After the community of Neubergthal in the Municipality of Rhineland was established in 1876, school classes were held in a log cabin built in 1882. In October 1884, the public Neubergthal School District No. 334 was formed. That early district operated for a limited span of years between 1886-1892, however the district then became dormant after 1892, received no further provincial grant funding, nor operated any public classroom. By 1905, both the district name and No. 334 designation were removed from the Board of Education’s registers.
That original building was later replaced then, in 1900, by another structure that included living quarters for the teacher, on private land in the southwest corner of SW36-1-1W. Initially a private school, the public Neubergthal School District was organized formally in June 1911, by Rhineland Municipality By-Law 181. The school yard portion of land had been sold to the village in 1909 and, when the district became public, the school and yard became district property. The district operated no classroom (and received no provincial grant funding) until 1921, at which time classroom operations for the re-constituted district commenced.
In March 1953, a $8,000 debenture was issued to replace the 1900-built schoolhouse which was too worn to warrant updating nor renovations, and a new one-room schoolhouse built. With the opening of the new school in 1953, the former building was sold and moved off site for farm use. In April 1958, a $7,000 debenture was issued to finance a teacherage.
On 1 July 1967, the district became part of Altona Consolidated School No. 333. The school building was moved to Altona for classroom space. The yard with teacher’s residence was sold for private use and the building eventually ended up in Altona. After the adjoining yard was willed to the Neubergthal Heritage Foundation, the former school yard was bought through auction by the Neubergthal community for heritage purposes. (This is where the former Altbergthal School is being restored for heritage uses.)
Among the teachers of Neubergthal School No. 334 were no classroom operated (1884 - Fall 1885), Johann Friesen (Spring 1886 - Spring 1887), Wilhelm Wiebe (Fall 1887), John Friesen (pt Spring 1888), Wilhelm Friesen (pt Spring 1888), Hern? [Henri?] Wiebe (pt Spring 1888), Johann Friesen (Fall 1888), no classroom operated (Spring 1889 - Fall 1891), Johann Friesen (Spring 1892), and no classroom operated (Fall 1892 - Spring 1911).
Among the teachers of Neubergthal School No. 1594 were no classroom operated (Fall 1911 - Spring 1921), Peter P. Kehler (Fall 1921 - Spring 1924), ? (1924-1932), Eva F. Friesen (Fall 1932 - Spring 1934), Jacob G. Siemens (Fall 1934 - Spring 1938), Peter Jacob Dyck (Fall 1938 - Spring 1939), ? (Fall 1939 - Spring 1947), Agnes Dueck (Fall 1947 - Spring 1949), Susie E. Hildebrandt (Fall 1949 - Spring 1952), Erica Wall (Fall 1952 - Spring 1953), Menno Schultz (Fall 1953 - Spring 1954), John Klassen (Fall 1954 - Spring 1956), Peter Hildebrand (Fall 1956 - Spring 1960), John Rempel (Fall 1960 - Spring 1961), Anton Driedger (Fall 1961 - Spring 1965), and Bill Ginter (Fall 1965 - Spring 1966).
Neubergthal School (no date)
Source: Rose Hildebrand (Altona and District Heritage Research Centre)
Neubergthal School and students (no date) by G. G. Neufeld
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 145.
Students and Playground of Neubergthal School (circa 1927)
Source: Education Department Report, 1927, Manitoba Legislative Library.
Neubergthal School, built in 1953 (no date)
Source: Rose Hildebrand (Altona and District Heritage Research Centre)
The sign for the former Neubergthal School is now displayed on the side of the community centre (February 2012)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.07228, W97.48194
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Altbergthal School No. 1296 (Neubergthal, Municipality of Rhineland)
Board of Education registers (A 0050), GR7643, Archives of Manitoba.
Summative half-yearly returns for school districts (A 0051), GR0571, Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
School division borrowing files (MA 0038), Neubergthal School District #1594, GR1798, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Neubergthal School District No. 1594 - Daily Registers, GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Neubergthal School District No. 1594 - Miscellaneous, GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.
One Hundred Years in the History of the Rural Schools of Manitoba: Their Formation, Reorganization and Dissolution (1871-1971) by Mary B. Perfect, MEd thesis, University of Manitoba, April 1978.
“Neubergthal a pretty village” by J. C. Fehr, Red River Valley Echo, 22 August 1984, page 29.
We thank Jake Rempel, Robert Hamm, and Rose Hildebrand for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough, Nathan Kramer, and Al Schmidt (Altona and District Heritage Research Centre).
Page revised: 17 March 2026
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