The Imperial Royal Lacemaking School in Prettau

k.k. Klöppelschule Prettau

The Imperial and Royal School of lace-making Prettau

Almost simultaneously with the closure of the copper mine, a lace-making school was opened in Prettau in December 1893. Anna Mittermair was appointed as the teacher. She was paid by the state for the duration of the individual courses. The funds for this were obtained via the governor's office from the tax office in Taufers. The activities of the school were supervised by the local priest of Prettau, Kleinlercher. The bobbin lace school mainly trained girls and young women. The courses were mostly held from December to February. As head of the school, Anna Mittermair had to report regularly to the Ministry of Culture in Vienna.

The lace-making school of Prettau at the turn of the century.

This pattern card dates from the Prettau bobbin lace school during the time when Rosa Kofler Mittermair taught there (1920s).

Rosa Kofler in the company of her bobbin lace students at the "Thekla" in Prettau.

Lacemaking teacher Antonia Rubner with her students during lace-making lessons.

Lace-making lessons at the Prettau lace-making school, 1980s.

Rosa Kofler with lace-making students in Prettau.

The photograph of the " Lace-making school Prettau" on a postcard from 1959 shows the lace teachers Hilda Duregger and Aloisia Voppichler with the current lace-making teachers, at the time young girls, Adelheid Walcher and Anna Kammerlander. 1/2

The postcard was sent as a thank you for New Year's wishes from Rosa Kofler to the Cosi family in Bolzano. 2/2

Anna Mittermair is appointed by the Ministry for Culture and Education in Vienna on 16 October 1893 to run the Prettau bobbin lace school. 1/2

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