 Several members of the Essinger family became involved, paving the way for it to open a year later.The "Landschulheim Herrlingen" opened on 1 May 1926 as a private boarding school with 18 children ranging in age from 6 to 12.Anna Essinger became headmistress and her sister Paula (1892–1975), a trained nurse, became the school nurse and its housekeeper.