School                                                          (Heimtalstr. 21)

In 1862 the inauguration of Buttenhausen´s new primary school building was celebrated by the entire community. The school´s symmetrical design symbolises religious equality. The Christian school room was located on the right, the Jewish one on the left; both teachers lived above their respective section. The depression in the wall by the left entrance is a reminder of the Jewish past of this building. This space was intended for the ”Mesusa”, a parchment scroll with quotations from the Bible, which is a necessity in every Jewish building.

Lessons were given here for over 100 years, until the Lautertal school was built between Hundersingen and Buttenhausen (1966). In 1985 the Catholics of Buttenhausen were provided with a church room in a former neighbouring building of the school.