Athenaeum Stade

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Athenaeum Stade
Exterior view of the Athenaeum Stade
type of school high school
School number 66965
founding 1588
address

Harsefelder Strasse 40

place Stade
country Lower Saxony
Country Germany
Coordinates 53 ° 35 '25 "  N , 9 ° 28' 20"  E Coordinates: 53 ° 35 '25 "  N , 9 ° 28' 20"  E
carrier District of Stade
student around 1321 (January 5, 2015)
Teachers about 120 (2011/12)
management Martin Niestroj
Website www.athenaeum-stade.de

The Athenaeum Stade is a grammar school in the Hanseatic city of Stade .

history

Middle Ages and early modern times

In a written source from 1393, pupils of the Stader Premonstratensian Monastery of St. Georg are mentioned for the first time . In a more recent source, this monastery school is also called “St. Jürgen School “.

She trained boys to be clergymen and in the Middle Ages also took in Stader citizens' sons, who were to receive a high-quality education. Students from Stade can be found at many medieval universities.

During the Reformation, when the monastery convent belonging to St. George was dissolved, around 1540 the monastery school became a municipal Latin school . In 1554 the school had a principal , four teachers and three schoolmates and was under the supervision of the council, with the participation of the local clergy.

In 1588, the four-class Latin school on Steilen Strasse was converted into a seven-class grammar school, which was first named "Athenaeum" in 1635. The first rector was Reiner Lange, who later became the syndic and mayor of Stade. The expansion of the school was probably financed by the sale of St. Georg's property. The students learned in addition to the Latin language and Greek , Hebrew , philosophy and theology . Scholarly principals, well known for their book publications, attracted students from all over northern Germany to the Stader School. Disputations conducted in Latin have been published. Stades Gymnasium competed in reputation with those in Bremen and Hamburg . The Athenaeum flourished in the 17th century, when the number of students rose to around 300 and a new building was built.

With the occupation of Stades by troops from the Duchy of Celle , 1676–1679, the Athenaeum lost its reputation. This trend continued with the decline of Stade's importance in the 18th century. In 1765 the school and the teachers' apartments burned down and was not rebuilt until 1768. The number of pupils fell, despite the reorientation of the school towards more science classes. Only in the middle of the 19th century did things pick up again.

Imperial Era and First World War

After being placed under the Hannoversche Oberschulkollegium in 1829, the school's Matura examination was introduced in 1830 , with which pupils could obtain admission to study . An average of five to eight students a year succeeded in doing this, most of whom came from the Stade area. In the course of the revolution of 1848 , the school set up real lessons for students who did not want to study. During the imperial era, it was converted into a royal high school in 1874. At the same time, the middle school was separated. The number of students had risen to 242, which led to a great shortage of space.

In 1901 the grammar school moves to the Bahnhofstrasse in today's Carl-Diercke-Haus .

After the First World War , the school lost its royal status and high school professors became class councilors, but otherwise not much changed in school life. Instead of the Realgymnasium, an upper secondary school was established from 1928 onwards . The following year, the school moves into the building of the teachers' college, which closed in 1925, on Harsefelder Strasse, where it still exists today. From then on the school was officially called “Athenaeum”.

Second World War to the present

During the National Socialist era, the grammar school became a high school. Like other higher schools in Germany, it accepts the National Socialist orientation, but the respected headmaster Hans Wohltmann , who remains in office from 1927 to 1950 despite the political upheavals, ensures continuity .

In 1974, co-education was introduced at the Athenaeum at the same time as the Vincent-Lübeck-Schule , the former “girls' high school” .

In 1981/82 the building was expanded for the second time with an extension, which mainly houses specialist rooms.

In 2013 the Athenaeum celebrated its 425th anniversary, for which numerous events such as theme days, lectures by alumni, art exhibitions and concerts were held and implemented by teachers, parents and students.

Library

The Athenaeum holds a historical book inventory of around 16,000 volumes. Until a few years ago, the holdings were distributed in various other libraries and archives. They were brought back to the school and are now housed in the attic of the old school building next to the rooms of the modern school library.

The Athenaeum today

In addition to the main building ("old building") built in 1901, the school grounds on Harsefelder Strasse also have a school garden and a sports field. In 1958 a first extension ("central building") was inaugurated, and in 1982 another with a new forum ("new building"). From 1960/1962 the school had two gyms with a teaching pool; In 2003 these were partially replaced by a new triple sports hall, for which parts of the school garden had to be replaced. In 2012, another school building ("extension building") was opened. The principal is the senior studies director Martin Niestroj .

The 1966 under the direction of senior teacher Dr. The school's own observatory built by Karl Otto Palmer is used by the Astronomy / Jugend forscht working group. The chess group, which regularly takes part in tournaments, is also successful. Further traditional groups are the Ruder-AG, the Theater-AG and the school choir.

In 2001, the Athenaeum teacher Christian Schlecht (French, ethics) was named “Germany's smartest teacher” in a television program.

In July 2005, an 11th grade at the Athenaeum organized a 24-hour learning marathon that raised money to build a school in Mali . It was the endeavor of the organizers to open the school to new topics and, in particular, to bring local businesses to the school. A total of 12,000 euros were raised through sponsors, a raffle and donations. The school has now been built and is in operation. A Christmas collection in 2005 brought in an additional 2,500 euros, so that the construction of a hospital ward has now been tackled.

In November 2006, the Dow Chemical company found the “Lebendige Elbe ” working group to be eligible for funding. She donated a prize of 5000 euros.

The teacher Dr. In 2008, Hans-Otto Carmesin was awarded the Lower SaxonyMetall Foundation's prize for his commitment to the MINT subjects.

In the summer of 2009, as on some other roofs of schools in Stade, the municipal utility installed photovoltaic systems on the roof of the Athenaeum. Other renovations were and will be financed by the economic stimulus package II . In 2009 and 2010, for example, the school's internal network was modernized, new windows installed and interactive whiteboards installed in some classrooms . Furthermore, parts of the new building and the central building were renovated and the pavilions were replaced by an extension.

On November 30, 2010 the teacher Dr. Hans-Otto Carmesin was awarded the Klaus von Klitzing Prize from the University of Oldenburg as Teacher of the Year for natural science subjects . Dr. Carmesine for the expansion of the observatory.

The new "extension building" has existed since September 3, 2012. In 2013, the central building, damaged by water damage, was completely renovated, which means that the branch at the Camper Höhe secondary school is no longer required.

In November 2013, Dennis Röder , teacher of English and history at the Athenaeum, was awarded the “ German Teacher Prize 2013 ” for his special educational commitment .

The student council of the Athenaeum organized a demonstration on January 14, 2015 in cooperation with the Lower Saxony State School Council and other schools in the region to lift the boycott of school trips caused by the increase in the teaching obligation of high school teachers in Lower Saxony. About 2000 schoolchildren took part in the demonstration. “With the demonstration, the student council of the Athenaeum wants to draw the public's attention to this grievance and wants politicians and teachers to talk to each other and find a compromise. She wants to make it clear that the students of Lower Saxony should no longer be instrumentalized for the purposes of the teachers. ”, It said in a press release.

“Although we can understand the worries and needs of the grammar school teachers, we have to think first and foremost of the students concerned. We cannot continue to accept that the conflict between teachers and politics is carried out at the back of the students, and under no circumstances should the deletion of educational measures such as class trips create additional problems. "

- Marvin Ruder, student representative at the Athenaeum high school : Press release from the Athenaeum high school student council

On April 28, 2015, the student council of the Athenaeum organized a demonstration for the reintroduction of school trips in cooperation with other high schools in the district, in which around 500 demonstrators took part.

Promotion of the gifted

The Athenaeum is part of the Stader Hochbegabten- Förderverbundes, an association of several schools in the region, which aims to better support particularly talented students. The cooperation association was set up by the Lower Saxony Ministry of Education in 2004 and supported, among other things, with additional lessons. Five other schools in the Stade district belong to the network: the primary schools Horneburg , Fredenbeck , Bockhorster Weg and Am Burggraben as well as the Vincent-Lübeck-Gymnasium .

In addition, the Athenaeum supports competitions such as Jugend forscht or Jugend debattiert , in which Athenaeum students regularly take part with success.

student

Known teachers

literature

  • CH Plaß: Program of the Gymnasium zu Stade. School news ... , Stade: A. Pockwitz, 1872; Digitized
  • Winfried Hollmichel, Klaus Piller: History of the Athenaeum. 400 years of high school - 800 years of Latin school , Stade 1988.
  • Hans-Cord Sarnighausen: The Stader Athenaeums Rector Dr. Meno Valett (1758–1850) and his family , in: Zeitschrift für Niederdeutsche Familienkunde, issue 3/2012, pp. 291–299; Announcements of the Stader Geschichts- und Heimatverein, 87th year, issue 1, April 2012, pp. 2–15.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Website for the 425th anniversary of the Athenaeum Stade
  2. ^ Historical library at the Athenaeum is cataloged . Report in the Stader Tageblatt of April 19, 2016, on the Athenaeum homepage (accessed on March 7, 2018)
  3. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento from January 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ http://www.tageblatt.de/lokales/landkreis-stade_artikel,-Deutscher-Lehrerpreis- geht-an-Athenaeum-Lehrer-Dennis-Roeder-_arid, 1004467.html
  5. ↑ a b Marvin Ruder: PRESS RELEASE: Stade students demonstrate against boycott of school trips. (PDF; 158 kB) Student council, Gymnasium Athenaeum Stade, January 8, 2015, accessed on May 17, 2015 .
  6. ↑ Anouar Springer: PRESS RELEASE: Another student demonstration “for class trips” in Stade. (PDF; 158 kB) Student council, Gymnasium Athenaeum Stade, April 23, 2015, accessed on May 17, 2015 .
  7. ↑ Luise Kranzhoff: This year, too, there was a positive balance at Jugend forscht. (No longer available online.) Gymnasium Athenaeum Stade, March 22, 2015, archived from the original on May 18, 2015 ; Retrieved May 17, 2015 .
  8. ^ Michael Gisbrecht: Youth debates: The competition at the Athenaeum. (No longer available online.) Gymnasium Athenaeum Stade, February 14, 2015, archived from the original on May 18, 2015 ; Retrieved May 17, 2015 .
  9. ↑ Kai Schröder and Henning Tegtmeyer : Hermann Wohlers, an almost forgotten federal brother , Federal newspaper of the fraternity of Hannovera zu Göttingen, volume 107 (new series), April 2017, No. 1, pp. 71-73 (link to the article)