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Toftum School (Toftum Skole)

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Toftum School (Toftum Skole)

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    June 26, 2020

    Nice old house like to see

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      October 10, 2021

      Just a few steps from the Kommandørgaarden lies the oldest and smallest school in Denmark. Between 1784 and 1874, up to 40 students were taught here at times.

      The teaching was always carried out by a former Kommandør who also had to be paid by the parents. However, he received this salary not only in cash but also in kind. In our day and age, with a supermarket on almost every corner, this type of remuneration seems less attractive. In the years of the Kommandørs, however, food was an extremely valuable commodity because all goods that were not available on Rømø itself had to be laboriously brought here from the mainland. And the hardest time was always the winter with a real struggle for survival.

      There was also an additional form of remuneration for the teacher in the form of a daily hot lunch, which took turns with the parents of the students.

      The students had to take care of the cleanliness of the classroom themselves and, as in the

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        July 27, 2024

        Old school 🏫 like in the old days, all classes in one room 😄.

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