Collegium Josephinum Bonn

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Collegium Josephinum Bonn
coat of arms
type of school Gymnasium and Realschule
School number 166248
founding 1880 in Vaals (Netherlands)
1920 move to Bonn
place Bonn
country North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany
Coordinates 50 ° 44 '57 "  N , 7 ° 4' 38"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 44 '57 "  N , 7 ° 4' 38"  E
carrier Redemptorist Order
student around 1170
Teachers about 100
management High school: Thomas Braunsfeld,
Realschule: Dirk Berger
Website www.cojobo.net

The Collegium Josephinum Bonn is a state-recognized, Catholic substitute school run by the Redemptorist Order in the Auerberg district of Bonn . It includes a grammar school with around 800 and a secondary school with around 370 students. Both schools are only attended by boys. There is a cooperation with the nearby girls' school in Bornheim- Hersel , the Ursuline School Hersel of the Archdiocese of Cologne , which used to be run by the Ursulines .

School history

In 1880 the Redemptorist Order founded the Collegium Josephinum as a boarding school for the next generation of the Order. Since the Jesuit laws of the Prussian government ( Kulturkampf ) made it impossible for the order to work on German territory, the town of Vaals , which lies directly behind the German-Dutch border , was chosen as the location . This school was attended by students from all over Germany. One of them was the writer Stefan Andres .

When the unhindered work of the order was possible again after the end of the First World War , the vacant building of a social institution “St. Joseph an der Höhe ”in the north of Bonn and set up the Ordensgymnasium with boarding school and the monastery for the Redemptorists working in the school. Since 1930 the Abitur of the Collegium Josephinum was officially recognized.

During the Nazi regime, the Collegium Josephinum was dissolved in 1940, the building was confiscated and used as a National Socialist teacher training institution. Towards the end of the war, the buildings were badly destroyed.

Front view

1945 to 1980

When US Army units marched into Bonn in March 1945, the Redemptorists got their property back and immediately began rebuilding. School operations were resumed just two months later.

A major change compared to the pre-war period was that since 1950 the Collegium Josephinum was no longer a mere boarding school for the next generation of religious orders, but opened up to all students from Bonn and the surrounding area. As a result, the number of students increased sharply in the 1950s and 1960s, so that the premises were soon no longer sufficient. At the same time, the boarding school lost its importance.

In 2010, allegations were made against three former boarding school (closed in 1983) Fathers who related to sexual or physical abuse in the 1950s and 1960s. The Order Province investigated these allegations through an external judge. She accompanies the processing of the events up to the present.

From 1980

As the number of pupils grew, it was decided to build a new school in 1976 with the support of the Archdiocese of Cologne . At the same time a secondary school was opened. In 1980 the new building was ready for both schools. The boarding school was closed in 1983. In 2005 the whole school celebrated the “125 years CoJoBo” anniversary. Far-reaching changes followed for grammar school and secondary school due to school policy decisions (e.g. introduction of the central high school diploma since 2007, shortening of the grammar school career to 8 years).

As a half-day school with a few lessons in the afternoon, the CoJoBo also offers a full-day program according to personal needs (homework supervision, study groups, work groups). In addition, the Catholic Student Youth (KSJ for short) offers group lessons for young people in the neighboring Klemens Hofbauer Haus.

CoJoBo Foundation

On the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the school, Redemptorists, teachers and alumni set themselves the goal in 2005 to help secure independence for the future. The necessary financial efforts are to be taken over by a foundation under the roof of the already established Redemptorist Foundation. The CoJoBo Foundation aims to promote upbringing and education, science and religion by supporting school pastoral care, the secondary school and the grammar school of the Collegium Josephinum in Bonn.

The foundation was established on Ascension Day (May 5, 2005) by the then Provincial of the Province of St. Clemens, Father Hermann ten Winkel.

The story of Josephshöhe

The current location of the Collegium Josephinum has had a special history since the Middle Ages. The hill in the north of Bonn was the place of the Bonn High Court. The gallows stood next to the old Roman road from Bonn to Cologne . Because the location had something disreputable about it anyway, it was chosen for the settlement of a leprosarium , i.e. a leper hospice. Such facilities had become necessary across Western Europe after leprosy had spread rapidly in the wake of the Crusades . This leprosarium consisted of a small chapel , a farm to care for the sick, and tiny apartments for the lepers in Bonn and the surrounding area. The chapel was dedicated to St. Lazarus , the patron saint of lepers. His statue from the 16th century is still in the church of the Redemptorist Monastery on Kölnstrasse .

In the early 18th century, leprosy died out in Europe as a result of improved living and hygiene conditions . The income from the farm was therefore used for the needy in Bonn. In the middle of the 19th century, the social consequences of increasing industrialization became apparent in the Rhineland , among other things in an increasing number of uprooted and orphaned children, who are now called street children . The Catholic Association of Bonn therefore decided in 1868 to buy the site of the former leprosarium, including the farm, and to build a social facility here. In 1872 the first part of the building of the "St. Joseph an der Höhe teaching and education institution" could be moved into. In its prime, it provided a home for around 300 children and helped them get off to a solid start in life through kindergarten, elementary school, secondary school, training workshops and vocational school.

The economic catastrophe as a result of the First World War led the educational institution to ruin. The care of the remaining children and adolescents could no longer be maintained. Therefore, the responsible board of trustees was not averse to a sale when the Redemptorist Order looked for a new location for its school.

Partner schools

Former students

Well-known former students of the Collegium Josephinum include:

Old Josephiner

In order to establish and maintain contact with the former students, there is a separate working group, the Alt-Josephiner. The group of active and former students organizes the alumni meeting every year (the time is always the Saturday one week before the 1st Advent), which on average is a special meeting with over 400 people every year.

Abuse victim Josephinum Redemptoristen e. V. (MoJoRed)

Former students of the Redemptorist boarding schools in Bonn, Bous and Glanerbrug have joined together in an association to address physical or psychological abuse during their school days. To this end, the association addresses the schools concerned, their sponsors and the public.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Gymnasium (G9) at a glance. In: Internet presence of the Collegium Josephinum Bonn. Retrieved October 5, 2019 .
  2. ↑ The Realschule at a glance. In: Internet presence of the Collegium Josephinum Bonn. Retrieved October 5, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Welcome to the CoJoBo. Collegium Josephinum Bonn, accessed April 30, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Ebba Hagenberg-Miliu: Abuse of the CoJoBo - two father accused. In: General-Anzeiger Bonn. July 23, 2010, archived from the original on July 26, 2010 ; accessed on April 30, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Foreign exchange . Retrieved October 24, 2018 .
  6. ↑ European project. Retrieved October 24, 2018 .