Albert Schweitzer School (Offenbach am Main)
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| type of school | high school |
| founding | 1853 |
| place | Offenbach am Main |
| country | Hesse |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 5 '43 " N , 8 ° 46' 1" E |
| carrier | City of Offenbach am Main |
| student | around 1080 (2015/2016 school year) |
| Teachers | around 100 (2015/2016 school year) |
| management | Barbara Lorz ( acting ) |
| Website | www.albert-offenbach.de |
The Albert Schweitzer School is a grammar school in Offenbach am Main . Originally founded as a "Higher Daughter School", it has had its current name since 1956. It is named after the doctor and philosopher Albert Schweitzer .
Since 1991 the school has been a UNESCO project school and a school sports center in cooperation with elementary schools, secondary schools and clubs, for example the First Offenbach Swimming Club (EOSC for short).
The school building is a cultural monument according to the Hessian Monument Protection Act .
history
On September 26, 1853, the Höhere Töchterschule , an all girls' school, opened its doors in Geleitsstrasse in Offenbach. In 1876 the girls' school is recognized as a higher school in Hesse. As early as 1884, the school was expanded to include an extension due to the high number of visitors. The next extensions follow in 1907 and 1916.
In 1956, the Höhere Töchterschule moved to the school in Waldstrasse, which was built between 1909 and 1911 as the Grand Ducal High School on Friedrichsplatz and was given its current name shortly afterwards. In 1957, the school first took in boys.
particularities
The Albert Schweitzer School is a school sports center. To promote talent, there are special sports classes in which particularly sporty students are specifically encouraged. Part of this funding is the opportunity to train once a week in the mornings for a specific sport during school hours.
In 1991 the school was included in the network of UNESCO project schools as one of 19 Hessian schools (as of December 2014) . A special focus is the commitment to environmental protection and compulsory upbringing in terms of human rights . See also: List of UNESCO project schools in Germany .
Since the beginning of 2016, the Albert Schweitzer School has been one of the so-called independent schools . The Hessian Ministry of Culture gave the grammar school more freedom in teaching and finances.
building
In 1908, the site for today's school was acquired and plans for a secondary school were drawn up by government architect Völker. Since the Waldstraße was already very busy at that time, the classrooms should be as far away from it as possible. The municipal shower bath was built around a rectangular schoolyard on the south-east corner on Waldstrasse, and the porter's house and a school servant's house on the opposite north-east corner. Both buildings were connected by a single-storey foyer, which was used for the pupils to stay outdoors in bad weather. The toilet facilities were connected to the school servant's apartment, followed by the gym, which was designed as a gymnasium and ballroom. The three-story classroom wing adjoins it at right angles to the west.
The architecture was in the local style in the Hessian style . The building is reminiscent of palace complexes from the Renaissance period with its high gables and large, slate-covered roof areas, which are divided into two inner houses . The two stairwells were particularly highlighted as towers. Inside, particular emphasis was placed on a well-coordinated color decoration, some of which is still there today. The gym has a height of 10.30 meters and is covered by a barrel vault. Since it serves as an auditorium and public lecture room at the same time, it is lavishly equipped and the gymnastics equipment can be placed in the side rooms. Despite some modern changes and damage, for example the fires on the south wing in 1987 and 1990, the school is in a very good state of preservation. As a complex modeled on the style of a renaissance castle and with the elaborate architectural details under the influences of Art Nouveau , it has great artistic importance and is a listed building .
Known students or teachers
- Karl Friedrich Lippmann (1883–1957), painter
- Jürgen Blume (* 1946), cantor and musicologist. Music and Latin teacher from 1972 to 1976
- Harald Habermann (* 1951), German politician (SPD)
- Ralph Färber (* 1971), German swimmer
- Felix Schwenke (* 1979), German local politician (SPD), Lord Mayor of Offenbach am Main
- Hadi Khanjanpour (* 1982), German actor, director and author
- Sarah Kortmann (* 1983), German actress and theater director, graduated from high school in 2002
Individual evidence
- ^ Albert Schweitzer School. In: offenbach.de , accessed on July 8, 2016.
- ^ College. In: albert-offenbach.de , accessed on July 8, 2016
- ↑ a b school management. In: albert-offenbach.de , accessed on March 17, 2020.
- ↑ a b History of the ASS. In: albert-offenbach.de , accessed on July 8, 2016.
- ↑ Independent school in Hessen. From: kultusministerium.hessen.de , accessed on April 12, 2016.
- ↑ Julia Radgen: Offenbach Albert Schweitzer School is independent. In: op-online.de . April 8, 2016. Retrieved July 8, 2016 .
- ↑ a b State Office for Monument Preservation Hesse (ed.): Waldstrasse 113–121 In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hesse .
- ^ Jochen Lengemann : The Hesse Parliament 1946–1986 . Biographical handbook of the advisory state committee, the state assembly advising the constitution and the Hessian state parliament (1st – 11th electoral period). Ed .: President of the Hessian State Parliament. Insel-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1986, ISBN 3-458-14330-0 , p. 272–273 ( hessen.de [PDF; 12.4 MB ]).
- ↑ Martin Kuhn: On the person: Hadi Khanjanpour. In: Offenbach-Post. October 25, 2019, p. 10.
- ^ Biography Sarah Kortmann. In: diedramatisebuehne.de . Retrieved October 15, 2018.
