Pasika 1881, apo Hesse akanga mana, mhuri akatamira kuBasel, Switzerland, kugara kwemakore matanhatu uye ipapo kudzokera Calw. Mushure vakabudirira kupinda Latin School muna Göppingen, Hesse akapinda Evangelical Theological Seminary pamusoro Maulbronn Abbey muna 1891. Vadzidzi vaigara uye vakadzidza panguva Abbey, mumwe Germany yakaisvonaka uye zvakanaka-kuchengetedzwa, kupinda makirasi 41 maawa pavhiki. Kunyange Hesse akaita zvakanaka mumwedzi yokutanga, kunyora tsamba kuti ainyanya kunakidzwa kunyora rondedzero uye kushandura nhetembo dzechiGiriki chaiwo muchiGerman, nguva yake Maulbronn kwaiva kutanga dambudziko guru pachake. muna March 1892, Hesse akapanduka, uye pane imwe nguva, iye akatiza kubva Seminari uye akatanga kushanda mumunda.
Muna 1894