German grammar school for North Schleswig
| German grammar school for North Schleswig | |
|---|---|
| type of school | high school |
| founding | 1959 |
| place | Aabenraa |
| region | Syddanmark |
| Country | Denmark |
| Coordinates | 55 ° 2 '47 " N , 9 ° 24' 37" E |
| carrier | German school and language association for North Schleswig |
| student | about 180 |
| Teachers | 26th |
| management | Jens Mittag (headmaster), Simone Sippel Pedersen, Ines Muche, Lars Jahn (assistant to the headmaster) |
| Website | www.deutschesgym.dk |
The German Gymnasium for North Schleswig in Aabenraa is the high school for the German ethnic group in North Schleswig in southern Denmark . Apart from the upper secondary school at St. Petri School in Copenhagen , which was set up in 2010 , it is the only German-speaking grammar school in Denmark. At the end of the course, the students obtain both direct university entrance qualification in Germany (corresponds to the German Abitur) and the Danish student license .
construction
The German Gymnasium for North Schleswig is primarily the gymnasium training facility for the German ethnic group in North Schleswig . Most of the students were previously students of the 14 German elementary schools in North Schleswig under the sponsorship of the German School and Language Association for North Schleswig. A number of students - especially those who had not previously attended the schools mentioned - attended the German secondary school in Tingleff or another secondary school (Efterskole) before entering the grammar school. The Aabenraa location is centrally located in the middle of the school's catchment area. In addition, there are pupils from Danish families, from German families outside the actual catchment area and from families from south of the border. The latter have mostly attended post-school in Denmark.
The German Gymnasium for North Schleswig, like all gymnasiums in Denmark, only includes the upper level. Pupils who have successfully completed the 9th or 10th grade with the compulsory exams are eligible for admission. The Danish rules apply to the curriculum and lessons. After three years, the pupils graduate with the Danish Abitur (student exams ) and, if they complete a German test according to the rules applicable in Schleswig-Holstein and have taken at least B-level mathematics, also receive the German university entrance qualification (equivalent to the Abitur).
classes
Basically, teaching is in German. However , in the same way as all grammar schools in Denmark, Danish is taught and tested at the mother tongue level. In some subjects, material in Danish is sometimes used. The same curricula apply as for all Danish grammar schools. As usual in Denmark, the subjects are divided into three levels, with C subjects usually being one-year basic courses, B subjects over two years and A subjects over three years. Depending on the field of study and the choice of elective subjects, many subjects can also be upgraded to a higher level.
According to the regulations for grammar schools in Denmark, the DGN offers five fields of study:
- Mathematical and natural science (mathematics A, chemistry B, physics B)
- Biological-mathematical (biology A, mathematics B, economics / politics B)
- English social science (English A, economics / politics B, mathematics B)
- English-creative (English A, music B, art C)
- French-speaking (French A, English B)
Regardless of the field of study, Danish and history as well as German (only this in contrast to other high schools in Denmark) are three-year compulsory subjects at A level and sport at C level. There are also a number of subjects that must be completed at least at C or B level in each field of study. There are also some electives in the second and third school year.
activities
Despite the relatively small size of the school, there is a multitude of activities that go beyond everyday school life. These include numerous working groups and a .:
- Sports activities (especially handball, volleyball)
- Theater (has won several school theater awards)
- numerous music activities
- Big Band (together with the neighboring Aabenraa Statsskole)
- EU internship in Brussels
- Student exchange
The school has permanent contacts. a. with the Vanier College in Montreal ( Canada ), which is the annual goal of the study trip for the linguistic and creative course of study, with the German grammar school in Fünfkirchen ( Pécs ) in Hungary and as the Comenius school in a joint course with the Holstenschule in Neumünster , the federal high school Rein near Graz and the Gimnázium Bolyai János in Kecskemét in Hungary.
Another special project is the school ambassadors who report in other schools across Denmark about the peculiarities of minority life in the Schleswig region. Here the DGN works with the two high schools of the Danish South Schleswig region , Duborg-Skolen in Flensburg and AP Møller-Skolen in Schleswig . In addition, the "German Gymnasium for North Schleswig" offers a one-week internship during the 13th year. In cooperation with several political offices and advisors, the students are given the opportunity to experience European politics first hand. For this they are given a week off from class.
history
German as a school language has a long tradition in the former Duchy of Schleswig . Although Danish had been the school language in the northern part of the country since the Reformation , German was particularly important in the cities of the part of the country. Latin schools, the predecessors of today's grammar schools, existed in Hadersleben (Haderslev Katedralskole), Flensburg ( old grammar school ) and Schleswig ( Schleswig Cathedral School ) since the 16th century , and were also attended by middle-class children from other Schleswig cities.
During the imperial era, the district town of Aabenraa, like most of Schleswig-Holstein's district towns, had its own high school in a new building on Forstallee. After the German-Danish border was drawn in 1920, it was converted into a Danish-speaking grammar school as Aabenraa Statsskole . In 1927, however, a private German grammar school was set up in the north of the city, where the majority of the residents voted to belong to Germany in the referendum on February 10, 1920. Was catchment area from the outset all of North Schleswig, as well as the high schools in Tondern (Tønder Gymnasium), Haderslev (Haderslev Katedralskole) and Sonderborg (Sønderborg Statsskole) were dänischsprachig and had only to 1924 German-language "reduction classes."
In 1933, own high school graduates could be released from the German grammar school for the first time. In the period that followed, the German ethnic group was increasingly drawn into the pull of National Socialism in Germany, which increased after the country was occupied by the German Wehrmacht in 1940. In the final phase of the war, numerous refugees from eastern Germany found emergency quarters in the high school building.
With the early end of the school year 1944/45, German school operations in the state part ended. The building was confiscated by the Danish state, and today - structurally very well preserved - it serves as a police station. Teaching in German was only allowed on a private basis, but these newly founded German private schools had no right to take exams. It was only with the Bonn-Copenhagen Declarations that the German schools in North Schleswig - like the Danish schools in South Schleswig - were given back full exam rights. This cleared the way for the construction of a new German grammar school for North Schleswig.
Founded in 1959, it started teaching at the German private school in Aabenraa before moving into the new building across from it in 1964. This was designed by the Jacobsen student Otto Weitling . In 1962 the first high school graduates could be released, as well as graduates of the real exams, which existed in Denmark until 1978. In 1992, the school at the northeast end received an extension with a new cafeteria / canteen, toilets and classrooms.
Special
In the performance comparison of all grammar schools in Denmark introduced in 2005 by the Danish Ministry of Education, the German grammar school for North Schleswig regularly takes a top position. The grade point average of the final exams, which is important for obtaining a university place, was by far the highest in the Syddanmark region in the first half of the 2010s (2012: 7.8, 2013: 8.0, 2014: 8.9). In a nationwide comparison, the German grammar school for North Schleswig ranks first among all grammar schools in Denmark for the final year 2014.
Attached to the school is a boarding school for students with very long journeys to school. There is a separate school bus for students who live far away from the public bus routes.
literature
- Karin Linke, Immo Doege, Volker Lindemann, Hans Jürgen Nissen: 50 years of the German grammar school in North Schleswig: 1930 - 1980 . A commemorative publication. Ed .: German School and Language Association for North Schleswig. Mohrdieck, Aabenraa 1980.
- Immo Doege, Hans Jürgen Nissen: 25 years of the German high school for North Schleswig: 1959 - 1984 . A commemorative publication. Ed .: German School and Language Association for North Schleswig. Aabenraa 1984.
- Jürgen Festersen (Red.): 50 Years of the German High School for North Schleswig: 1959-2009 . Ed .: German Gymnasium for North Schleswig. Mohrdieck Tryk, Aabenraa 2009.
Web links
Internet presence of the German grammar school for North Schleswig