Burggymnasium Altena

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European school Burggymnasium of the city of Altena (Westphalia)
Altena-Burggymnasium2-Bubo.JPG
Old school building
type of school high school
School number 169754
founding 1626
address

Bismarckstrasse 10

place Altena
country North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany
Coordinates 51 ° 17 '53 "  N , 7 ° 40' 13"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 17 '53 "  N , 7 ° 40' 13"  E
carrier City of Altena (Westphalia)
student 950 (as of January 27, 2017)
Teachers 66, plus 3 trainee teachers (as of March 5, 2017)
management Hans-Ulrich Holtkemper
Website www.bg-altena.de

The Burggymnasium is now the only grammar school in Altena (Westphalia). The location, with a view of Altena Castle , was decisive for the name.

School history

History of the boys' high school

The oldest record of a secondary school in Altena can be found in a warehouse book of the Lutheran Church from 1626. At that time, a small room in the attic of the Luther Church served as the classroom of the Latin school . The teaching was in the hands of the local pastors for over two hundred years. In 1839 the classroom was so dilapidated that it could no longer be used in winter. A repair was not worthwhile, whereupon the city school commission dealt with the matter. Finally, the magistrate , the school commission and the city council agreed to transfer the higher education system in Altena from the hands of the church to the responsibility of the city. On May 1, 1843, the “Higher City School” was opened on Bungern. Thanks to a differentiated learning offer, this became a success model. Within the first four years the number of pupils doubled from 23 in the spring of 1843 to 48 four years later. The increasing number of pupils led to a lack of space, which was resolved by moving in the autumn of 1853 from the house of the Freedom School to a hall above the Künneschen brass cast goods factory. After another move in 1854, suitable accommodation was found on March 8, 1855 for almost half a century, again am Bungern. 1871 Altenaer "Higher Town School" in higher was Bürgerschule converted. The efforts of the director at the time led to the upgrading of the five-class higher middle school to a seven-class Realprogymnasium. In the spring of 1902 work began on a new building on Bismarckstrasse, which was inaugurated on October 31, 1903. In the school year 1902/03 it was possible to carry out all of the lessons according to the secondary school curriculum. In 1905 there was ministerial recognition as a secondary school and in the same year the first students received their Abitur certificates. In 1938 the nine-stage grammar school became the eight-stage "Oberschule for boys". Labor and military service were given priority. In the spring of 1945, teaching came to a complete standstill. He was only accepted again on January 18, 1946 in the municipal new language high school for boys. In 1979, after merging with the girls 'grammar school, the boys' grammar school was continued as the castle grammar school.

History of the girls' high school

Intermediate wing

In 1866, the two private higher daughter schools were merged into the higher daughter school Freiheit. In 1874 the school moved to a building where the German Wire Museum is located today . From 1879, the two-class school became a three-class, with each class being occupied by two years, so that a six-year school attendance was possible. In 1922 it was officially recognized as a lyceum . After the Second World War the school was run as a municipal modern language grammar school for girls. In 1979 this went up in the Burggymnasium.

History of the coeducational high school

The City Council of Altena decided in the 1971/72 school year to merge the girls 'and boys' high schools. This was due to the need to provide the necessary premises for the girls' high school and to simplify the school situation in Altena. The only option for an extension was on Bismarckstrasse. The old building was expanded for seven million marks. The final move was carried out in autumn 1978. The grammar school was now called "Burggymnasium Altena".

On May 5, 2012, the Burggymnasium, together with twelve other schools, was one of the first schools in the Märkisches Kreis to be named a “ European School in North Rhine-Westphalia”.

people

principal

  • 1871–1888 Rector Karl Mummenthey
  • 1888–1912 Rector Dr. Oskar Rebling
  • 1912–1914 director Eduard Rothfuchs
  • 1915–1919 Director Dr. Oskar Rebling
  • 1919–1924 director Eduard Rothfuchs
  • 1924–1924 Professor Butenuth
  • 1924–1924 Ficke
  • 1925–1933 Director of Studies Friedrich Heyne
  • 1933–1933 Lau teacher
  • 1933–1934 Flebbe teacher
  • 1934–1936 Director of Studies Johann Passe
  • 1936–1937 Flebbe teacher
  • 1937–1939 Director of Studies Dr. Max Hobinder
  • 1939–1940 teacher in Valais
  • 1940–1942 Director of Studies Dr. Max Hobinder
  • 1942–1944 Ficke
  • 1944–1945 Head of Studies Dr. Max Hobinder
  • 1945–1945 Professor Ficke
  • 1945–1947 Student Councilor Schröder
  • 1947–1954 Senior Studies Director Friedrich Heyne
  • 1954–1961 Head of Studies Dr. Ernst Jürgen Freese
  • 1961–1962 Head of Studies Titgemeyer as acting head
  • 1962–1962 Senior Teacher Dr. Rühling as acting head
  • 1962–1964 Senior Student Councilor Maaß as acting head
  • 1964–1975 Head of Studies Dr. Rudolf Rühling

Pupils

Web links

Commons : Burggymnasium Altena  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ come-on.de: Burggymnasium officially becomes European School , accessed on May 1, 2012
  2. ^ Arno Hohage: Statistical part . In: Städt. New language grammar school in Altena (ed.): Festschrift des Städt. New language grammar school in Altena on the occasion of the 600th anniversary of the city of Altena in 1967; P. 46f.