Otto von Guericke vocational schools
| Otto von Guericke vocational schools | |
|---|---|
| type of school | professional school |
| founding | 1904 |
| place | Magdeburg |
| country | Saxony-Anhalt |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 8 '17 " N , 11 ° 38' 13" E |
| management | Hans-Jürgen Meier |
| Website | www.bbsovg-magdeburg.de |
The Otto von Guericke vocational schools are a vocational school in Magdeburg in Saxony-Anhalt . The school building is a listed building . The school is named after the former Magdeburg mayor Otto von Guericke .
location
The school is located at Am Krökentor 1b, 2, 3 in the northern part of Magdeburg's old town . On the opposite side of the street is the also listed enclosure wall of the Schrote parade ground .
Educational goals
The school offers different training courses (as of 2017). There are courses in vocational school ( IT ), technical college (metal technology, structural engineering, electrical engineering), technical college (metal engineering, structural engineering, computer science, electrical engineering), vocational high school (health and social affairs, information technology, engineering, business) and vocational school (metal engineering, structural engineering, electrical engineering) , Others). There are vocational training in the professions conditioning mechanic , optician , construction equipment operators , structural and Objektbeschichter , professional drivers , floor layers , electricians , IT specialists , vehicle painter , tile, plate and mosaic workers , cleaners , geomatics , track layers , industrial mechanic , construction mechanic , automotive mechatronics , Painters , Machine and system operators , metal workers , system electronics technicians , technical product designers , technical system planners , carpenters , surveying technicians and cutting machine operators .
Architecture and history
Several schools have been combined in the complex. This also applies to the Magdeburg building trade school, which was split off from the Magdeburg School of Applied Arts and Crafts in 1890 . It was maintained by the city of Magdeburg and the Prussian state. It was located at Marstallstrasse 2 and was the last school of its kind in Prussia to become state-owned in 1904. However, the city of Magdeburg took on the obligation to erect and equip a new school building.
In 1891, a municipal mechanical engineering school was also built in Magdeburg. The school, already supported by the Prussian state, also became state-owned in 1904. It was at the address Grüne Armstraße 14 , the former König-Wilhelm-Gymnasium . Here, too, the city committed itself to a new building.
In 1900 a compulsory commercial training school, the first of its kind in Prussia, was founded. It was the first school in Prussia to offer vocational training.
In 1902 the city of Magdeburg approved building costs of 315,000 marks for the construction of a commercial advanced training school. The current school complex was built from 1902 to 1907 in several construction phases as an advanced training school and the Royal Prussian Building Trade School and Mechanical Engineering School based on a design by Wilhelm Berner . The school opened in 1904 at Am Krökentor 3 . There were initially 27 classrooms, two painting rooms, a modeling room and a physical classroom. There were also library and collection rooms. The buildings for the mechanical engineering schools and the building trade school were built from 1905 and completed in 1907.
The neo-baroque school complex consists of four-storey plastered buildings that rest on a basement . On the courtyard side, behind the right and left wing, there are two long side wings extending to the east. The multi-axis facades that characterize the street scene are monumental, reminiscent of castles. They reach a total length of 142.5 meters, are structured by risalits and have representative portals in a Baroque Art Nouveau style . A striking feature is a broad, ten-axis central projection, which is crowned by a triangular gable. The symbols of the building trade and mechanical engineering can be seen in the gable. The main entrance portal, which is flanked by half-columns, is also located in the central projection. In addition, there are narrow side projections in which the side entrances are located. In front of these risalits, also crowned with triangular gables, there are two-storey bay windows . The stairwells are spacious and decorated with Art Nouveau decor. Some of the furnishings from the period of construction have been preserved.
The building trade school was housed in the middle section of the complex, the mechanical engineering school in the right wing and the advanced training school in the left wing. There was a boiler, machine and workshop building with its own chimney for the mechanical engineering school.
While it was compulsory for boys to attend vocational school from the end of the 19th century, girls did not have to attend a vocational school until 1921, albeit only for commercial professions. With a local statute from 1927, attendance at vocational school was compulsory for all unmarried young people under the age of 18 . However, there were still special requirements for girls.
During the Second World War , the building was badly damaged and then rebuilt in a much simplified form. In particular, the originally existing tail gables in the neo-baroque style were not redesigned, which significantly changed the appearance. A relief by the sculptor Wilhelm Giesecke , originally located in the central gable and depicting the goddess Athena as the protector of technology, was not restored either.
The buildings were then used until 1990 as an engineering school for electrical engineering and mechanical engineering and as municipal vocational schools for the city of Magdeburg. In 1990 the Vocational Schools III were established, which offered training in the fields of metal technology and electrical engineering. A joint facility was created from the municipal vocational school V and the "Albert Einstein" company vocational school for heavy current plant construction. Here the training of the electrotechnical and manual trades in metal technology was brought together. In 1993/94 all commercial vocational schools in the city of Magdeburg were brought together at this location. Today's vocational school was created with its very extensive range. Training for professions such as optician, glazier and technical draftsman was also added.
In addition, further educational offers such as the technical high school , the technical college and a two-year vocational school were integrated.
From 1998 the building complex was renovated with funding from the European Union . The chimney of the former machine building was demolished.
The building complex is considered to be important in terms of urban and cultural history, especially with regard to Magdeburg's university history.
In the local register of monuments , the school is listed as a monument under registration number 094 17421 .
The Förderverein Berufsbildende Schule am Krökentor e. V. The headmaster is the senior director of studies, Hans-Jürgen Meier (as of 2017).
literature
- Sabine Ullrich, Magdeburg - Architecture and Urban Development , Magdeburg City Planning Office, 2001, ISBN 3-929330-33-4 , page 65.
- Sabine Ullrich, Magdeburg Schools , Ed .: State Capital Magdeburg, City Planning Office Magdeburg 2006, page 84 ff.
- List of monuments Saxony-Anhalt, Volume 14, State capital Magdeburg , State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt, Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2009, ISBN 978-3-86568-531-5 , page 72.