For hundreds of students in Munich’s Neuhausen district, the 2026/27 school year will mark the beginning of a multi-year state of transition. The city’s Department for Education and Sports (Referat für Bildung und Sport – RBS) has unveiled a sweeping plan to renovate, expand, and modernize several school buildings — a process that will require multiple temporary relocations across the city.
According to an official letter from the RBS to local school administrations, six educational sites in Neuhausen will be directly affected by this long-term reshuffling effort. The goal: once construction is complete, every school will return to a modernized and partly enlarged home base.
The starting point: Rudolf-Diesel-Realschule
The Rudolf-Diesel-Realschule, with around 487 students in 18 classes, will be the first to move. Its main building on Schulstraße and temporary pavilions on Trojanostraße will undergo extensive renovation beginning in 2026.
From September 2026, the entire school community will relocate to a newly built Realschule complex on Franz-Mader-Straße, which is expected to be completed in time for the new academic year.
Once the Realschule vacates its old premises, the Dom-Pedro-Grundschule will temporarily take over the Schulstraße campus between 2027/28 and 2029/30, allowing its own building to be refurbished and expanded.
A chain of temporary campuses
The RBS described the plan as a carefully orchestrated rotation, ensuring that no renovation takes place while students are in the building. “The construction measures are so extensive that implementation during regular operation is not feasible,” the department explained.
Even afternoon childcare programs hosted near Dom-Pedro-Platz will be relocated to temporary sites — with some of them even set to expand during this period.
After the Dom-Pedro pupils return to their renovated school in 2030, another move awaits the Rudolf-Diesel-Realschule: by 2029, its students will transfer again, this time to temporary classrooms on the Rupprecht-Gymnasium campus at Albrechtstraße.
The modernization of its original building on Schulstraße is scheduled for completion by mid-2033.
Parallel projects and long-term schedule
The domino effect of construction continues across Neuhausen. The Hirschbergstraße elementary school will undergo expansion and modernization from 2028 to 2033, while the Käthe-Kollwitz-Gymnasium is already scheduled to become a major construction site from 2033 onward.
The city’s education department sees the complex rotation plan as the only way to maintain continuous schooling during such large-scale construction works. Although it means years of logistical challenges, the RBS promises that every new or renovated building will meet modern standards for energy efficiency, accessibility, and digital learning environments.
Students face a “moving decade”
For many families in Neuhausen, this will mean years of adjustment — new routes, new classrooms, and sometimes entirely new districts for schooling. Yet city officials emphasize the long-term vision: by the mid-2030s, Neuhausen’s educational infrastructure will be fully modernized and better equipped for the city’s growing population.
Parents’ associations are already calling for early communication, clear timetables, and safe transport solutions to support pupils during the transition period.
Despite the disruptions, education experts praise Munich’s long-term approach: investing heavily in school modernization today will pay off tomorrow — with safer, more inclusive, and future-ready classrooms for an entire generation.
