Single-class sacristan schools were established in the countryside and in small towns for the lower levels of society. They provided a narrow educational offering in the areas of reading, writing, religion and arithmetic. During the Thirty Years‘ War their work almost came to a complete standstill due to a shortage of teachers.
Science and education 1600 up to 1650
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Germany's first university library opens in Greifswald in 1604.
Single-class sacristan schools were established in the countryside and in small towns for the lower levels of society. They provided a narrow educational offering in the areas of reading, writing, religion and arithmetic. During the Thirty Years‘ War their work almost came to a complete standstill due to a shortage of teachers.
