Wilhelm Löhe School

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The Wilhelm-Löhe-Schule is a state-recognized, private, cooperative comprehensive school under Protestant sponsorship in Nuremberg .

Wilhelm Löhe School
Wilhelm Löhe School Nuremberg Deutschherrnstrasse
type of school Cooperative Comprehensive School
School number High school: 0243
Technical college: 0885
Real school: 0591
Middle school: 6729
Primary school: 6686
founding 1901
address

Deutschherrnstrasse 10

place Flag of Germany.svg Nuremberg
country Bavaria
Country Germany
Coordinates 49 ° 27 '16 "  N , 11 ° 3' 45"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 27 '16 "  N , 11 ° 3' 45"  E
carrier Evangelical Lutheran General Church Congregation, Nuremberg
student High school: 822
Secondary school: 423
Middle school: 402
Technical high school: 113
Primary school: 190
(school year 2018/2019)
Teachers Gymnasium: 79
Fachoberschule: 2
Realschule: 29
Middle school: 30
Primary school: 10
(school year 2018/2019)
management Mark Meinhard
Website www.wls-nbg.de

history

founding

Letter from Hermann Bezzel on founding the school

The Wilhelm Löhe School was founded and opened on September 16, 1901 by the Neuendettelsau Diakonissenanstalt as an "Protestant school for girls". Just under a year earlier, this opening was set on November 21, 1900 by a resolution of the Neuendettelsau Diakonissenanstalt. The school had its first location in Nuremberg on Eilgutstrasse. The school was opened with 70 pupils, four teaching deaconesses and four classes. As early as 1902, the Wilhelm Löhe School bought a villa in Zeltnerstrasse for 400,000 RM (around 2,710,000 euros). In 1903 the foundation stone was laid for a new school building in Zeltnerstrasse, which was inaugurated in 1904.

The school and its changes until 1932

When the Wilhelm Löhe School opened its doors in 1901, the most important goal was to enable the Protestant girls in Nuremberg to receive moral upbringing and spiritual training on the basis of the Protestant creed. The Wilhelm-Löhe-Schule became a school for the general education of Protestant daughters, because there was no such school. When the school opened, the school fee for the first three years was 60 marks (around 410 euros) per year, and for the fourth year another 80 marks (around 550 euros) were charged. Even when it was founded, the school made sure that all subjects of a secondary school for girls were taught.

On June 11, 1903, the school had 137 students who were taught by two clergy, one teacher, six deaconesses and three teachers. In the following years the school was expanded into a ten-class "institution" until 1907. In 1912, the girls' school was recognized as a "higher female teaching institution according to the 1911 curriculum" and a two-class women's school was approved. The period of the First World War from 1914 to 1918 was survived well and only slightly affected by a change of headmistress. Under this headmistress, the number of students grew so much that one had to think about new rooms. In 1917, 393 girls attended the secondary girls' school, 195 the pre-school and 20 the women's school. In 1921 classes had to be relocated to the YMCA rooms at the Sterntor due to lack of space . Then rooms in Veilhofstrasse were rented with a ten-year lease. In the months of hyperinflation in 1923, school fees in September were 1 million Reichsmarks . From October 1923 school fees were raised weekly. A memorial was written for the 25th anniversary on September 16, 1926. Since the school taught 851 students with 44 teachers in 1927 (five of whom were clergy and nine deaconesses), an auditorium was built into the building on Zeltnerstrasse in 1927 and 1928. The inauguration took place in 1928. As the number of female students continued to grow, a piece of land was bought in Rollnerstrasse. In 1930 the first male teacher was employed at the school. The school also acquired its own school camp in Mostviel in Franconian Switzerland that year . In 1931 the foundation stone was laid for a new school building in Rollnerstrasse. The building was opened on February 20, 1932 under the name Wilhelm-Löhe-Schule, and all students on Veilhofstrasse moved to Rollnerstrasse. At that time, the school had 1,400 students and 75 teachers.

The school in the time of National Socialism

With the seizure of power by the National Socialists and the subsequent “ Gleichschaltung ”, the steady growth of the Wilhelm Löhe School was interrupted. However, this did not happen suddenly, but in small steps. For example, one noticed very quickly that the girls' school system was downgraded again by statements by Hitler such as "the goal of female upbringing is immovable to be the coming mother". As early as 1934, the National Socialists ordered a special test for the current high school graduate class and made just eight university places available for 24 graduates. In response to this affront, and because it made it completely clear what the whole thing was aiming at, the school association decided to voluntarily equate itself.

From this point on, there were no further concrete interventions in the school operation for some time. However, the National Socialists pursued a subliminal policy of extermination of denominational private schools through bureaucratic and financial hurdles. In the end, there were four state measures that, through their causality, were supposed to force the school to close:

  1. Suspension of all state subsidies for deaconesses and teachers from 1936.
  2. The Reich Minister of the Interior Decree of September 9, 1937 from the Reichsministerialamtsblatt - II SB 6850/4182 - which states, among other things, "It is not compatible with the duties of an official of the National Socialist State if he takes his children to a private school without compelling reasons." The superiors decided whether a civil servant's child could go to a private school. From this point on, it was decreed that all civil servant children had to be reported to the city, as well as all entries and exits.
  3. The attitude of the state against the church and thus also against their denominational schools.
  4. The State Ministry refused to view the school as "desirable and necessary". This meant that the school lost its raison d'etre and sooner or later was forced to close in a National Socialist state.

The school rapidly lost students in the following years and in the school year 1939/40 had only 200 students. The final end began in 1938 when the school association sold the school building on Zeltnerstrasse to the city of Nuremberg. During the closing ceremony on April 12, 1938, craftsmen came to hand over the building to the city of Nuremberg. By submitting a petition to the Bavarian Ministry of Culture, the school association tried to secure the protection of the church school, as stated in the State Treaty of 1924, but received no positive decision.

The Wilhelm-Löhe-Schule had to close the gates in Rollnerstrasse on February 8, 1940. With that, the school was initially closed.

The reopening and the rebuilding

After the closure, the city of Nuremberg took over the building on Rollnerstrasse and set up a public school there. In a bomb attack on January 2, 1945, the schoolhouse and the entire city center were destroyed. After the surrender , all schools were closed. The young people were thus without any lessons. The then district dean Oberkirchenrat Schieder provided church instruction. Here it was also important to him that all German-language subjects were taught. This was also the origin of the new Wilhelm Löhe School. The building on Rollnerstrasse was returned to the church via the regular route of restitution of illegally obtained property from the National Socialists . Although the regional church had little financial means at its disposal, it was important to the city dean that the school reopened. The youth suffered greatly as a result of the war. Here, however, it was not just the physical damage, but above all the emotional consequences that should be alleviated. The National Socialist state had destroyed the words fatherland and people with its propaganda speeches. The state teachers had lost a lot of credibility. This explains the success of the church school. This is evidenced by the rapid growth in the number of female students in a short period of time. In the school year 1947/48 the school had 342 students and in the school year 1953/54 there were 1544 students. Seven rooms were poorly prepared for the start of teaching at the Realgymnasium . In the school year 1948/49 the school invested more than 30,000 DM (about 78,000 euros) in the equipment and teaching materials. That was an incredibly high amount in those years. This enabled twelve classrooms to be repaired by March 1949, so that the school had its own physics room, a drawing room and a music room as independent rooms. In addition to the inventory, work has also been done on the school community and its sense of responsibility. In 1949, a student co-administration (SMV) was set up at the same time as the renovations . This then took over the organization of the school lunch . During the renovation, value was placed on a state-of-the-art facility from the start. So the rooms could be darkened or there was, for example, a projector device. However, the agency not only tried to support girls with high school qualifications and to teach them with the latest equipment, but decided in 1949 to open a middle school. The parents insisted that the school open an elementary school at the same time as possible, and since the provider saw this as a logical conclusion, the government applied for approval. After approval was given, both the middle and elementary schools opened in autumn 1949. The mothers of the youngest children took on tasks in various areas, and with the help of parents, a school family was created. The mothers were not only on the premises to supervise the breaks, but also took part in hikes as supervision. The school family was also clearly highlighted at class parent evenings, the Christmas party or the school year-end party. With the help of the parents and the parents' council elected for the first time in 1949, the school was considered renovated by the senior year 1953. The school had its own rooms or special subject rooms for all subjects. In the final matriculation examinations in 1953, the responsible commissioner registered the best female pupils for a promotion of talented students, and after an additional examination they all got a place at the University of Erlangen.

The further development in the following years

The school management did not want a standstill, and so a variety of projects emerged that had far-reaching consequences for the entire school. A school library was opened in the school year 1949 , but it was primarily intended for schoolgirls who could not afford the expensive school books. The school library was able to be expanded through constant further development, and in 1954 it was possible for the first time to borrow English literature as a high school student . The library already contained 15,000 volumes in 1956 and has been constantly maintained and updated to this day. An expansion of the same has always been pushed forward, so that the school can have a book inventory of over 30,000 books in 2015, which are available for all students to borrow. The books cover a wide spectrum. In this way, even the youngest can slowly be introduced to reading with joy and excitement. However, the school management was also fully aware that bodies such as the student council, a school newspaper founded in 1950 called Trichter or a student exchange could not achieve sole and lasting success. School needed and still needs friends today. That is why in February 1956 the association “Friends of the Wilhelm-Löhe-Schule e. V. “, which means an indispensable help and support for the students and the school. All parents were and still are asked to join this association.

The Wilhelm-Löhe-Schule realized very quickly that bridges to other countries had to be built again in order to enable the students to understand foreign peoples. For example, a school partnership with the English Wallasey High School in Liverpool was established . This partnership made it possible to organize a longer school exchange for the summer holidays. During this exchange, not only was the language profile maintained and improved, but general international understanding was given priority.

Through these activities and highly qualified staff, the school further expanded its good reputation, and the number of pupils at the Wilhelm-Löhe-Schule continued to grow at an above-average rate.

The years from 1956 to the establishment of the technical college

The school year 1956/57 began entirely with the upcoming 25th anniversary celebration of the school's name. At this celebration, the school expected speeches from the Oberkirchenrat DJ Schieder and the district president. Hans Schregle. The Ministry of Culture, representing Kunigunde Senniger, also brought words of praise for the school. At the anniversary in 1957, the school was the largest German private school in the Federal Republic of Germany with 1,600 pupils and was in some respects a role model for the ministry in terms of the anticipated private school law .

In the 1957/58 school year, the municipal girls' high school Sigenagymnasium moved out of the building on Zeltnerstrasse. As a result, the Wilhelm-Löhe-Schule had two buildings again from August 1, 1957 and was therefore able to finish shift lessons after a short time. However, moving into the building in Zeltnerstrasse resulted in considerable costs that the church could no longer easily afford. For this reason, the chairman of the “Friends of the Wilhelm Löhe School” invited to a meeting on February 20 in the assembly hall on Zeltnerstrasse. Hermann Dietzfelbinger used specific plans to explain everything that had to be built and renewed, and was able to find generous support from the friends of the Wilhelm Löhe School. Together with the usual subsidies, it was possible to get off to a successful start. The inauguration of the rebuilt Wilhelm-Löhe-Schule in Zeltnerstrasse was celebrated on September 11th and 12th, 1959. The main speakers at the opening ceremony were District President H. Burkhardt and Mayor Andreas Urschlechter . More than 1,600 female students were taught in both buildings.

Since the number of students could no longer be accommodated in the premises, a fourth floor was planned and implemented for the existing building in Rollnerstrasse. After a record-breaking construction time, it was inaugurated on May 16, 1963. During this time, the Wilhelm Löhe School tried to integrate future-oriented teaching and began teaching shorthand and typing in the 1963/64 school year. The number of female pupils at secondary school, elementary school and secondary school was 1650 on February 29, 1964, who were taught in 55 classes. In 1965, the Wilhelm Löhe School was transformed from a secondary school with elementary school to a school with grammar school, secondary school and elementary school. This was based on the Hamburg Agreement . In the school year 1966/67, the school management wanted to meet the expanded requirements for young people and expanded the school career of girls in elementary school. The elementary school was raised from an 8-year-old school leaving certificate to a 9-year-old. The schoolgirls should not be released into working life with a maximum of 14 years without the necessary maturity. The school had recognized that the demands were higher in a changed world of work and that the school with the conventional 8 years of elementary school time could not meet them. The Wilhelm Löhe School also endeavored to provide future-oriented teaching in the other types of school. A cooperation was established with the leading typewriter manufacturer Triumph at the time . The Triumphwerk provided the secondary school students with a classroom with the most modern electric typewriters and dictation machines. The students who attended these afternoon lessons as voluntary additional lessons were prepared for the modern office world. In the 1969/70 school year, due to the ever growing number of pupils, the increasing requirements, but also through far-sighted thinking, public discussions about a new building began. On the one hand, it became clear that one could no longer do without adequate sports halls. However, it was no longer possible to add to the building and, moreover, it was no longer possible to expand on the land, for example to build a sports field. Furthermore, the Wilhelm-Löhe-Schule thought specifically about co-education , which in turn would inevitably increase the number of students significantly. Thus, with the Deutschherrnwiese, the later location, a plan was concretized for the first time. When the Fachoberschule für Sozialwesen (Fachoberschule für Sozialwesen) started its service in the school year 1970/71 with the approval of the Ministry of Culture, it had to teach in rooms of the city mission, the parish hall of St. Matthew and in the Maxfeld community due to lack of space. The technical high school had the intermediate maturity as a prerequisite. This type of school was the first not restricted to girls only. The first school year started with 8 women and 7 men. It was clear to the school authorities that connecting the different types of schools in different school buildings had no prospect of success, and so in 1971 they acquired the Deutschherrnwiese in Deutschherrnstrasse.

The expansion of the Wilhelm Löhe School and the design of the cooperative comprehensive school

In the years before 1972, the Wilhelm-Löhe-Schule and its parenting promoted efforts towards stronger ties and the easier mutual permeability of school types. This need was given a legal framework by the official approval issued in December 1972 for the Wilhelm Löhe School in the form of a cooperative comprehensive school. This approval included the grammar school, the secondary school, the technical college for social affairs and the secondary school. The school had 1,771 students at that time. In the same year, a pedagogical advice center for school girls was created under the direction of the psychologist Gerhard Kieffer . The school was aware that the growing number of students, the upcoming co-education and the hoped-for new building would entail new tasks. As early as 1972 it was determined that a counseling center had to be added to the new school building. A team of advisory teachers from the school types, religious teachers, school doctor, school psychologist and a therapeutic social pedagogue with passive and active tasks then worked here. The school management wanted to send a clear signal that no pupil or their family would be left alone with problems. In 1975 a first model by the architects W. Litzow and E. Aydin was presented to the public. The design included a multi-gym and a 100-meter athletics track. The three-storey building provided a space of more than 25,000 m² for all types of schools under one roof. The construction plans were then submitted to the Ministry of Culture, the State Church Office and the City of Nuremberg on June 30, 1975. But not only the new building was a main topic. The Löhe School introduced the college level in the school year 74/75 . This upset the entire structure of the grammar school. For example, a transition class was introduced in the 11th grade that prepared for the 12th and 13th grade. In the same year a new tutor system was introduced at the school. Lower school students or classes choose themselves as tutors. The tutors try to help the lower school students to cope with school and extracurricular difficulties. The tutor system still exists at the Wilhelm Löhe School today. In 1976 the Wilhelm Löhe School celebrated its 75th anniversary. Many well-known guests gave themselves the honor and in the greeting from the Bavarian State Minister for Education and Culture, Hans Maier, he described the Wilhelm-Löhe-Schule as an educational center due to its different types of schools, which can claim a permanent place among the educational institutions in Nuremberg. Mayor Andreas Urschlechter also wrote in a welcoming address that the evangelical principles that the Löhe School has promoted over the years had built trust in the population. The school is the largest school of its kind in Nuremberg. At all the festivities, however, everyone insisted that the new building should begin soon. When the headmaster at that time retired in the 1975/76 school year, he handed his successor a well-developed plan for the new building. Since the Löhe School sees itself as a family, the outgoing director suggested that an alumni association should be founded. This was then co-founded by Ernst Dietzfelbinger in the 1976/77 school year. This exists to this day as an alumni association. The former teachers and employees have met regularly since then. The school is happy to support this group, as the school benefits from this exchange of experiences and the feeling of belonging to the family is strengthened. At the beginning of the 1976 school year, the state synod agreed with the new director for the subsidy for the new building. In the school year 1977/78, the SMV (student co-administration) of the Löhe School began with a program that is still active today. Students give remedial classes to other students. Thus, deficits of students can be reduced by other students. In the 1978/79 school year, construction began on October 27, 1978 with the laying of the foundation stone on Deutschherrnwiese. However, the financial resources were very tight and so the friends of the Wilhelm Löhe School called for a large fundraising campaign. For donors who donated more than 100 DM, a separate Löhetaler was designed. This was then available in bronze, silver or gold. The fundraising campaign was sustained for several years and, for example, raised over 80,000 DM in the first year. The topping-out ceremony was celebrated on October 26, 1979. The school was close to completion after only one year. The pupils were able to use the new school building at the beginning of the school year on September 16, 1980. The inauguration ceremony of the cooperative comprehensive school then took place on October 17, 1980 under the guidelines defined by the director Fleischmann. These were printed in the annual report 1977/78. It was explained here what constitutes the cooperative comprehensive school. Among other things, the director Fleischmann wrote: “Careful school career counseling helps parents and pupils, wherever permeability between the sub-schools is possible, this is used, […] the close cooperation between teachers is essential. The awareness of the teaching staff to teach in a school with, however, different training options is a fundamental element of the whole school. The development of a comprehensive school is inconceivable without the teacher personality, who is pedagogically committed to the comprehensive school principle. ”But he also placed the common spiritual basis in the foreground, which applies to the Löhe school through its gospel orientation.

1980 to the 100th anniversary

With the move to the new school building, the Wilhelm Löhe School opened to boys in 1980 and so began co-education. In 1984, the Wilhelm-Löhe-Schule organized a service together with the St. Egidien (Nuremberg) parish , which was broadcast live on public television. This happened on the 500th birthday of Martin Luther . The school produced 700 plaques with Luther's family coat of arms, which were then given away as souvenirs to visitors and television viewers. As early as 1984, the school set up the first computer rooms and began teaching with modern technology. In the 1988 Olympic year, the Wilhelm Löhe School held its own “Löhe Olympics” on days of action. This met with so much interest that an article was written in the Nürnberger Zeitung on July 14, 1988. At the beginning of the 1989 school year, the school started an afternoon care program for the 5th grade. Since 1989 the Wilhelm-Löhe-Schule has had a school theologian who also acts as a member of the school management. From 1985 to 1989, the Wilhelm Löhe School took part in a project by the Comenius Institute in Münster . Here, the question was discussed whether and to what extent religious aspects can also be included in specialist lessons. Four experimental schools took part in this study. The results were then presented in the book “Renewal of Lessons with Wagenschein and Comenius - Attempts at Protestant Schools 1985 to 1989”. Here the school and the teaching projects carried out at it were documented. On April 21, 1993, 14 founding members of the Wilhelm-Löhe-Schulsport-Gemeinschaft (WLSG) e. V. founded. The club is a member of the BLSV ( Bavarian State Sports Association ). This association is intended to offer students, parents and teachers alike the opportunity to practice various types of sport without the stress of competition and pressure to perform, but still organized. The club initially had 9 departments. In the 1995/96 school year, a compulsory school assembly was introduced for all grades from 7th to 13th grade. The students meet for a morning prayer and school-related topics are announced. In the same year, the preparation for a free homework book began, which has been available to all students since 1997 until today. In the 1997/98 school year, the north-west courtyard of the school was converted into a student-friendly break area in keeping with the motto “School Living Space”. Here, DM 40,000 was spent to set up quiet areas, but also to enable the children to enjoy sport. Both a large sandpit and various climbing opportunities were created. Many parents helped with the execution and were thus able to ensure that the financial framework was adhered to. In the same school year, the school started with its own homepage, so that pupils and those interested could find out more about the Internet. In the 1998/99 school year, the school set up homework support in addition to the after-school care center that had been on offer since 1989. It started with 30 children. In August 1998 a photovoltaic system was installed on the roof of the Wilhelm Löhe School . In April 1999, for example, it produced 804 kWh. The school wanted to make a contribution to Agenda 21 here . In September 1999, the 1st Nuremberg Juggling Convention was held under the WLSG sports club . As of this year, up to 800 jugglers have been meeting at the school for a weekend every two years and are holding a large gala show at the end. In 1997 the school started a quality assurance and school development program. Here the school worked with the EFQM project and the school program project. This resulted in far-reaching results up to 2001 as well as the competence statement that is still valid today: “The Wilhelm-Löhe-Schule stands for life, learning and faith within the scope of Christian freedom.” In 2001 the school community then experienced the 100th anniversary celebration own Festschrift was written. A new logo was also designed for the school for this anniversary. The logo was the winner from 12 submissions. Christine Gräbner created the design.

The 100th anniversary

Preparations for the 100th anniversary celebrations began well in 2000. The specific processes were then consolidated in the days from July 18, 2001 to July 20, 2001 with internal project presentations. The actual celebrations took place from October 4th to 7th, 2001. The festive service took place in one of the large churches in Nuremberg, the Sebalduskirche . This church was chosen because it offered the most space for the worshipers and was easy to get to. The new school logo was then officially presented here. This was created in "life size" and three-dimensional. The celebrations then continued both in the school's auditorium and in the Fürth town hall. The then Deputy Prime Minister of Bavaria and current Prime Minister a. D. Günther Beckstein. Many greetings from the church, politics, associations or organizers were brought to the school and published in the prepared Festschrift. Both in the auditorium and at the other events, students were always involved and were able to celebrate their school with their school. The anniversary event was not only about the past, but also looked at the future from many sides and clearly indicated that the school is changing. It was then also urged that the Wilhelm Löhe School needed more space in order not to lose sight of the pedagogical balance. A raffle for the renewal of the primary school playground was also initiated during the 100th anniversary celebrations, so that it should be made clear to all visitors and guests that the school is alive and must continue to change.

Important events from 2001 until today

Already in the anniversary year 2001 the further development of the school was pushed forward. Problems were not put off, but z. B. through the establishment of a dispute resolution group, which was trained by qualified personnel, solved. The student company Löhe-Network-Company was founded in 2001 for professional orientation. Since the 2008/2009 school year, this has been split into the IT and stage technology areas. In 2002, the introduction of the M train began in what was then the secondary school (now the middle school). Since more and more students wanted to go to the Wilhelm Löhe School and the rooms were no longer sufficient, an extension was built on the school premises. This was inaugurated in 2007. In addition to homework and lunchtime supervision, this new building also houses a computer room. A large part of the new building is used by the middle school. However, parts of the technical college are also housed there. The cafeteria there is used by all schools. The year 2011 was an eventful year. In quick succession, the G8 was introduced (shortening the grammar school to eight school years), the conversion of the secondary school to a middle school and the extension of the technical college for social affairs by a 13th school year. In the years that followed, the school had to carry out various renovations and bring the departments up to date with the latest technology. Between 2012 and 2014, the areas of biology / chemistry and physics were renovated and equipped with the latest technology such as interactive board systems. In 2014 and 2015, the housekeeping and technical areas were completely renovated. In the calendar year 2013, the Middle Franconian Theater Days of the grammar schools took place at the Wilhelm-Löhe-Schule in October. In April 2016, the general renovation of the gym complex began. The renovation work leaves the outer walls and roof untouched. The halls are designed as "themed halls". In addition to modern technology (LED screens), a new fitness room and a large climbing wall will be set up. On April 29, 2016, the Ministry of Culture granted the technical college additional state recognition for the “Business and Administration” course. On March 16, 2020, there was an entry ban for students due to the global corona crisis. This was pronounced to protect the students, even though not a single coronavirus disease (COVID-19) had occurred at the Wilhelm-Löhe-Schule. From this point on, the lessons were largely held via the Fronter learning platform. At the same time, the school management started a weekly digital prayer and the school's advice center was available as a crisis contact for all children and parents.

History of the school principal

On Zeltnerstrasse

Sister Berta Wieland (1902–1916); Sister Selma Haffner (1916–1921); Sister Marie Pißel (1921–1938).

On Rollnerstrasse

Sister Marta Utpatel (1921–1928); Sister Kuna Pailler (1928-1935); Marga Bachmann (1938-1940).

Headmaster of the Wilhelm Löhe School after the war

Church Councilor Hermann Galsterer (1947–1948); Konrad Lindner (1949-1954); Ernst Dietzfelbinger (1954–1976); Heinrich Fleischmann (1976-1981); Jürgen Bohne (1981–1991); Horst Gloßner (1992-2008); Gerhard Kieffer (2008–2009); Michael Schopp (2009-2016); Hubertus Gieck (2016–2019); Mark Meinhard (2019-current).

school

building

The Wilhelm Löhe School on Deutschherrnwiese was designed for 1,800 students in 1980. An extension allows up to 2200 students to study at the school. All school facilities are accessible to physically handicapped people. The triple sports hall has a grandstand with 500 seats. There is also a separate single hall. The school has a cafeteria with approx. 160 seats and another for approx. 80 children. The Löhe School has an auditorium based on an amphitheater. Approx. 800 people fit into this auditorium. Due to the difficult ground conditions, the building had to be built on 602 reinforced concrete piles. The school has a parking lot for about 100 cars. In a second construction phase, an extension was completed. This also houses homework and lunch care. The buildings have elevators so that all parts of the building can be easily reached. Many classrooms can be enlarged by opening walls. The school has a solar system on the roof to generate hot water and electricity. The building is divided according to the school functions. The floors are staggered in terraces. The building has a large roof terrace that the children can use during breaks. The school has the school psychological counseling center, the school doctor and the support association in an adjoining building. There is a winter garden on the roof, which houses a prayer room.

General school management

The overall school management consists of a ten-person body. This consists of the managing director (Mark Meinhard), the deputy managing director (Andreas Schramm), the five sub-school heads (Martina Macht Fachoberschule, Christa Blum-Frenz Gymnasium, Birgit Röthel Elementary School, Felix Wegmann Realschule, Petra Dennemarck Mittelschule), the school theologian (Quirin Gruber), the school psychologist (Annelore Marks) and the administrative manager (Wolfgang Hörner). This body meets at regular intervals and makes decisions on matters that affect the whole school.

Legal mention

In the Bavarian Law on Education and Teaching (BayEUG) Articles 100 and 126, the Wilhelm-Löhe-Schule is listed as a “special school”.

financing

About 80% of the total budget required for the Wilhelm Löhe School is covered by the Free State of Bavaria, about 6% by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria and about 14% by the parents' school fees. In the school year 2016/17 a school fee of € 95 per month is charged.

Furnishing

Classrooms with interactive boards, electron microscope, four large telescopes (Dobsonian telescope N 200/1200 Skyliner Classic DOB and Skywatcher 10-inch Dobsonian Synscan with automatic object positioning and automatic object tracking), sports field with soccer and athletics area, biology / physics / chemistry classrooms 2012 –2014 renovated and equipped with modern media, 2014 renovation of the workshop and kitchen classrooms, almost all classrooms with permanently installed projectors, auditorium with digital sound mixer and lighting technology, boulder wall in the break area, roof terrace with chill-out lounger, upper level room, prayer room, PC Workstations for students, student copiers, seating and lounge areas on each floor, limited wireless Internet access.

Library

The Wilhelm Löhe School has a school library with a librarian and over 30,000 books. The library is equipped with quiet work areas and a multimedia room. Foreign language films, for example, can be shown here on a large flat screen or a permanently installed projector with a screen. There are also several tablets and PC workstations for schoolchildren that can be used for research on the Internet.

canteen

An ecotrophologist works in the school cafeteria to advise the cafeteria operators and students. Healthy, fresh and tasty food is the focus. For this purpose, students are interviewed at regular intervals. The cafeteria was completely renovated in 2015/16.

In addition, the Wilhelm-Löhe-Schule has a cafeteria committee, which consists of schoolchildren as well as teachers and nutrition experts, which advise on changes and new offers.

Sports halls

Since October 19, 2017, the school has had a completely renovated 3-subject sports hall with an attached single sports hall, which is used by school and club sports. The sports halls have a floor area of ​​3400 m². The halls have been rebuilt according to the highest building level 5 of the Bavarian building regulations and building law. Building level 5 is the highest applicable regulation here. In addition, the ordinance for special-build schools and the ordinance on places of assembly for the triple hall were also included. The complete renovation was organized by Mr. Hubertus Gieck so that the school could continue to run. School sports lessons were transferred to the sports facility of the ATV 1873 Frankonia Nürnberg sports club by bus shuttle. The entire halls, with changing rooms and sanitary rooms, were completely refurbished and brought up to the latest state of the art. The rooms were restructured and a grandstand was created so that it can be accessed from the break hall. In the simple sports hall, the entire pointed roof was also replaced by a new roof construction, thereby improving the height of the hall. Large windows were installed in the gyms so that there is an external reference for the users. The outer facade was provided with thermal insulation and is therefore energetically state-of-the-art. The halls were designed as themed halls. For example, everything related to climbing was combined in one hall. A multi-motion center, a climbing wall, high ropes and climbing poles are permanently installed here. The hall users can also set up ropes and hanging ladders. Monitors and public address systems are installed in all halls. In the course of the renovation, all technical systems were replaced as a contribution to environmental protection, the lighting system converted to LED technology and all consumers equipped with the lowest possible consumption values. The renovation began on March 21, 2016. The total costs amounted to almost 5 million euros. The lead architect was Heinz Scheuenstuhl.

Care offers

The Wilhelm Löhe School offers lunchtime and homework supervision for elementary school students and homework supervision for the 5th to 8th grade, provided there are places available. In addition, teachers and administrative staff are involved and offer winter camps during the Easter holidays, for example.

Open day

Since 1984 there has been an open day every year shortly before the registration deadline, when parents and children can explore the entire school building and take part in an obstacle course in the gyms. In all sub-schools, information is provided here about the school and in the auditorium, the head of the comprehensive school provides information about general conditions. The school also presents the special facilities on this day. There are individual counseling sessions in the sub-schools. The school theologian has one-on-one interviews with families whose children are not baptized.

Parent information

In addition to the annual report, which every student receives at the end of the school year, there is also a parenting information “Löhe-Aktuell”, which appears at least once a quarter. Here the parents are informed promptly about upcoming events, even before the publication of the annual report. In 2013, the school set up an electronic student information system (ESIS) so that parents can get information quickly and reliably. In the beginning, the program was mainly designed to protect the environment by saving paper and energy. Since the reliability and speed of the information transfer convinced parents and employees, the program was continuously developed with the programmer Herbert Elsner. In 2014, it was possible to report sickness. In 2015, a substitution plan was added in some of the sub-schools so that pupils and parents could already see at home whether lessons would start later or whether the children would come home earlier. In 2016, registration for elective classes was activated via the same system. In 2018, full coverage of all sub-schools was ensured and for better structuring, Thomas Scherner, a comprehensive school ESIS officer, was appointed who is the contact person for all areas relating to ESIS. In 2019, the school recorded 99.99% usage of all students and parents studying at the school.

Elective classes

The school offers a wide range of elective courses for students. The special thing is that many of the offers not only address children, but the whole family. For example, the family should get closer to sports. The cooperative comprehensive school concept is also to be promoted here. Many offers such as theater, school medical services, stage technology, Löhe radio or others such as dance courses are aimed at students of all types of schools. Students from all types of schools come together in the school family, get to know each other and make friends. The school would like to promote the synergy effect here. In the 2015/16 school year, the school offered 105 elective courses.

School parliament

The school parliament of the Wilhelm-Löhe-Schule consists of 8 students, 8 parents and 16 employees. These elected representatives of all groups work together and determine the course and development of the school. The school parliament meets at irregular intervals.

Awards

foreign languages

The following foreign languages ​​are offered as exam-relevant languages ​​at the grammar school: English, French, Latin and Spanish; at the Realschule and the Fachoberschule English and French, whereby in the Realschule the internationally recognized DELF diploma in French can be acquired; English is taught at middle school.

High school branches

At the grammar school, the Wilhelm Löhe School has a linguistic grammar school (SG), a scientific and technological grammar school (NTG) and an economics and social science grammar school with a social science profile (WSG-S).

Technical college branches

The technical college has a branch for social affairs and a branch for economics and administration.

primary school

The primary school at the Wilhelm Löhe School is a flexible primary school. In the flexible elementary school, a cooperation between the Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Culture and the Bavarian Education Pact Foundation, pupils in grades 1 and 2 are taught in a mixed-year entry level. The elementary school was also named a musical elementary school in 2017. In the school year 2017/18, the Wilhelm-Löhe-Schule agreed a cooperation with 1. FC Nürnberg and supports the students in coordination, endurance and mobility. The primary school won a trophy at the second “1. FC Niño Cup”. The primary school was the second school in Bavaria to pass the certification as a House of Little Researchers and received the certificate for this on February 12, 2018.

Religious instruction

Attending religious instruction is compulsory. Protestant , Catholic and Jewish students attend classes that correspond to their denomination, while other students can choose between the two types Protestant or Catholic. Deregistration from religious education results in the end of the school contract and thus the end of school education at the comprehensive school.

special offers

Musically

The musical offerings include: big band, symphony orchestra with at least 80 members from all schools, pre-orchestra, clarinet ensemble, jazz combo, chamber orchestra, elementary school choir, lower school choir and upper school choir. As a special feature, a musical group was launched in the 2010/11 school year, which is composed of up to 100 students from all types of schools. Through years of guidance, the musical group developed in 2017 so that they were allowed to stage and perform their own musical about Wilhelm Löhe as a contribution to the "Luther Year" (500 years of the Reformation). This musical was written, composed and furnished in every detail by students.

Church consciously integrated into everyday life

In addition to the weekly school meetings, in which there is always a devotional part and a "secular" part, the students are always led to school services at the beginning and end of the school year, as well as at Christmas and Easter to various Protestant churches. There is also an annual motto that contains a psalm and is displayed in all classrooms. A cross hangs in all classrooms and short devotions are held in the prayer room for employees and students. But even with voluntary nights of prayer, the gospel is always brought into the focus of everyone. New employees receive their own introductory service shortly after the start of the school year and are thus consciously accepted into a church school under the gospel.

Well-known alumni

  • Tanja Zimmermann - Nuremberg Christ Child 1985/1986
  • Sandra Schöttner - Nuremberg Christ Child 1995/1996
  • Katrin Urschel - Nuremberg Christkind 1997/1998
  • Christin Straub - Nuremberg Christmas Child 2003/2004
  • Eva Sattler - Nuremberg Christ Child 2005/2006
  • Johanna Heller - Nuremberg Christ Child 2009/2010
  • Anne Chebu - radio and TV presenter / book author
  • Thorsten Brehm - SPD mayor candidate for the local elections in Nuremberg 2020 - SPD [3] parliamentary group chairman of the SPD Nuremberg, elected unanimously on April 27, 2020

Partner schools and student exchanges

Student exchanges and partner schools have always been an integral part of the Wilhelm Löhe School. The school had student exchange programs with schools in Geneva , Chicago , Winnipeg , Cincinnati , and other cities. Today the partner and exchange program is active with the following schools:

School-related organizations

Association for school social work

In 2004, the school's parents and teachers reacted to the increasing number of difficult problems and upbringing of children and young people by founding an association for school social work. A help network was set up in cooperation with the school psychological counseling center. By hiring two social pedagogues, the two fields of work, school and youth welfare, are better merged. The aim of the association is to support and supplement the school social work in the Wilhelm-Löhe-Schule in coordination with the school's advisory center. The association sees itself primarily as an organizational platform for parents, teachers and students who want to constructively change and shape schools. Funding campaigns include, for example, homework supervision in the primary school, training of pupils for care and support tasks, support for parent groups in the organization of events or support for teachers in the planning and implementation of pedagogically oriented events.

Wilhelm-Löhe-Schule-Alumni eV

The alumni group are former students from the Wilhelm Löhe School who want to maintain contact with the school family. The board endeavors to provide its members with information about current school events. In addition, an extensive network for students, teachers and alumni is maintained. The alumni members get involved in school life in the following areas: participation in school life, networking between the school family and alumni, support for social projects, career information, placement of internships, apprenticeships and contacts. Membership is free.

Semper Reformanda Foundation

The Semper Reformanda Foundation (original spelling in capital letters) was brought into being by the founding chairman Horst Gloßner in 2006 with the intention of promoting the school quality at the Wilhelm-Löhe-Schule and the readiness for constant change and their future viability in a constantly changing world to back up. According to the school statutes, Christian education and upbringing with an Evangelical-Lutheran character is the mandate of the Wilhelm-Löhe-Schule. The intended purpose of “Semper Reformanda” is to support this objective where third parties or the state are not obliged to perform and do not do so voluntarily. The foundation pursues exclusively and directly charitable and church purposes. The patron of the Semper Reformanda Foundation is the former Bavarian Prime Minister. D. Günther Beckstein .

Wilhelm Löhe School Sports Association V. (WLSG)

In April 1993, the WLSG was officially founded and registered with the BLSV. The association aims to offer pupils, parents and teachers alike the opportunity to practice various types of sports without the stress of competition and pressure to perform, but still organized, and thus make school life even richer and more lively. The club initially had 9 departments. There are now an average of around 300 members in the WLSG.

Association of the Friends of the Wilhelm Löhe School

The association, founded in February 1956, promotes the Wilhelm-Löhe-Schule Nuremberg and helps the school through contributions and donations from its members. The friends support the school in its educational tasks, grant grants for free time and class trips, finance additional equipment requirements, procure equipment, media, books and musical instruments. The Association of Friends also sees its task in providing support in the educational area and financed, for example, the first FSJ positions or the start of after-school care at school.

Seniors of the WLS

The group of former employees of the school was founded in the school year 1966/67. This group serves for the exchange of information between the alumni and arranges activities among the alumni. The school is happy to support this group, as it benefits from this exchange of experiences and the family feeling is strengthened. Employees who are still active are always welcome.

Development of student numbers

Number of pupils by type of school
school year high school Technical college secondary school Middle school primary school
2014/2015 839 108 426 391 194
2015/2016 830 108 423 404 191
2016/2017 845 109 427 405 190
2017/2018 834 104 428 397 189
2018/2019 822 113 423 402 190

Web links

Commons : Wilhelm-Löhe-Schule Nürnberg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

  • Benjamin O. Lorenz: A Protestant School in National Socialism. The schools of the Evangelical Lutheran Diakonissenanstalt Neuendettelsau in Nuremberg. Nuremberg City Archives / Av 6531.4 1999, commemorative publication for the 100th anniversary.
  • Otto Barthel: The schools of Nuremberg: 1905–1960. Franconian publishing company, 1960.
  • City Lexicon Nuremberg. 2nd, improved edition. 2000, ISBN 3-921590-69-8 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Wilhelm-Löhe-Schule Nürnberg (grammar school) on the pages of the Bavarian Ministry of Culture (km.bayern.de, accessed on December 29, 2017)
  2. ↑ a b c Wilhelm-Löhe-Schule Nürnberg (Fachoberschule) on the website of the Bavarian Ministry of Culture (km.bayern.de, accessed on December 29, 2017)
  3. ↑ a b c Wilhelm-Löhe-Schule Nürnberg (Realschule) on the pages of the Bavarian Ministry of Culture (km.bayern.de, accessed on December 29, 2017)
  4. ↑ a b c Wilhelm-Löhe-Schule Nürnberg (middle school) on the pages of the Bavarian Ministry of Culture (km.bayern.de, accessed on December 29, 2017)
  5. ↑ a b c Wilhelm-Löhe-Schule Nürnberg (elementary school) on the pages of the Bavarian Ministry of Culture (km.bayern.de, accessed on December 29, 2017)
  6. ↑ Adolf Hitler: Mein Kampf. P. 460.
  7. ^ Official journal of the district president in Katowice. September 27, 1941, p. 8.
  8. ↑ City of Nuremberg: Tafeln Geschichte der Schule - Our school in the mirror of the times ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nuernberg.de
  9. ^ Annual report of the WLS 1963/64, p. 58.
  10. ^ Annual report of the WLS 1963/64, p. 67.
  11. ^ Annual report of the WLS 1966/67, p. 89.
  12. ↑ Festschrift 75 Years of the Wilhelm Löhe School
  13. ^ Annual report of the WLS 1974/75, p. 75.
  14. ↑ Festschrift 75 Years of the Wilhelm Löhe School
  15. ^ Annual report of the WLS 1977/78, p. 69 f.
  16. ↑ tocs.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de ( Memento of the original from February 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / tocs.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de
  17. ^ The student company Löhe-Technik-Company
  18. ↑ Environment Prize of the City of Nuremberg, Prize Winner 2014
  19. ^ Anne Chebu: Instructions for being black. Unrast, Münster 2014, ISBN 978-3-89771-527-1 .
  20. ↑ School without Racism: Lecture by a refugee to students of all 9th ​​grade (wls-nbg.de, accessed on December 29, 2017)
  21. ↑ MINTEC - The National Excellence School Network ( Memento of the original from October 25, 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. (mint-ec.de, accessed December 29, 2017) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mint-ec.de
  22. ↑ https://www.fcn.de/news/artikel/zweiter-1-nino-cup-ein-absolutes-highlight/
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  24. ↑ Christkindlesmarkt Nürnberg: Pictures of the former Christkindles (christkindlesmarkt.de, accessed on December 29, 2017)
  25. ^ Tears and a childhood dream Report from the Nürnberger Nachrichten of November 7, 2003, accessed on nordbayern.de
  26. ^ "The ignorance was embarrassing" report of the Nürnberger Nachrichten of February 16, 2008, accessed on nordbayern.de
  27. ↑ Maly successor: Who is actually Thorsten Brehm? on nordbayern.de, March 15, 2019, accessed on March 15, 2019
  28. ↑ [1] on nordbayern.de, from April 28, 2020, accessed on April 28, 2020
  29. ↑ WLS-Alumni e. V. - Association of Alumni of the WLS (wls-nbg.de, accessed on December 29, 2017)
  30. ↑ Number of students [2] (wls-nbg.de, accessed on July 19, 2019)