German School St. Petri Copenhagen

Saint Peter's School, Copenhagen
type of school	comprehensive school
founding	1575
address	Larslejsstræde 5 1451 Copenhagen K
place	Copenhagen
region	Capital region
Country	Denmark
Coordinates	55 ° 40 ′ 47 "  N , 12 ° 34 ′ 11"  E Coordinates: 55 ° 40 ′ 47 "  N , 12 ° 34 ′ 11"  E
carrier	Private school
student	500
Website	www.sanktpetriskole.dk

Sankt Petri School

The Sankt-Petri-Schule at the Sankt-Petri-Kirche in Copenhagen is a German-Danish private school . It was founded in 1575 by Theophilus Neovinus , making it the oldest German school abroad and the second oldest of all schools in Copenhagen.

history

In 1575, Theophilus Neovinus confirmed the founding of the school with a certificate. In return for payment from the Danish king, he had to ensure that the students of his school sang German choral songs in the church on Sundays and that the bells rang. In the first two centuries of its existence, the school was a school for the poor .

In 2010 a high school superstructure was set up. In the 2015/2016 school year, 17 students attended the 10th, 8 the 11th and 1 student the 12th grade.

Awards

In the 2015 ranking of the Danish Ministry of Education, the Sankt Petri School slipped to 62nd place. In 2006 the school had taken first place out of 1,740 Danish schools. At that time, according to national statistics , the students in the St. Petri School's exam class achieved the best average grades in the standardized exams in Denmark . In the subjects German and mathematics, the students were absolutely in first place, in the other eight subjects only once below the 40th place.

In 2013 the school received the first prize from the Federal Ministry of Education for the best communication between school management, students and parents.

people

• Richard von Weizsäcker , later Federal President, attended the Sankt Petri School in the 1920s as the child of the German diplomat Ernst Heinrich Freiherr von Weizsäcker .
• Hanns Grössel's father was a teacher at the school from 1939 to 1945.

See also

• List of German schools abroad

literature

• Johannes Lehmann, PH Frosell, HW Praetorius: The St. Petri Schools in Copenhagen 1575-1975. Their 400-year history. Copenhagen 1975.

Web links

Commons : Sankt Petri Schule  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Wikisource: Announcement of the German-Danish agreement on the establishment of German-Danish upper secondary schools  - sources and full texts

Wikisource: Agreement between the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Government of the Kingdom of Denmark on the mutual recognition of a German-Danish Abitur at the Sankt Petri School in Copenhagen  - sources and full texts

• Homepage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Number of students on sanktpetriskole.dk
2. ↑ Information on the school website. Retrieved May 24, 2016 . 
3. ↑ See hele lists: Bring the bedste and værste skole in commune. In: Søndagsavisen , accessed June 4, 2018