Big construction project: Catholic school center in Leinefelde starts!

Big construction project: Catholic school center in Leinefelde starts!

Leinefelde-Worbis, Deutschland - On June 21, 2025, the foundation stone for the new Catholic school center took place in Leinefelde. Bishop Ulrich Neymeyr and Mirko Zeng gave the starting signal for this ambitious project, who initiated the first steps to achieve the largest construction project in the history of the diocese of Erfurt with symbolic hammer blows. It is already clear that this school center is a future -oriented step for the educational landscape in the region, whose completion is sought for the beginning of the school year 2027/28, as HNA reported.

Numerous guests from politics and society were invited to the formation of the foundation stone, including the Erfurt Auxiliary Bishop Reinhard Hauke ​​and the project responsible. Bishop Neymeyr asked in a prayer for blessing for the project. "We lay the foundation for a new future of our schools," he said confidently and recalled the challenges that were mastered in the past.

a modern education center for the region

The new school center will include an area of ​​14,000 square meters and accommodate both a high school and a regular school branch. This gives pupils the opportunity to acquire high school, secondary or secondary school qualification, whereby a change between school branches is possible at any time. Thanks to the high demand, many parents have already registered their children for the new school. This development is also due to the fact that the existing high school "St. Elisabeth" has reached the capacity limit in Heiligenstadt.

"It is time for us to break new ground," said Vicar Dominik Trost, who expressed initial skepticism over the project, but is now optimistic about the future. Headmaster Heinz-Peter Kaes also thanked the diocese management for the decision to build a new school in Leinefelde. This should not only address students from Thuringia, but also from Lower Saxony.

symbolism and community spirit

The time capsule that was hidden in the foundation stone is a symbol for the community's community spirit. Among other things, it contains a building description, a USB stick with plan documents and even a letter from today's students: inside to their successors: inside, as on Diocese of Erfurt . In a short ceremony, some coins and a daily newspaper were also mixed up from the day of the foundation stone.

In the ceremony, the psal mutch 127 was also prayed and the Eichsfeldlied sung as a crowning glory. The focus during the celebrations was in the foreground, which underlined not only those present, but also the importance of the project for the region.

The school center is considered an important signal in the educational landscape of Thuringia. School construction is a central topic that is not only important for Thuringia, but also shows itself throughout Germany, such as in the various funding programs for school construction in the federal states, which on Educational server are described. The efforts to modernize the school infrastructure and adapt to the growing requirements are noticeable everywhere.