The teacher was the oldest secondary school in Darmstadt. The Renaissance building was built between 1627 and 1629 by Seyfried Pfannmüller and Jakob Müller on behalf of Landgrave Georg II as a Latin school (Ludwig-Georgs-Gymnasium). The building stood on the site of the Frankensteiner Stadthof, right next to the old city wall. The director's office was on the first floor. The four classrooms, a library, the music room and an auditorium were located on the upper floors. The expanded gables accommodated chambers for additional teachers.
At the end of the 18th century, the originally three-storey school building was increased by one storey and the gable border on the north side was simplified. The battlement of the city wall, which originally ran through the first floor of the building, has been demolished.
In 1831 the grammar school moved to the vacant nearby orphanage. The dilapidated pedagogue was repaired by Georg Moller and acquired by the city in 1843, which accommodated several boys' school classes there.
From 1879, the pedagogue served as a preschool for the old Realgymnasium, today's Ludwig-Georgs-Gymnasium.
From 1936 the Pedagog house housed the expanded town museum.
During the Second World War, the building was largely destroyed and most of the museum inventory was destroyed. Only the tower, the base and the coat of arms above the cellar door have survived in their original condition.
The rest of the building was rebuilt between 1980 and 1984 according to the original model.
The teacher is used by the adult education center and several other schools.
At the top of the tower, the Darmstadtia e. V. (formerly "Schützt Darmstadt"[2]) has its seat.
In the basement of the teacher is the TIP (Theater in the teacher)