Location: Prince Rupert (Wilhelmshaven)

Name:Prince Rupert (Wilhelmshaven)
BFPO:25
Town:Wilhelmshaven
Country:Germany
Type(s):Secondary, Boarding
Notes

Following the closure of a Primary school in the town, Prince Rupert day and boarding secondary school was opened.

Prince Rupert School was the first BFES secondary mixed boarding school. It opened in 1947 and closed in 1972.

The name was then transferred to PRS Rinteln as a day secondary school opening in 1972.


The entrance to the school camp......displayed with the kind permission of The Wilhelmshausen Association (see website below).

Images courtesy of The Army Children Archive.


The website of Prince Rupert School