Bundesgymnasium and Bundesrealgymnasium Bludenz

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Bundesgymnasium, Bundesrealgymnasium and Oberstufenrealgymnasium Bludenz
Logo Bundesgymnasium, Bundesrealgymnasium and Oberstufenrealgymnasium Bludenz
type of school BG, BRG and BORG
School number 801016
founding 1939
address

Unterfeldstrasse 11

place Bludenz
state Vorarlberg
Country Austria
Coordinates 47 ° 9 '20 "  N , 9 ° 49' 41"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 9 '20 "  N , 9 ° 49' 41"  E
student 878 (school year 2010/2011)
Teachers 93 (school year 2010/2011)
management Gerald Fenkart
Website www.bgbludenz.at

The Gymnasium Bludenz (short: BG BRG BORG Bludenz ) is a general high school in Bludenz in the Austrian Vorarlberg .

history

Founded in 1939

The later grammar school was approved by a decree of October 4, 1939 by the then Reich Ministry for Internal and Cultural Affairs as a “State High School for Boys” in the “district town” of Bludenz.
After the financial means for the construction of a school building were lacking, the school was housed in the south wing of the Dominican convent of St. Peter (founded in 1278 by Count Hugo I. von Werdenberg-Heiligenberg).

Opening in 1940

The first school year 1939/40 could only start after adaptation work with the opening ceremony on January 13, 1940 with 41 students. Girls were only admitted in the second year of existence, 1940/41. The school year 1944/45 had to be repeated due to a lack of teachers and numerous air raids.

A military hospital was set up on the school premises in February 1945 and the classes were moved to the elementary school. In May 1945 a Moroccan mule company of the French occupying forces moved into the monastery.

Schools in St. Peter's Monastery (1950–1961)

In September 1950, lessons began in the premises of the St. Peter monastery in the form of an Austrian state secondary school and in 1948 the first students were able to take their Matura (matriculation examination).

The smallest classroom in the school was colloquially called "the hole" - it was on the ground floor and only had a barred window to the school yard. The lack of space in the inadequate premises of the monastery became more and more serious and could be alleviated in the short term by the construction of a school barrack in 1952 in the monastery meadow in front of the main entrance opposite the school building. The building, in which there was space for two classrooms and two teaching material rooms, was supported by the Vorarlberger Illwerke and the municipality of Bludenz.

Until 1961, the students had to move to the Bludenzer Stadtsaal for physical education. Football and athletics were only possible on the Unterstein sports field.

New school building in Unterfeld (1956–1961)

It was Ludwig Kert, head of the school since 1947, who built the new school in Unterfeld.
When he returned from America, England and France in May 1952, Chancellor Leopold Figl stopped in Bludenz, where Director Kert urgently advised him to build a new school. The city of Bludenz provided the building site of 22,000 m 2 in the Unterfeld free of charge and with the groundbreaking on September 21, 1956, construction of the new school building began.

In July 1961, Federal President Adolf Schärf inspected the progress of the new building together with Vorarlberg Governor Ulrich Ilg . After a five-year construction period, the modern school building was handed over to its current location in Unterstein on December 10, 1961. The wall design in the foyer was carried out in 1963 by the Bregenzerwald artist Leopold Fetz .

With a rapid increase in the number of pupils, the professors' apartments had to be converted into classes in the 1970s and the former St. Josef Mission House housed some emergency classes until 1980.

Bundesgymnasium and Bundesrealgymnasium Bludenz, December 2007

Extensions (1980 and 2002-2005)

The extension opened in 1980 in the east was able to alleviate the enormous space requirement for a short time. Director Dür took over the management of the grammar school in 1985, advocated the construction of an urgently needed third gym and this hall was opened in 1998.
In the years 2002 to 2005 the school was completely renovated under the direction of Fröwis and an additional south wing was added.

In 2015 the BG Bludenz celebrated its 75th anniversary. Helmut Abl headed the BG Bludenz for eleven years from 2008 to 2019. Gerald Fenkart took over the management of the grammar school in the 2019/20 school year.

Forms of instruction

In the 2015/16 school year, 798 pupils attended the Bundesgymnasium and Bundesrealgymnasium Bludenz in 38 classes and 87 teachers were employed there.

The places of residence of the students (number of students at the end of the school year):

1939/40 1950/51 1955/56 1960/61 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2017/18 2018/19
Bludenz 127 202
Schruns 30th 53
Rest of the Montafon 14th 28
Bürs 4th 26th
Feldkirch 1 18th
Number of students 41 236 338 432 798 approx. 900 840
Class number 1 9 12 16 39 38 37 36
Teachers 87 97

In the 2006/07 school year, 41% of students attended the AHS long form and 59% had left secondary school. There are currently two long forms in Bludenz as well as two branches of education in the Bundesoberstufenrealgymnasium (BORG).

Long forms

Culture & language

Here special emphasis is placed on foreign language training. In the third grade, lessons begin in French or Spanish and the language not chosen in the lower grades is learned from the fifth grade.
In the upper level, the compulsory elective subjects offer the opportunity to acquire additional language skills in Russian. In addition to languages, the compulsory subject “Cultural Education” is a major focus in this branch of the school.

Nature & technology

In this type of school, the focus is on mathematics, biology and environmental studies, physics, chemistry and descriptive geometry. At the beginning of the fifth grade, you can choose between Italian, French and Latin.
The three-year class in descriptive geometry takes place from the sixth grade using a CAD program exclusively on the computer.

Short forms

In addition to the long form of the grammar school, Bludenz also offers two branches in the BORG. These types of school lead to the Matura in four years . At the BORG, students choose between Italian, French and Latin.

BORG health & exercise

This branch, unique in Austria, is characterized by a major subject “Health & Exercise” with three to four hours per week. Its aim is to prepare for health-related studies and professions.

The main topics include areas such as anatomy, physiology, nutrition, first aid, training theory, health, wellness, sports injuries, rehabilitation, health professions, sports medicine tests, bandage technology, sports massage, etc. The following principles apply to teaching in the main subject:

  • Highest possible personal activity
  • Interdisciplinary teaching
  • Involvement of external experts
  • Maximum outdoor activity
  • Offers of possible additional training

BORG Economy & Digital

This school branch has been offered since the school year 2017/18 and includes an educational offer in the areas of entrepreneur driving license and entrepreneur examination, as well as in the digital area.

principal

  • 1940–1942: Eberhard Steinacker
  • 1942–1945: Karl Hane
  • 1945–1946: Guido Burtscher
  • 1946–1947: Walter Stecher (took over the management of BG Feldkirch in 1947 )
  • 1947–1978: Ludwig Kert
  • 1978–1985: Josef Blank
  • 1985–1998: Elmar Dür
  • 1998–2008: Franz Josef Fröwis
  • 2008–2019: Helmut Abl
  • 2019 – ongoing: Gerald Fenkart

literature

  • Josef Concin: The Bludenz grammar school 1940 to 1980 , Bludenz 2007

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Administration. In: https://bg-bludenz.at . Retrieved October 19, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Bludenz, Dominikanerinnenkloster St. Peter ( Memento from October 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), available on the website of the Federal Monuments Office on the occasion of Monument Day 2003.
  3. ↑ As a farewell, a perfect certificate (July 11, 2019)
  4. ↑ New boss at the Gymi (September 5, 2019)
  5. ↑ From 41 to 798 students: BG Bludenz celebrates its 75th anniversary (March 26, 2015)
  6. ↑ Festschrift for the consecration and opening of the new school building for the Bundesrealgymnasium in Bludenz; self-published, autumn 1961
  7. ↑ Gymnasium Bludenz: New offer from 2018