 Efforts certainly arose as early as the 16th century for Eisenbach to have its own school, though the Thirty Years' War and its consequences put an end to any such efforts.In the 18th century, a joint school was established for the villages of Etschberg, Godelhausen and Eisenbach, with the school's seat in Etschberg as of 1711, and then beginning in 1721 in Godelhausen.Also arising in each of these three centres alongside the joint school were winter schools (schools geared towards an agricultural community's practical needs, held in the winter, when farm families had a bit more time to spare), with the one in Godelhausen known to have been running by 1781.