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Building Number 23 in the printed brochure
"Historic Buildings in Münchberg".

The sign is on the right next to the entry door.

In 1854 the “Weberschule Münchberg" (Weaving School of Münchberg) was founded at the instigation of domestic manufacturers and was housed in a building on Bismarckstraße. In order for the purchase of the house, which belonged to Dr. Munzert at that time, to be financed the government made a loan available. At the time, the basic equipment consisted of 8 wide and 8 narrow looms, 8 spinning wheels and 6 8/12 high-speed shuttles on which 16 students could be trained. These had to finance their training and their living expenses through paid work in the Münchberg industry. The training time sometimes amounted to 15% of the work time. The school received recognition in the press and through exhibitions. In 1862 the district council guaranteed a secure yearly subsidy of 1600 Gulden (total 3750). With that the school was freed from pressure. In 1864 the school was taken over by the district and could be expanded further. After the transfer of the school to Kulmbacher Straße councilman Hermann Jahreiß bought the building, had it raised and enlarged it into a “weaving school boarding school”. For 25 Marks a month “industrious and well behaved students of reduced means” could receive room and board. After the death of Jahreiß the boarding school became an apartment building for workers in the dyeing trade, since neither state nor city had taken it over. At the end of 1914 during World War the building functioned as a club-infirmary. Today it is privately used.

The previous weaving school buildings consisted of two buildings, which thereby formed an unusual façade. The left side section has four windows; the two floors are divided by two bands, one of them with rectangular designs on the underside. The trapezoid roof has a gabled top with three rounded windows. On the right the extended part of the building is connected. The two bands, which visually separated the first floor with new windows from the ground floor with the right windows was also extended along there. The middle window on the upper storey is crowned by a round stucco decoration. Over that there is a triangular dormer with a window. The roof is likewise trapezoid.