Bayan nasarar halartar Latin School a Göppingen, Hesse shiga cikin Bishara Theological Seminary na Maulbronn Abbey a 1891. Hesse ya fara aikinsa na farko a 1891. Dalibai sun rayu kuma sun yi karatu a Abbey, daya daga cikin mafi kyau da kuma kiyayewa a Jamus, suna halartar sa'o'i 41 a mako. Ko da yake Hesse ya yi kyau a farkon watanni, rubuta a cikin wasika cewa ya fi son rubuta rubutun da kuma fassara waƙoƙin Helenanci na gargajiya zuwa Jamusanci, lokacinsa a Maulbronn shine farkon rikicin sirri. A watan Maris na 1892, Hesse ya nuna tawaye, kuma a wani lokaci, ya gudu daga Seminary kuma ya fara aiki a filin.
Shekara ta 1894