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The Old School Voerde

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Kreis Wesel

Voerde (Niederrhein)

The Old School Voerde

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The Old School Voerde

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Location: Voerde (Niederrhein), Kreis Wesel, Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Rheindeich Trail – Leichenhäuschen Memorial loop from Götterswickerhamm

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2. Rheindeich Trail – Leichenhäuschen Memorial loop from Löhnen

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3. Momm Lowlands Nature Reserve loop from Löhnen

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🐐Zwei Bergziegen🐐

April 18, 2021

History of a village ...
Always interesting

Thus, interesting facts on the tour.

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PeterH65 (a.k.a. "Waldorf")

July 26, 2025

"

In 1719, a village school in Löhnen was first mentioned in the Götterswickerhammer church register. The current building, complete with a teacher's apartment, was occupied in 1826. Friedrich Haastert served as the school's first teacher for almost 50 years, until 1871.

Löhnen is considered the southernmost terp village in Germany, with individual farms built on small mounds of earth. Löhnen's low elevation repeatedly led to flooding of the entire village whenever the Rhine carried too much water. The last major flood in 1926 caused much fear and anxiety and caused the Löhnen school community considerable material loss.

In 1913, work began on modernizing the school building, initially installing electric lighting. The replacement of the old coal heating system with electric heating in 1964 could not prevent the school from closing on June 27, 1968. The 27 Löhnen schoolchildren were transferred to the elementary school on the Rönskenstraße and the secondary school on Alexanderstraße in Voerde Mitte. Due to the great distance from Voerde Mitte – approximately 4.4 km – the city of Voerde provided a school bus.
Walter Neuse provides a detailed account of the school's history. Since then, the village school has been converted into a village community center and opened in 1980 as Alde School. The owner is the city of Voerde. The "Vivat" Löhnen Citizens' Rifle Club is the leaseholder and can sublease to an operator. Major renovations were last carried out in 1990. In addition to state subsidies, the "Vivat" Löhnen club contributed 110,000 Deutsche Marks. Many Löhnen residents contributed back then. Today, Alde School forms the center of the village, and many people even remember it poetically. "
hv-voerde.de/standort-11-die-alde-school-in-loehnen

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Location: Voerde (Niederrhein), Kreis Wesel, Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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2. Rheindeich Trail – Leichenhäuschen Memorial loop from Löhnen

3. Momm Lowlands Nature Reserve loop from Löhnen

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