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Handwerkerschule, AllgemeineHandwerkerschule, Allgemeine, (tradesmen´s school, general) school offering 2 - 3 years of vocational training, could be attended by boys during the last 2 years of their compulsory schooling. Developed 1885 by A. Dumreicher, temporarily introduced in Imst, Linz and Klagenfurt, but did not gain public acceptance; did, however, have some influence on the development of the educational system in Germany. Literature: J. Schermaier, Die Allgemeine Handwerkerschule, eine Schule der beruflichen Vorbildung, 1981.
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