'intéresse au plus haut point. L'intérêt du sujet est particulièrement intéressant et parfaitement mis en valeur à travers les différentes photos. Les églises à colombage ne sont pas légion, mais une église/école, encore moins.
Merci, Frank, de cette excellente note d'accompagnement aidant le lecteur à mieux comprendre l'histoire.
Excellent.
Amitiés
Philippe

evanrizo (456) 2007-05-13 10:45

Hallo Frank.
You captured it with the best way and is superb to include the people here.
Everythink works very good, lightness,contrasts,scharpness and colors.
Ich gruesse von sehr warmen und nur sonnig Griechenland.-:).
Evan

COSTANTINO (23135) 2007-05-13 12:16

Ciao, Frank, grazie per la critica che hai fatto sulla mia prima foto. Bravo per la tua bella foto . manifichi colori .
Saluti.
Costantino

dorte_s_t (2285) 2007-05-15 5:32

Hallo , Frank .
Eine Perle in einer sehr schönen Landschaft !
Schön dass man noch solche Gebäude bewahren und erhalten !
Schöne Fotos auch im Workshop .
" Deutsche Schrift " auf der Tafel :o)
Zur Zeit mache ich mit meinem Stammbaum ein bisschen weiter , und finde es ganz erausfordernd die alte Schrift zu lesen .
Muss noch weiter üben :o))
Viele Grüsse
Dorte.

jasmis (50967) 2007-05-17 5:50

Splendis photo of an interesting church. Amazing note. I like this style in architecture.
Regards my dear friend.

vedra (0) 2007-05-17 7:46

Hi Frank,
Very interesting notes, telling us so many information about the school system in Germany once.
Beside that, I really like the very low point of view here, as that makes this relatively small building appear rather huge, and that's the feeling I remember well from my early school life.
It is very nice to see the people around as that's very promising for the future of this place.
Vedrana

CRATEOS (7274) 2007-05-18 13:09

fantastic shooting my frend..the pov is superb...ollala!!
many rgrds
Nikiforos

mporta (3352) 2007-05-26 15:59

Hi Frank
Beautiful shot of a nice building inserted in a lovely country landscape. The human presence enrich a lot your photo.
Very interesting the note also.
Matteo

Photo Information

Copyright: Frank Kaiser (Buin) (38196)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-04-09
Categories: Architecture
Exposure: f/7.1, 1/640 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
More Photo Info: view
Map: view
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Theme(s): Museums of the World, Churches - Small Villages II [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-05-11 9:49