Academic high school Salzburg

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Academic high school Salzburg
Building on Rainberg since 1976; New building completed in 2016
type of school General secondary school , humanistic grammar school
School number 501016
founding 1617
address

Sinnhubstrasse 15

place Salzburg
state Salzburg
Country Austria
Coordinates 47 ° 47 '40 "  N , 13 ° 2' 3"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 47 '40 "  N , 13 ° 2' 3"  E
carrier Republic of Austria
student 608 (2013/14)
Teachers 77
management Klaus Schneider
Website www.akadgym.salzburg.at

The Academic Gymnasium Salzburg is a humanistic high school (long form) and European high school in Salzburg . The school was founded on September 20, 1617 by Prince Archbishop Markus Sittikus as a Benedictine high school and is the youngest of the five academic high schools in Austria. The first day of school was November 6, 1617. The grammar school was called "Akademisches Gymnasium" until 1855 and from 1964, in between also Kk (state) grammar school, humanistic grammar school and 1st federal grammar school.

location

Study building of the Academic Gymnasium until 1975
Exterior view of a completely renovated school building, autumn 2016
Auditorium of the new school building
Seating in the new school building

The school has been located in the Riedenburg district since 1976 and is located on the southern slope of the Rainberg .

In 2015, due to a renovation, she temporarily moved to the Nonntal district , where the school will probably stay until winter 2016, after which it will move back to the Rainberg. It will be housed in two buildings previously used by the University of Salzburg .

history

Precursors and during the Archdiocese

The forerunners of the Academic Gymnasium were the Cathedral School and the Latin School of St. Peter, the beginnings of which can be traced back to the time of Arno and St. Rupertus (7th century AD).

The successor to Archbishop Markus Sittikus, Archbishop Paris Lodron , expanded the grammar school into a university . The head of the school, Praefectus Gymnasii, was responsible to the rector of the university, and the students were entered in the university's register until 1810.

There were five classes in which a teacher taught all subjects (religion, Latin, Greek, German, geography, history and mathematics). From the second grade onwards, the students were only allowed to speak Latin among each other. In addition to the academic training, the theater was also promoted, which appeared at year-end celebrations and special occasions, but which came to an end in 1776 through a decree by Archbishop Colloredo.

Under the Bavarian reign

After the "normative of the establishment of public teaching institutions" in the school year 1811/12, grammar school studies were expanded. The lesson tables were changed especially in the sense of neo-humanism and the ancient philological subjects became more prominent. In the four years of the upper school, 23 hours per week were planned for Latin and ancient Greek. Mathematics was also strongly represented with 12 hours per week. Because of the political situation and Bavaria's dependence on Napoléon, French was offered. The academic high school experienced a heyday during the turmoil of the Napoleonic War .

At the time of the Biedermeier period

After the province of Salzburg finally came to Austria in 1816, the Austrian curricula were reintroduced, in which a teacher was provided for all subjects - with the exception of religion. The teachers were provided by the Benedictine abbeys of St. Peter and Michaelbeuern . Everyday school life should have been rather calm during this time.

The reform of the higher education system in Austria 1849/50

As a result of this reform under the Minister of Culture Leopold Graf von Thun and Hohenstein , the higher education system in Austria was given a new basis, which it should keep until 1962. The high school course was extended to eight years, the subject teacher system was introduced and provided for a matriculation examination / Matura for the graduates. The certified subject teachers in particular should raise the level of education. In addition, German and science subjects were introduced as subjects.

First and Second World War

During the First World War, the building was used jointly with the Salzburg State Realschule , which was converted into a reserve hospital, and with the teacher training institute. Many professors and students were drafted into military service. Immediately after the annexation of Austria, the director Hofrat Karl Schnizer was relieved of his office (March 13, 1938) and the students were regularly confronted with ideological and political ideas. After the war, Hofrat Karl Schnizer was reinstated as director.

Refurbishment of the school building

The school building was completely renovated from 2014 to 2016. A second floor was added to the building and almost the entire building was renovated. Only the basic structures of the building were preserved.

Mozart and the grammar school - an encounter

At the age of 11, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed the interlude Apollo et Hyacinthus (KV 38) for the Latin play “Clementia Croesi” by P. Rufin Widl, a professor at the grammar school. It was performed with students in the auditorium on May 13, 1767, the 150th year after the grammar school was founded. In the high school protocols it says:

"... Musica quoque a D. Wolfgango Mozart undecenni Adulescentulo composita omnibus placuit, qui quidem ad noctem nobis artis suae musicae in clavicembalo insignia specimina dedit."

Personalities

Directors and teachers

  • Heinrich Hackel, teacher from 1900, director 1925–1934, alpine club leader
  • Aegidius Jais , professor 1778–1788, school prefect from 1784, Benedictine priest, Roman Catholic theologian and university professor
  • Olivier Klose , teacher 1889–1918, discoverer of the jug from Dürrnberg
  • Stefan Kruckenhauser , teacher 1931–1936
  • Joseph Mayburger, teacher 1848–1850, landscape painter
  • Joseph Mezger , professor 1658–1662, Benedictine, theologian, lawyer and historian
  • Paul Mezger , teacher of philosophy 1660–1666, Benedictine, theologian and university professor
  • Eugen Müller, teacher 1904–1939, conductor and composer
  • Ludwig Purtscheller , teacher 1876–1899, alpinist and first to climb Kilimanjaro
  • Eduard Richter , teacher 1871–1886, geographer (Richterhöhe)
  • Beda Weinmann, teacher 1848–1869, artist, founder of the fire brigade and the gymnastics club in Salzburg

Students and graduates

School branches

Modern language-humanistic grammar school

In this branch, languages, education in the sense of personal development, social interaction and a critical-innovative examination of modern technologies form the focus. English is taught in the first grade, the subject of social learning conveys communication, learning techniques and the topic of togetherness.

From the second grade onwards, Latin is added, in the fifth grade you can choose between French and Ancient Greek. From the sixth grade onwards there is a course system (modular upper level) in which 16 elective modules can be chosen.

European high school

The aim of the school experiment Europagymnasium is to teach the students an additional language and basic international values ​​in addition to the focus of the modern-language-humanistic grammar school. A student exchange with EU countries is intended to expand linguistic skills and cultural understanding. In contrast to the modern-language-humanistic grammar school, Spanish is taught from the fourth grade and in the module system from the sixth grade 6 elective modules can be chosen.

Modular upper level

The modular upper level begins in the sixth grade (10th grade) and is currently being carried out as a school experiment. The compulsory subjects are reduced to the legally prescribed minimum hours and the students have more options. A certificate is issued after each semester; any negative modules can be passed in a module examination.

The modules:

  • Basic modules (compulsory subjects such as German etc.) are compulsory, the number of hours is reduced.
  • Elective modules (previously compulsory electives) have been significantly expanded and can be "selected" by the students in accordance with their interests within a given framework. There are three types of elective modules:
  • Supplementary modules expand the general range of subjects, e.g. B. Italian, Spanish, Computer Science, Descriptive Geometry.
  • In-depth modules relate to the basic modules (German, English, mathematics, etc.) and have the function of “deepening” content and promoting networked thinking (interdisciplinary offers).
  • Key qualification modules should help to cope flexibly with future demands in work and society. Examples of offers are rhetoric, communication, presentation, media studies, scientific work.

Extracurricular activities

Foreign language competitions

French

The French national foreign language competition is currently being organized by teachers from the Academic Gymnasium and takes place in the school.

Spanish

The Spanish foreign language competition is also organized by teachers from the school and many students from the Academic High School take part every year. In addition to the competition, numerous projects such as Spanish theater by and for schoolchildren are offered.

Latin and ancient Greek

Every year pupils take part in the Latin and Greek Olympics. Students of the school also take part in the Ovid competition (Certamen Ovidianum Certamen Ovidianum Sulmonese) and the Cicero competition ( Certamen Ciceronianum Arpinas ).

Russian

Russian is not taught directly at the school, but students can attend it at the Bundesgymnasium Zaunergasse and then take part in the foreign language competition.

Kangaroo of math

All students take part in the annual competition.

Descriptive geometry

Descriptive geometry can be visited as part of the module system at the Borromaeum Salzburg .

literature

  • Erwin Niese (editor): Festschrift 375 Jahre Akademisches Gymnasium 1617–1992 with an annual report on the school year 1991/92 . Salzburg 1992
  • Annual reports of the Academic Gymnasium
  • Catalogs of the Academic Gymnasium

Web links

Commons : Akademisches Gymnasium Salzburg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Josef Stockinger: Rebirth from the spirit of the Renaissance and humanism. In: Festschrift 375 Jahre, Akademisches Gymnasium Salzburg, 1992, pp. 18-19
  2. ↑ Josef Stockinger: Rebirth from the spirit of the Renaissance and humanism . In: Festschrift 375 Jahre Akademisches Gymnasium 1617–1992 ; Salzburg 1992
  3. ↑ cf. Josef Stockinger: The academic high school in Salzburg during the rule of Bavaria (1810–1816) . In: Annual Report of the Academic Gymnasium 1969/70, pp. 6–21, especially p. 11 f.
  4. ^ Wolf: The Academic Gymnasium Salzburg in the decades of the great school reform in 1849 until the collapse of the monarchy. In: Festschrift 350 Years of the Academic Gymnasium Salzburg 1617–1967 ; Salzburg 1967 pp. 65-78, especially p. 65.
  5. ↑ Josef Stockinger: Rebirth from the spirit of the Renaissance and humanism. In: Festschrift 375 Jahre, Akademisches Gymnasium Salzburg, 1992, pp. 24-25
  6. ↑ Modular upper level. In: akadgym.salzburg.at. Retrieved May 11, 2020 .