Bundesgymnasium and Bundesrealgymnasium Kirchengasse Graz

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Bundesgymnasium and Bundesrealgymnasium Kirchengasse Graz
BG and BRG Kirchengasse
type of school Bundesgymnasium and Bundesrealgymnasium
founding 1838
address

Kirchengasse 5

place Graz
state Styria
Country Austria
Coordinates 47 ° 4 '56 "  N , 15 ° 26' 23"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 4 '56 "  N , 15 ° 26' 23"  E
student about 850
Teachers about 90
management Daniela Kober
Website www.gym-kirchengasse.at

The Bundesgymnasium and Bundesrealgymnasium Kirchengasse is a state federal high school and Bundesrealgymnasium in Graz . The general secondary school offers general education with a linguistic, communicative and bilingual focus.

history

Two institutions that were founded in the middle of the 19th century are named as predecessors of the current BG / BRG Kirchengasse in Graz. This is on the one hand the state high school and on the other hand the Marieninstitut.

State high school

In 1811, Archduke Johann gave his extensive private collections to the Styrian estates as a foundation with the condition that it would contribute to the education of the young and the people. Archduke Johann was particularly keen to promote knowledge of the natural sciences and their practical implementation in technology. For the development of this goal, Archduke Johann appointed scholars and created various chairs, from which today's Montanist University in Leoben and the Technical University in Graz emerged.

In order to meet the needs of future students at these technical universities, a secondary school was needed that, unlike the grammar school, conveyed the results of natural research and the knowledge for practical business life, which was therefore a pre-training course for attending a technical university. After long negotiations, the Styrian estates decided in 1838 to found such a school and to bear the costs. A new building was erected on the ground of the former city fortifications at the corner of Opernring and Hamerlinggasse (formerly Realschulgasse), in which the secondary school and the cadastral archive were housed.

A number of further organizational preparatory work was necessary for the establishment of the Realschule: the draft of an organizational plan, the imperial approval for the establishment of a school, the appointment of a director and the appointment of the necessary teaching staff.

The organizational plan provided for a two-tier secondary school. Pupils who had reached the age of 13 and had finished secondary school “with good progress” could be accepted here. Without a preferential grade, you had to take an entrance exam. In the first years of teaching, the secondary school, which went into operation on October 2, 1845, consisted of two years. In addition to the scientific subjects of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, technical drawing, geography and natural history, there were also lessons in German and style, religion and living foreign languages ​​(French or Italian). A final examination was not planned. Success in secondary school, however, was a prerequisite for admission to further studies at the Joanneum (predecessor of the Technical University in Graz) or corresponding studies in Vienna or Prague.

Matthäus Lorenz Crophius Edler von Kaisersieg, the abbot of Rein , was appointed honorary director of the secondary school . He was also the rector of the Joanneum and had already played a key role in the design of the secondary school.

In the following years, the secondary school experienced several changes and extensions:

  • Soon after it was founded, it was given a third year. This was a commercial department as there was no commercial academy in Graz
  • Since 1848, the name has been the Styrian upper secondary school in order to clearly differentiate itself from the lower secondary school, which was created at the normal school (Hauptschule).
  • 1851: The school broke its connection with the Joanneum in the course of an "organizational draft for high schools and secondary schools" in the monarchy
  • 1855/56: After numerous negotiations with the Styrian estates to take over the increased costs for additional rooms and teaching staff, the school received a total of five years with imperial approval: three for the lower grades and two for the upper grades. In addition, there was a sixth year in the following school year. In addition, a number of new subjects were introduced.
  • 1861: Extension in today's Hamerlinggasse and change of name to the Styrian-Landschaftliche Oberrealschule (by the constitution of 1861 - February patent and regional regulations for Styria); the Styrian regional committee was now responsible for the school. In that year, Ludwig Crophius, director of studies, also died. His successor was Dr. Sigmund Aichhorn.
  • 1870: Introduction of a seventh grade. The school was considered a pre-school for the technical university and was on an equal footing with the grammar school.
  • 1875: The educational establishment was named Landes-Oberrealschule (LOR).

During the First World War, most of the teachers and students in the upper classes were obliged to do military service. The school building had to be cleared because it was needed as barracks for the Landsturm. Teachers who had already retired taught as replacements for the retired teachers. The number of teaching hours had to be cut as there were not enough teachers. The students had to perform pre-military exercises.

There were also a number of changes in the economically and politically difficult post-war period: The impulse of the school reformer Otto Glöckel to form learning communities in schools was implemented in the LOR, with the better pupils supporting the less successful in the afternoons.

The political upheaval after the First World War led to the acceptance of girls who so far had only occasionally passed their school leaving exams as external students (since 1913).

In 1925 there was a turning point in responsibility for the school system. The constitution of the Republic of Austria (1920) redefined the responsibilities for schools. The entire school system was now a federal matter, the LOR fell from the sovereignty of the State of Styria.

The federal government did not want to cover the costs for the building and teaching staff of the state high school, the state of Styria did not want to pay the expenses for which the federal government was responsible. The negotiations about the continued existence dragged on for years until the decision was finally made in 1928 to abandon the LOR and to let the existing classes expire. So initially the Realschule was converted into a Realgymnasium. Two years were run according to the curriculum of the Realgymnasium, the school was given the double name Landes-Oberrealschule and Landes-Oberrealgymnasium .

In 1937 the state government decided to close the schools in Hamerlinggasse. With the “annexation” of Austria to the German Reich in 1938, the political forces, in agreement with the state school board, decreed that the LOR and the Realgymnasium should move from Hamerlinggasse to Kirchengasse 1 and be united with the local Marianists' private Realgymnasium . On October 3, 1938, what was now the state high school for boys was opened in Kirchengasse 1. (16 classes) The head of the school was senior studies director Franz Pacher, and senior student councilor Andreas Patterer was the head of the adjoining student dormitory. In 1940 the state high school underwent its next transformation. It was nationalized and renamed the 5th State High School for Boys in Graz (Roseggerschule). The school's dormitory remained in the Reichsgau Steiermark. At the end of the war, when Graz was increasingly the target of air raids, there were no more schools. The school building became an auxiliary hospital.

Marian Institute

Sacred Heart Chapel of the Marieninstitut

In 1850 a group of respected and wealthy men in Graz founded the "Paulusverein" with the aim of strengthening the Catholic faith in the people through the education of the youth. In the Kreuzgasse and later in the Grabenstrasse, a house with a garden was acquired to accommodate orphans. This is how the Paulinum orphanage was built for children from lower social classes , which in 1857 also received a private boys' elementary school. In the same year, the then Prince-Bishop of Graz-Seckau, Count von Attems, obtained the emperor's approval that the Order of the Marianists would be entrusted with the management of the orphanage. The Marieninstitut was founded in 1858/59 in the Kirchengasse / corner of Grabenstrasse for children of higher classes. In 1874, however, the Marianists' license to teach middle school subjects was withdrawn due to a decree of the kuk regional school board and the pupils had to attend a state school or a state high school, however, continued to live in the Marieninstitut.

A particularly important year in the history of the Marieninstitut was 1902. At the instigation of many parents, with the consent of the superiors of the order, the 1st class of the private secondary school of the Marieninstitut was opened. In the school year 1908/09 the private secondary school reached its full expansion and the Ministry of Culture and Education granted public rights on January 12, 1909.

During the First World War, the boarding school and school operations could be maintained despite economic difficulties. In the twenties, there was a slow transition from Realschule to Realgymnasium , with the first Matura in 1935. The school was highly regarded by the population and ran among the Marianists until 1938. In that year the Marieninstitut was converted into a public school. Here the paths of the LOR and the Marian Institute united.

Bundesgymnasium and Bundesrealgymnasium Graz, Kirchengasse 1

In 1963 the school was named “Bundesgymnasium und Bundesrealgymnasium Graz, Kirchengasse 1”, today Kirchengasse 5.

The name of the small alley comes from the neighboring grave church .

From 1972 there were negotiations between the federal government and the provincial leadership of the Order of the Society of Mary regarding the sale or leasing of the property. The number of home students had fallen sharply in previous years, so that the home management was also forced to accept semi-external students. On the other hand, the number of external students increased sharply in the 1970s.

After the Marieninstitut dormitory was closed in 1978, the BG / BRG Kirchengasse received additional class and function rooms after the federal government had previously bought the area.

On the basis of various reports, the authorities came to the conclusion, which was devastating for the school community, that the use of the property in Kirchengasse for school purposes could not be regarded as appropriate. Renovation would cost the same as a new building, with functional deficiencies still to be expected.

As a substitute, the following locations were offered for students and teachers:

  • In the Körösistraße (Steinergrund) as part of the HTL new building plan, an AHS with 16 classes
  • In Graz-St. Peter (strong residential construction activity) an AHS with 20 classes
  • A new school building as AHS location in Graz southwest (today: Klusemannstraße)

The Kirchengasse was to be phased out, new students were only to be accepted in the Körösistraße and St. Peter. The teachers would find accommodation in the schools mentioned. At that time, in the 1984/85 school year, a total of 35 classes were taught in the BG / BRG Kirchengasse.

The Kirchengasse continues to exist

A lot of effort on the part of the school partners was necessary in order to implement the common goal of maintaining the “Kirchengasse” in reality: numerous interventions with the respective education ministers, the governor and the responsible school authorities. Furthermore, the association “Save the Kirchengasse” was founded, 15,000 signatures were collected for the continued existence and an interview with the governor was achieved with a protest march from Kirchengasse to Graz Castle.

Finally, it was possible to obtain construction plans for a new school building opposite the old building in the direction of Bergmanngasse. However, the start of construction was repeatedly delayed.

In 1994, after interventions by the director Vinzenz Moritz and the school community in Vienna, the groundbreaking ceremony took place.

After a long struggle for the continued existence of the Kirchengasse grammar school, the newly built school building was ready to move into at the beginning of the 1996/97 school year. A modern school building was erected in a construction period of only 17 months as a project by the Federal Real Estate Company behind the old "Kirchengasse" on the garden plot. At that time the BG / BRG Kirchengasse had 22 classes with 586 students and 56 teachers.

Reinhard Gande has been running the BG / BRG Kirchengasse since November 15, 1995, which, in addition to the further development of the grammar school, achieved an extension and renovation of the school building in the 2016/17 school year.

Architecture and buildings

After the renovation of the school building in the 2015/16 school year, the BG / BRG Kirchengasse now has networked and fully equipped classrooms as well as functional and special rooms:

  • Gym
  • cafeteria
  • Afternoon care including a new feed
  • Learning islands
  • School library

Educational work and offers

School development is a central concern at BG / BRG Kirchengasse. In order to meet the demands of society, the school needs to continuously review the educational and organizational goals and priorities and the corresponding human resources in order to achieve quality assurance.

A particular concern of the school is to promote the speaking and communication skills of the students.

  • The main school program “Communication and Presentation” is based on the pillars of communication, media, foreign languages, intercultural learning and political education. The school's own subject "Communication and Presentation" and its networking with other subjects form the core of this school focus.
  • Subject: Project management: In the 6th grade, the students are taught the basics of project planning and implemented in practice in the implementation of a project.
  • Political education: In the 6th grade the pupils get to know political action and carry out political projects on their own under supervision and guidance.
  • There is also a school choir and a theater group.

Inclusive model KiGA - high school with added value

Integration teachers accompany SPF students and organize projects and focus areas that are intended to improve coexistence and strengthen everyone's self-confidence. The BG / BRG Kirchengasse supports young people with special needs on the Rosenberg campus - from the first grade to the Matura. Since the 2000s, pupils with special needs have been taught, supported by three integration teachers. Lower school students visit the school at the Rosenberg site, in an old building in the countryside. Modern equipment and daycare in the same building are available to support this.

Financial education

As part of the EU project "Financial Education", which extends over a school year, pupils learn how to handle finances - age-appropriate and interdisciplinary. The project is carried out in cooperation with the FH Joanneum with all classes in the subjects geography and economics, history, German, English, mathematics and psychology / philosophy. The main goal is to make the students fit and confident in dealing with finances. Numerous practical economic and financial fundamentals, such as Examples include, for example, the sensible use of money, reading and understanding a cell phone contract, an insurance policy and a newspaper article on the subject of finance.

Well-known former students

literature

  • Annual report on the Steiermärkisch-Ständische Ober-Realschule in Gratz for the academic year (...) . Graz 1851-1860. - Full text online .
  • Reminder sheets for the school festival of the Landes Ober-Realschule zu Graz to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the emperor's government on December 2, 1873 . Lauschner and Lubensky, Graz 1873. - Full text online .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Elisabeth Schöggl-Ernst: A house full of tradition and change. From the cadastral archive to the Chamber of Agriculture . Ed .: State father for agriculture and forestry in Styria. Graz 2005, p. 9 f .
  2. ↑ The commemoration of the Landes-Oberrealschule in Graz to commemorate its opening forty years ago. October 2, 1845 - October 2, 1885 . Leykam, Graz 1885, OBV .
  3. ^ Gernot Reinitzer: The state high school in Graz. 1845-1970 . In: Gernot Ingmar Reinitzer (Ed.): Festschrift Landes-Oberrealschule Graz 1845-1970 . Festival committee for the 125th anniversary of the Landes-Oberrealschule Graz under the chairmanship and direction of Franz Ludwig Herzog, Graz 1970, p. 23 .
  4. ↑ This department was closed in 1868 after the opening of a commercial academy in Graz.
  5. ^ Gernot Reinitzer: The state high school in Graz . 1970, p. 25 .
  6. ↑ During this time, the Ministry of Culture and Education in Vienna managed the organizational structure of the Realschule, which was to be placed alongside the grammar schools in preparation for the technical university.
  7. ^ Gernot Reinitzer: The state high school in Graz . 1970, p. 26 .
  8. ^ Elisabeth Schöggl-Ernst: A house full of tradition and change . 2005, p. 19 .
  9. ^ Gernot Reinitzer: The state high school in Graz . 1970, p. 33 .
  10. ^ Gernot Reinitzer: The state high school in Graz . 1970, p. 32 .
  11. ↑ From the life of the institution . In: Annual report of the state high school for boys in Graz . S. 46 f .
  12. ^ Gernot Reinitzer: The state high school in Graz . 1970, p. 38 .
  13. ^ Werner Garms: Paulusverein. Catholic Faith Propagation Association. Graz 2003, p. 17 .
  14. ^ Leopold Hörbst, SM: Marianists in Austria, Bohemia and Hungary, in the Near and Far East. 1857-1991 . 1991, p. 3 .
  15. ↑ cf. Speech by Minister Moritz, Annual Report 1984/85, p. 7f.
  16. ↑ cf. Handout fight against the closure of the BG and BRG Kirchengasse . In: Press release on the school opening on November 15, 1996.
  17. ↑ a b Gymnasium-Steiermark: BG / BRG Kirchengasse. Retrieved October 8, 2018 .
  18. ↑ a b Celebrities with class: where they went to school. September 11, 2017, accessed October 8, 2018 .