Episcopal Cusanus High School

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Episcopal Cusanus Gymnasium Koblenz
Episcopal Cusanus Gymnasium Koblenz
type of school high school
founding 1902
address

Hohenzollernstrasse 13-17

place Koblenz
country Rhineland-Palatinate
Country Germany
Coordinates 50 ° 21 '12 "  N , 7 ° 35' 37"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 21 '12 "  N , 7 ° 35' 37"  E
carrier Diocese of Trier
student circa 848
Website cusanus-gymnasium.de

The Bischöfliche Cusanus-Gymnasium is a grammar school in Koblenz , which is sponsored by the Diocese of Trier . The Cusanus -Gymnasium, a former Ursuline school , is located on Hohenzollernstrasse in Koblenz-Mitte . It is named after the philosopher, theologian and mathematician Nikolaus von Kues (1401–1464).

monument

The elongated three-storey clinker building with neo-Gothic shapes was built in 1904ff. Erected according to plans by the architect M. Keuthen from Aachen. The extension - tuff panels faced or plastered - took place in 1922/23 according to plans by the architects Huch & Grefges . Today the facades are clad in sheet steel (see list of cultural monuments in Koblenz-Südliche Vorstadt ). The chapel was redesigned according to plans by the Cologne artist Bodo Schramm and inaugurated in 2006.

history

  • In 1902 the Ursulines vom Calvarienberg ( Ahrweiler ) set up a branch in Koblenz and take over a private secondary school for girls.
  • In 1905 the Ursuline School moves into the building on Hohenzollernstrasse.
  • In 1922 an upper level was added.
  • In 1928 the first matriculation examination was taken.
  • In 1940 the school was closed by the National Socialists .
  • In 1945 the school reopened. The reconstruction of the destroyed buildings begins.
  • In 1960 the "Association of Friends and Patrons of the Ursuline School" e. V.
  • In 1971 the diocese of Trier took over the school. Since then, boys have also attended the Episcopal Gymnasium.
  • In 1980 the reconstruction and expansion of the Episcopal Cusanus-Gymnasium was completed.
  • In 1992 the school was given the name of Nikolaus von Kues and was called the Bischöfliches Cusanus-Gymnasium.
  • In 1999 the school was included in the "Network of ecological schools in Rhineland-Palatinate".
  • In 1994 the student exchange with the "Ben Gurion High School" in Petah Tikva begins .
  • In 2002 the alumni association was founded and the school celebrated its 100th birthday.
  • In 2005, on the occasion of World Youth Day in Cologne, the student exchange with the “Colegiul Sf. Iosif ”in Bucharest ; the school chapel is renewed based on a design by the artist Bodo Schramm .
  • In 2010 the sports hall will be extensively renovated and energetically refurbished. The foundation "Bischöfliches Cusanus-Gymnasium Koblenz" is established.
  • In 2011 the school yard will be redesigned and a new multi-purpose building will be created - the “sound room”; it opens up new perspectives, especially for music and theater.

Former teachers and students

  • Ottmar Dillenburg (* 1961), Catholic priest, General Praeses of the Kolping Society; was the school pastor of the grammar school from 2005 to 2008
  • Georg Langenhorst (* 1962), Professor for Didactics of Catholic Religious Education / Religious Education at the Catholic-Theological Faculty of the University of Augsburg; Between 1994 and 1995 he completed his legal clerkship at the grammar school, passed his second state examination at the local study seminar and worked at the grammar school until 1997 as a grammar school teacher
  • Alexander Müller (* 1969), German politician (FDP), member of the Bundestag, graduated from school in 1988.
  • Adam Soboczynski (* 1975), journalist and writer; attended high school and passed his Abitur there
  • Lars Weisbrod (* 1985), author, graduated from the school in 2005.
  • Anna Carla Winkes (* 1990), model; graduated from school in 2009

literature

The Bischöfliche Cusanus-Gymnasium is the publisher of the book of the religious educator Wolfgang Lentzen-Deis (* 1937): Nikolaus von Kues. Leben und Werk , published in 1994 by Offsetmeyer Verlag in Koblenz.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chapel of the Episcopal Cusanus Gymnasium inaugurated on bistum-trier.de on February 3, 2006
  2. ↑ School history. In: Cusanus-Gymnasium. Retrieved September 29, 2018 .