{"id":46570,"date":"2024-07-03T10:33:10","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T08:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.steinmuehle.de\/blog\/2024\/07\/03\/passionate-historian-presents-a-lecture-and-chronicle-to-mark-the-anniversary\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T17:38:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T15:38:28","slug":"passionate-historian-presents-a-lecture-and-chronicle-to-mark-the-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/blog\/2024\/07\/03\/passionate-historian-presents-a-lecture-and-chronicle-to-mark-the-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Passionate Historian Presents a Lecture and Chronicle to Mark the Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Willi Stehling? The one who teaches the wind instrument class…? The one from the ski course…? The one who writes books…? The one who gives lectures? The one who taught geography…? The one from the 5th-grade choir…? The one who taught swimming…? The one who works as a tour guide?<\/p>\n

– That’s all correct. The versatile retired teacher returns to the Steinm\u00fchle regularly\u2014to have coffee with other alumni, but also to give lectures. History is what fascinates him, and to share the history of Marburg and take people on a journey into the past of our university town, Stehling also works as a city tour guide. He has already written several books to share his wealth of knowledge, preserve details, and give readers a sense of just how many interesting events have taken place in our historically rich city. <\/p>\n

Historian Stehling\u2019s connection to the Steinm\u00fchle, his former employer, virtually inevitably led him to compile a chronicle to mark its 75th anniversary. It was obvious that Stehling would put the earliest details of the Steinm\u00fchle into words: the history of the Steinm\u00fchle building, the origins of the rural school camp, and the prehistory and early history of the school and boarding school. <\/p>\n

The Steinm\u00fchle celebrated its anniversary as a school on May 10, 1049. 75 years and two days later, Willi Stehling stood in the Steinm\u00fchle auditorium and gave a lecture on \u201cDr. Joseph M\u00fcller and His Private Schools in Marburg\u201d\u2014a historical retrospective tracing the school\u2019s origins, without which it is difficult to understand Steinm\u00fchle. <\/p>\n

Founder Joseph M\u00fcller and educator Gerhard Buurman were brought together through their activities in the Association of German Private Schools. Buurman invested 40,000 Deutschmarks in Steinm\u00fchle, which had 123 students on May 10, 1949. As an independently operated school and boarding school, the then \u201cLandschulheim Steinm\u00fchle\u201d received state recognition in 1955. In 1973, the Steinm\u00fchle had 226 boarding students\u2014more than ever before and more than ever since. <\/p>\n

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Excellent research<\/strong><\/p>\n

To compile a work that not only presents facts spanning 75 years but is also an enjoyable read, one needs not only historical research but also archival work done with passion. This was accomplished by Edeltraud Buurman, the wife of Frerich Buurman, the son of Gerhard Buurman. It was a magnificently accomplished\u2014and by no means easy\u2014task that brought to light just how much activity, life, and movement have taken place on the Steinm\u00fchlen campus over the past 75 years. <\/p>\n

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Direction, Organization, Overview <\/strong><\/p>\n

The lead role in conceptualizing this 187-page work was entrusted to the person who already keeps track of everything in day-to-day school life: Principal Bj\u00f6rn Gemmer. Alongside Willi Stehling and numerous individual authors, he also contributed a great many pieces to the overall work, ensured the correct sequence and proper alignment of text and photos, and made the layout process run smoothly. <\/p>\n

After a busy anniversary season filled with numerous events, the Steinm\u00fchle is now taking a summer break before kicking off its “75 plus 1” year.<\/p>\n

Currently, the school has a total of 820 students, of whom about 100 live in the boarding school and the rest are day students from the city. There are currently about 1,000 people on campus, including all staff members. <\/p>\n

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