Groundbreaking Ceremony for the New Steinmühlen Building

The project has officially kicked off and the excavators are already hard at work: As soon as possible after the building permit was issued, the School Association’s board member Egon Vaupel and Gerhard Müller, Mayor Dr. Thomas Spies, First Deputy District Administrator Marian Zachow, and Cappel’s mayor, Heinz Wahlers, for the groundbreaking ceremony for our new school building.

In the presence of representatives from the school, the boarding school, the building authority, the architectural firm, and the construction company, the speakers praised the courage, initiative, and dedication shown in planning and implementing this forward-looking construction project. The energy-efficient and accessible new building is being constructed on the site acquired by the school association next to the Forum. With a total investment of approximately 6 million euros—including all land and planning costs—the 1,750-square-meter facility will feature 12 classrooms, 4 group rooms, a multifunctional seminar room, a faculty lounge, and a spacious and inviting atrium for open-classroom instruction. The school association is solely responsible for financing the new building and receives no direct public subsidies.

As part of the new construction project, which is scheduled to be ready for occupancy in the summer of 2018, Steinmühle is also improving its parking situation and safety for students through a redesign. In the future, buses will no longer have to drive into the schoolyard.