Humboldt-Gymnasium Düsseldorf

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Humboldt-Gymnasium Düsseldorf
Humboldt-Gymnasium Düsseldorf: Side wing in the original state of construction, main wing (right) after renovation
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type of school high school
School number 164320
founding 1838
address

Pempelforter Strasse 40

place Dusseldorf
country North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany
Coordinates 51 ° 13 '47 "  N , 6 ° 47' 31"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 13 '47 "  N , 6 ° 47' 31"  E
carrier City of Düsseldorf
student 1251
Teachers 98
management Volker Syring
Website humboldt-duesseldorf.de

The Humboldt-Gymnasium Düsseldorf is a municipal high school in Düsseldorf . It is currently called "high school with a musical focus" and is attended by 1251 students.

School without Racism

history

Headmaster at the Humboldt Gymnasium
Surname period of service Remarks
Franz Heinen 1838-1870 Died in 1870
Vacancy time 1870-1872
Julius Ostendorf 1872-1877 Died in 1877
Carl Bottcher 1878-1882
Friedrich Kirchner 1882-1885 from 1885 director of the Knight's Academy in Liegnitz
Adolf Matthias 1885-1898 then a school councilor in Koblenz
and lecturer at the ministry;
Died in 1917
Paul Cauer 1898-1905
Johannes Leitritz 1905-1910 was head of the
municipal secondary school on Prinz-Georg-Straße from 1903 to 1905 ;
Died in 1910
Vacancy time 1910-1911
Eberhard Erythropel 1911-1927
Hans Ellenbeck 1927-1945
Hans Sandgathe 1945-1950
Hubert Kreuzberg 1950-1951 acting management
Gustav Würtenberg 1951-1963
Werner Ochel 1963-1974
Manfred Drillisch 1975-1995
Marie-Luise Balkenhol 1996-2006
Volker Syring since 2006

The school was in 1838 under the name "Urban Secondary School in Citadellstraße" in a former convent of the Franciscan (today Maxhaus founded) in Dusseldorf. In 1860 she graduated from secondary school ( called Realgymnasium from 1882 ) and moved to a new building on Klosterstrasse (then Pfannenschopstrasse). The no longer existing building was built in 1858 in the classic form of the Schinkel School . From 1890 onwards, with the first Abitur exams in 1889, it was renamed the Städtisches Realgymnasium and Gymnasium on Klosterstrasse . In the old school building on Citadellstrasse, a “citizen school” was established, which was administratively assigned to the Realschule 1st order, but became independent in 1878 and later moved to Füstenwall. Today's Geschwister-Scholl-Gymnasium emerges from it.

After the First World War , the grammar school chose the name " Hindenburg School ". During the Second World War, the school building was completely destroyed in an air raid on June 12, 1943 . Classes were continued for the remaining students in rural areas who had not been drafted into the Wehrmacht or who were deployed as air force helpers, but without specialist training, and were completely stopped at Christmas 1944. In October 1945 the modern history of the grammar school begins. It was renamed "Humboldt-Gymnasium" on October 12, 1945 by resolution of the Confidence Committee of the City of Düsseldorf and was officially called "Städtisches Altsprachliches Gymnasium with modern (Romance) branch". Regular classes could only be restarted in April 1946, the students were taught in the buildings of the Görres-Gymnasium and the Luisenschule in different shifts (alternating with the students of the host schools). In 1955, the current school building on Pempelforter Strasse, planned by Ernst Petersen and Walter Köngeter , was completed with a sports hall, auditorium, foyer and specialist rooms. From 1972 they taught together , a year later the reformed upper school was introduced. In 1988 the neighboring Lise-Meitner-Gymnasium (founded in 1970, mathematical and scientific branch of the Luisen-Gymnasium ) was attached to the Humboldt-Gymnasium. Since then the school has had two school buildings and two sports halls. Part of the former Lise-Meitner-Gymnasium is used as a branch by the Walter-Eucken vocational college.

After the re-establishment in 1955, the lessons started with three parallel classes (two Latin and one English), from the 1997/1998 school year the Humboldt-Gymnasium was run in four classes and since 2010/2011 with two Latin and three English classes in five classes. In the 2015/16 school year, a (one-off) start was made in the 5th grade with six parallel classes. The classes starting from 2008 to 2017 are taught according to "G8" ; since 2018, "G9" has again been compulsory for the new 5th grades. The number of students has been relatively constant for years at around 1240, the number of teachers around 100.

The 50-year-old school building was extensively renovated between 2005 and 2006. A renovation of the Lise-Meitner Gymnasium is being planned, as is a new construction of a modern gym on the property area on Wielandstrasse that was previously used as a sports field.

In 2013, the 175th school anniversary was celebrated with a variety of events. The main act was the world premiere of a Humboldt symphony in the Tonhalle Düsseldorf , which was composed by Wilfried Stein Maßl, music teacher at the school, especially for the anniversary. The orchestra consisted of school members, supplemented by musicians from the Robert Schumann University of Music in Düsseldorf.

Art on the school building

Frieze in the auditorium of Eduard Bendemann's secondary school

Of the works of art of the Hindenburg School, including Friese, (executed 1861–1866) and windows in the auditorium (1889) by Eduard Bendemann , windows in the stairwell by Erhardt Klonk (1938), a plaster sculpture The young man by Ivo Beucker (1934) are only a fountain sculpture by Ivo Beucker (see below) and four of a total of seven headmaster portraits of the directors Heinen, Ostendorf, Kirchner and Leitritz created by HE Walter Jost in 1913, as well as a portrait of Erythropel (made in 1936 by the painter Leopold Wenzel). These portraits hung for a long time in the hallway to the staff room of the current school.

Ivo Beucker

Ivo Beucker : plaster bust of Wilhelm von Humboldt (1955)
Ivo Beucker: plaster bust of Alexander von Humboldt (1955)
Ivo Beucker: Fountain sculpture made of bronze "Jüngling" (1938)
Ivo Beucker: bronze sculpture "Reading Youth" (1963)
Ivo Beucker: Detail from "Memorial for the Victims of Both Wars" (1958)

There is a special and lasting relationship between the school and the artist as its former student. As early as 1938 he created a bronze sculpture of a youth for a fountain at the Hindenburg School. The sculpture is now placed on a brick base on the edge of the school yard towards the Wielandstrasse entrance. In 1955 he was commissioned by the city to make two busts of the Humboldt brothers. They were set up at the entrance portal, but removed by the artist in the same year due to damage. For a long time they were thought to be lost, but after restoration they were put back in the auditorium during a ceremony on the occasion of Beucker's 100th birthday in 2009. In 1958 he designed a memorial for the victims of the two wars , which was carried out by Ferdi Walther , as a replacement for the memorial of the fallen students and teachers of the First World War , which was destroyed in the war . It was unveiled on April 29, 1958, in the presence of the artist, installed on the first floor of the stairwell. On the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the school in 1963, the school, commissioned by former students, was given the newly created bronze sculpture of young reading man (located on the first floor of the stairwell).

Hans Kindermann

Wall relief by Hans Kindermann "Ornithes" (1955)

On the first floor of the stairwell, the wall relief Ornithes created in 1955 , the name of a play by Aristophanes , refers to theater performances in the auditorium. This piece was performed there as part of the school inauguration ceremony.

Curt Beckmann

Opposite Ornithes, the sun god Helios is executed as a bas-relief .

Erwin Heerich

At the transition from the main staircase to the class wing, fountain rooms were set up on all three floors in a glass bay window, which housed drinking fountains designed by Heerich. Unfortunately, the wells are no longer preserved, with the introduction of the reformed upper level in 1973, offices were built in the bay windows.

Erwin Kretz

Kretz: Four Elements (ca.1955)

On the facade of the eastern wing of the building there are four mosaic panels (approx. 100 × 80 cm), the symbols of which represent the four elements.

Günter Grote

Microcosm (1955)
Macrocosm (1955)

On the first floor of the staircase, two wall-high mosaic works, Mikrokosmos and Macrocosmos , have been created.

Maria von Ohlen

v. Ohlen (1928–2002): "Lively Girls" bronze sculpture (1959)

The bronze sculpture, created in 1959, was donated in 1963 for the opening of the Clara-Schumann-Gymnasium and installed there. After the school closed in 1989, the sculpture was given to the Humboldt-Gymnasium by the city of Düsseldorf.

Languages ​​and differentiation area

Differentiation areas

  • Grade 5 - English and Latin if necessary
  • Grade 6 - French, Latin
  • Grade 8 - Ancient Greek, Math / Computer Science, Biology +, Music Practical, French
  • Grade 10 (EF) - Ancient Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese (ZK, cross-school course), Russian (ZK, cross-school course)

Latin plus

Since a successful pilot project in 2001, it has been possible to teach English and Latin at the same time from the fifth grade onwards. With the appropriate language skills, these students can also take French from the 7th grade onwards . From the 8th on there is a regular offer to learn Ancient Greek as the 4th language. From level 10, you can even take a sixth language in a central course (ZK).

Music offer

Music lessons take place continuously from grades 5–9, in the upper level as an optional subject (basic / advanced course).

The MUSIKplus offer has existed since the 2002/2003 school year : teachers and lecturers from the Clara Schumann Music School and the Robert Schumann University give instrumental and vocal lessons in the school. The MUSIKplus offer begins in the 5th grade and ends after the 6th grade. The lessons can then be continued in the music school. There are two beginner classes and two expert classes (for children with previous instrumental experience), as well as a singing class from 2011 .

The instruments to choose from are:

The music and movement dance project is integrated into the MUSIKPlus offer .

Various music ensembles exist at the school. In addition to the jazz orchestra, the brass band and the orchestra for plucked instruments Giratte in grades 5–8, which are open to all students with at least two years of instrument experience or who have taken part in the MUSIKplus program. From the 7th grade up to the Abitur, participation in the Siyanda Strings (string orchestra) is possible, from the 9th grade onwards you can switch to the symphony orchestra or the big band . There is also a lower school and an intermediate / upper school choir. In addition, Cave Cantum , a parent-teacher-alumni choir under the direction of Tilman Wohlleber, has established itself.

The choir of singing classes was involved in the project of the band Die Toten Hosen and the Robert Schumann Hochschule for three concerts in the Tonhalle Düsseldorf in October 2013 on degenerate music . In addition, a live album entitled Degenerate Music - Welcome to Germany was released.

social commitment

Since 2018, the school has been included in the School without Racism - School with Courage program. Oliver Fink, captain of the Fortuna Düsseldorf soccer team, is the project sponsor. From the 8th grade onwards, students can take part in a 30-hour advanced training course to become mediators, and from the 9th grade onwards, they can become a school medical service.

School trips and exchanges

In school years 5–9, the pupils go on a five-day class trip to the school's own school camp in Waldbröl ; in the 10th grade (EF) there is a 3-day "level finding trip". In level EF, students also have the option of taking part in a ten-day exchange with France at the École Alsacienne Paris or a three-week exchange at the Wayzata Senior High School near Minneapolis . Other partner schools with student exchange are the Chengnan Middle School in the Chinese purpose and the Liceo GD Cassini in Genoa .

School camp house Pempelfort

At the beginning of the 1950s, the 50,000 m² site on the upper outskirts of Waldbröl was acquired by committed teachers and sponsors of the grammar school. The school camp is located in the former building of a planning barracks for the Adolf Hitler School with a district castle planned in 1938 (design by Clemens Klotz ), the construction of which was discontinued in 1940. Today there are only relics of the facility in the form of a retaining wall, approaches to the outside staircase and the sports field, today there is an additional hard court for further sporting activities. After renovations, the house was inaugurated on December 7, 1957 and has since been a non-profit educational institution under the sponsorship of the association of the same name. The occupancy with full board can currently take place with 58 students and up to 5 accompanying persons (single room). Today there are two classrooms (with a piano), a separate dining room (the “Glass Palace” with a view of the grounds), a table tennis room, a pool table, a table football and a separate staff room. During the times not used by your own school classes, the school camp can also be rented by other groups or associations at any time.

Partnerships

The Humboldt-Gymnasium has a partnership with the Clara-Schumann-Musikschule of the city of Düsseldorf and with the Robert-Schumann-Musikhochschule , and earlier with the Tanzhaus NRW .

Partner schools are:

School-related associations and projects

Association of alumni and friends of the Humboldt-Gymnasium in Düsseldorf eV

The forerunner of the current association goes back to 1926, the year the Alumni Association of the Hindenburg School was founded. The aim of the current association is to promote the exchange of ideas between parents, teachers, students and alumni of the Humboldt-Gymnasium, the Hindenburgschule and the Lise-Meitner-Gymnasium in line with the Humboldt school ideal and to enable subsidies for teaching material, for school events and for needy students . He is the founder of a foundation to support his statutory tasks.

Every two years, a career information evening is organized in which former students can answer questions about their professions "in everyday life, first-hand".

School camp Humboldt-Gymnasium Düsseldorf eV

Founded in 1957, the non-profit association is the sponsor of the school camp in Waldbröl.

Friends of the Humboldt-Gymnasium Düsseldorf eV

The association was founded on March 7, 1991. So far, with annual income of currently approx. € 25,000, he has many individual projects such as a. Book procurement, financing of excursions, procurement of IT equipment possible. The current focus of funding is (supplementary) equipping the school with electronic media such as iPads , ActiveBoards , and document cameras . He has been the sponsor of the school café since 2005.

Humboldt Solar GbR

In 2008, with the support of the school and the city of Düsseldorf, a photovoltaic system with an area of ​​280 m² was installed on the roof of the main building . The proceeds were used to build a photovoltaic system in cooperation with "SEWA-Sonnenenergie für Westafrika eV" for a school in Saya ( Burkina Faso ).

Known students

Known teachers

s. a. List of directors

literature

  • HW Erdbrügger (Ed.): Tradition and Present . Festschrift for the 125th anniversary of the municipal Humboldt-Gymnasium Düsseldorf. Düsseldorf 1963.
  • Wolfgang Funken: Art in schools in Düsseldorf . In: Stadtarchiv Düsseldorf (Ed.): Publications from the Stadtarchiv Düsseldorf . tape 16 . Düsseldorf 2006.
  • Humboldt-Gymnasium Düsseldorf (Ed.): Discovering the world together . 175 years of Humboldt-Gymnasium Düsseldorf 1838–2013. Düsseldorf 2013.

Web links

Commons : Humboldt-Gymnasium Düsseldorf  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ School system: New construction of a secondary school in Pfannenschoppenstrasse , in an administrative report for the year 1856 and the city of Düsseldorf's budget
  2. ↑ Städtisches Realgymnasium und Gymnasium (Klosterstrasse 7.) , address book of the city of Düsseldorf for the year 1890. Third part. Art and school institutions.
  3. ↑ Minutes of the meetings of the Confidence Committee from October 12, 1945 to November 29, 1945. Stadtarchiv Düsseldorf, p. 63.
  4. ↑ Press article
  5. ↑ Franz Heinen; Bendemann's mural in the auditorium of the Realschule Düsseldorf . Düsseldorf 1866.
  6. ^ Carola Gries: Departure with Humboldt (1945–2013). Works of art in the Humboldt Gymnasium. In: Humboldt-Gymnasium Düsseldorf (Ed.): Discovering the world together. 175 years of Humboldt-Gymnasium Düsseldorf 1838–2013. Düsseldorf 2013, pp. 52–61.
  7. ↑ Leaves of the Hindenburg School. No. 1 (1952), p. 3.
  8. ↑ Westdeutsche Zeitung. September 25, 2009.
  9. ↑ The Pempelforte. No. 3 (1958), p. 6.
  10. ↑ HW Erdbrügger (Ed.): Tradition and Presence. Festschrift for the 125th anniversary of the Städt. Humboldt-Gymnasium Düsseldorf. Düsseldorf 1963, p. 225.
  11. ↑ Invoices and plan drawings in Stadtarchiv IV, 25869 / III Volume 3
  12. ↑ Press article
  13. ↑ [1]
  14. ↑ Plans and model photos in the school archive
  15. ↑ Wayzata High School website (in English)
  16. ↑ Website of the Ecolé Alsacienne (in French) ( Memento of the original from September 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ecole-alsacienne.org
  17. ^ Website of the Liceo GD Cassini for exchange (in Italian)
  18. ↑ Humboldt Solar homepage
  19. ↑ Christian Gottfried Trinkaus, born in 1843, son of Christian Gottfried Trinkaus , entered his father's business in 1864.