"Petrishule" (in German St. Petri-Schule) is one of the oldest educational institutions in Russia and the first school in Saint Petersburg, founded in 1709. It bore the following names: School at the Lutheran parish of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul; Main German School of Saint Peter (gymnasium); since 1918 — Soviet Unified Labor School No. 4, 14, 41 FZD, 28 FZD, 222nd and 217th secondary schools of the Kuibyshev district of the city of Leningrad. In 1996, the school was returned its historical name — "Petrishule."

The first mention of the school dates back to 1709. In the Archive of the Russian Navy (fund 234) there is a letter from Admiral Cornelius Cruys to Emperor Peter I about the organization of a church and a school at it on his estate, then located on the site of the current New Hermitage on the side of the German (Millionnaya) Street.

Behind the church is a five-story building with a portico of six graceful columns, reminiscent of the Baroque era. From the house at the corner of Bolshaya Konyushennaya Street and Nevsky Prospect, it moved to a special educational building erected deep in the yard, behind the church, in 1760-1762 by architect Hoffman. The building was two stories with a central risalit, raised by one floor and topped with an arched pediment. This central part — a vivid example of high Baroque — has been preserved almost in its original form. The elegant plasticity of the composition is given by slender columns, ornate window frames, and a segmented entablature.

The modern school building (Nevsky Prospect, 22-24) has been repeatedly rebuilt — in 1799 by architect Ferrari, in 1876–1877 (architects Pöl and Bruni), and in 1913–1915 (architect Collins).

The first director of the school is considered to be Anton Friedrich Büsching (1724–1793) — a German theologian, geographer, historian, and educator, invited by the Lutheran community of Saint Petersburg to head the school at the church of Saints Peter and Paul in 1761.

Throughout the 300-year history of the school, such well-known figures of science and culture taught there as writers — Ivan Martynovich Born, Alexander Ivanovich Galich, and Nikolai Ivanovich Grech; mechanic Nikolai Dmitrievich Brashman; historians — Friedrich Lorenz (director from 1840 to 1857), Anton Friedrich Büsching, and Alexander Germanovich Vulfius; physicists — Johann Beckman, Emil Christian Lenz, Orest Danilovich Khvolson; philologist Karl Friedrich Radloff[1] and others.

Graduates and students of the school over the years included many outstanding figures of Russia, in particular, writers — Vyazemsky and Mikhailovsky-Danilevsky; architects Karl Rossi and Nikolai Benois; composers — Modest Mussorgsky and Schenk; Decembrist Major General Mikhail Fonvizin; Admiral Pavel Chichagov; writer Daniil Kharms.

Sources:

https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Петришуле

allpetrischule-spb.org/index.php?title=Главное_немецкое_училище_Св._Петра_(Петришуле)

https://www.citywalls.ru/house1821.html

The first mention of the school dates back to 1709. In the Archive of the Russian Navy (fund 234) there is a letter from Admiral Cornelius Cruys to Emperor Peter I about the organization of a church and a school at it on his estate, then located on the site of the current New Hermitage on the side of the German (Millionnaya) Street.

Behind the church is a five-story building with a portico of six graceful columns, reminiscent of the Baroque era. From the house at the corner of Bolshaya Konyushennaya Street and Nevsky Prospect, it moved to a special educational building erected deep in the yard, behind the church, in 1760-1762 by architect Hoffman. The building was two stories with a central risalit, raised by one floor and topped with an arched pediment. This central part — a vivid example of high Baroque — has been preserved almost in its original form. The elegant plasticity of the composition is given by slender columns, ornate window frames, and a segmented entablature.

The modern school building (Nevsky Prospect, 22-24) has been repeatedly rebuilt — in 1799 by architect Ferrari, in 1876–1877 (architects Pöl and Bruni), and in 1913–1915 (architect Collins).

The first director of the school is considered to be Anton Friedrich Büsching (1724–1793) — a German theologian, geographer, historian, and educator, invited by the Lutheran community of Saint Petersburg to head the school at the church of Saints Peter and Paul in 1761.

Throughout the 300-year history of the school, such well-known figures of science and culture taught there as writers — Ivan Martynovich Born, Alexander Ivanovich Galich, and Nikolai Ivanovich Grech; mechanic Nikolai Dmitrievich Brashman; historians — Friedrich Lorenz (director from 1840 to 1857), Anton Friedrich Büsching, and Alexander Germanovich Vulfius; physicists — Johann Beckman, Emil Christian Lenz, Orest Danilovich Khvolson; philologist Karl Friedrich Radloff[1] and others.

Graduates and students of the school over the years included many outstanding figures of Russia, in particular, writers — Vyazemsky and Mikhailovsky-Danilevsky; architects Karl Rossi and Nikolai Benois; composers — Modest Mussorgsky and Schenk; Decembrist Major General Mikhail Fonvizin; Admiral Pavel Chichagov; writer Daniil Kharms.

Sources:

https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Петришуле

allpetrischule-spb.org/index.php?title=Главное_немецкое_училище_Св._Петра_(Петришуле)

https://www.citywalls.ru/house1821.html