How it all started

Julius Lohmann, School Founder

In 1905 Julius Lohmann could have never imagined what his tiny, newly founded private school on the edge of the fishing village Schondorf would one day become.  

His ideals, summed up in the typically curt Bavarian idiom, “Do it yourself!” (“Macht’s selber!”), are still alive and well in Schondorf today. Steeped in the tradition of Kurt Hahn, the father of reform pedagogy, Lohmann maintained that students, at a very early age, should take on responsibilities to prepare them to become mature and accountable citizens.

The courage of personal responsibility, the chance to acquire hands-on experience, for example in our trades’ workshops, and maintaining a connection to practical, everyday life in community: alongside an outstanding and demanding academic education, these original reform pedagogical building blocks remain the basic goals of the Landheim today.

On the road to achieving these aims and realizing our vision, we seek to live out the values which are indispensable for community life and for young people striving for success: a readiness to help, a sense of justice, sincerity, dedication and responsibility.