Egbert-Gymnasium Münsterschwarzach
| Egbert high school of the Benedictines | |
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| type of school | Humanistic , linguistic , musical and scientific-technological high school |
| founding | 1901 (initially as a seminar in St. Ludwig) |
| address |
Schweinfurter Strasse 40, Münsterschwarzach Abbey |
| place | Münsterschwarzach |
| country | Bavaria |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 48 '21 " N , 10 ° 13' 57" E |
| carrier | Abbey of the Mission Benedictines Münsterschwarzach |
| student | 842 |
| Teachers | approx. 70 |
| management | Markus Binzenhöfer |
| Website | www.egbert-gymnasium.de |
The Egbert-Gymnasium Münsterschwarzach is a humanistic - modern language , scientific-technological as well as music high school with currently 842 pupils in Schwarzach am Main . The state-approved private school is sponsored by the Benedictine abbey of Münsterschwarzach and has existed since 1901. The grammar school is named after the reform abbot Egbert , who introduced the Lorraine reform in Münsterschwarzach in 1047 .
history
When the Benedictines from St. Ottilien came to Franconia in 1901 , they built a monastery in the former Ludwigsbad near Volkach. A school has belonged to the Priory of St. Ludwig from the earliest times. The community expanded and in 1913 decided to repopulate the Benedictine abbey in nearby Münsterschwarzach, which was dissolved in 1803. The school and boarding school also moved to the new location. From 1940 to 1945 the school and boarding school were closed by the National Socialists ; the abbey was also expropriated from 1941 until 1945 and converted into a hospital . → see also: History of the Münsterschwarzach Abbey
In 1963, new buildings were erected for the fifth through tenth grades. After the Egbert-Gymnasium was expanded to a full high school in 1981, the first graduates were able to receive their Abitur certificates in 1984. The gymnasium was last expanded with a vaulting hall in 2007. The boarding school was closed in 1999.
The high school is under the sponsorship of the Benedictines, who according to the 1500 year old monastery rule of St. Benedicts live. Young people have been raised on the basis of this rule for around 1,200 years. It serves as the basis of the school concept. The central question is: what does the individual need to grow and mature, how can his diverse talents be awakened and promoted so that he can become the person God intended him to be? The monks of the abbey want to pass this order on to the school. The current abbot is Michael Reepen OSB .
School branches
The students of the Egbert-Gymnasium either attend the musical branch, with music as a core subject from grade 5, the scientific-technological branch with a later focus on chemistry and physics or one of the linguistic branches. There is a differentiation in the eighth grade. The students of the modern language school branch learn French as a third foreign language from grade 8, those of the humanistic branch Greek. The first and second foreign language for all students is English and Latin, respectively.
particularities
In addition to regular morning lessons, the Egbert Gymnasium offers a variety of additional options. Particularly noteworthy is the day care center that has been in existence for over 30 years , the open all- day care of the school. In the day care center, qualified teachers, educators and social workers look after the children every day between the end of lessons and 4:20 p.m. In addition, a tied all-day class has been offered since the 2012/2013 school year . The DJK Egbert-Gymnasium Münsterschwarzach offers various sports such as vaulting, apparatus gymnastics and volleyball.
Comenius project
The title of the ongoing COMENIUS school project is Legends and Stories from our past - inspirations for the future . It connects with three other European high schools. The participants met for a working week in Münsterschwarzach. After a round trip it was the end of a trip from Krems to Birmingham to La Capelle en Serval. In the project, legends and stories of the respective country were tracked down and processed in a modern way. The working language in the project was English. The experiences during the travels were also formative for the students, as they were able to get to know the beliefs of a Muslim in a mosque in Birmingham. In Münsterschwarzach they were able to talk to Abbot Dominikus.
School newspaper "PEERplus"
About 40 students work on the school newspaper PEERplus, which appears twice a year. In the Lower Franconian school newspaper competition, it was awarded several times as the best school newspaper in Lower Franconia. In the Bavaria-wide competition "Blattmacher" (compare Blattmacher ) of the Süddeutsche Zeitung she also won first price and took third place in the nationwide competition of the Spiegel. In addition to the articles about school life and topics relevant to young people in the 110-page print edition, there are videos on the PEERplus YouTube channel that the film editors produce independently.
STEM school
Since 2012 the school has been allowed to use the title " MINT- friendly school". She was authorized to do so after reviewing the offers in mathematics, computer science, natural sciences and technology that go beyond the subject-specific lessons.
Vaulting
The vaulting has at Egbert-Gymnasium long tradition and enjoys great popularity. Teams and individual athletes of the DJK Egbert-Gymnasium Münsterschwarzach can look back on various national and Europe-wide successes.
Monastery sponsors
As a Benedictine school, the Egbert Gymnasium also wants to bring its students closer to the life of the monks. Fewer and fewer Benedictines work at the school and the connection to the abbey should be maintained. Therefore, every fifth grade is assigned a priest or brother from the monastery, who visits his sponsored class up to the tenth grade over and over again during the time-for-us lessons, has an open ear or talks about monastery life.
Social internship "Compassion"
The eleventh grade pupils complete a two-week internship in a social institution in February.
The "Benedictine Network"
Students, teachers and parents from Münsterschwarzach are involved in the "Benedictine network". This consists of schools that are sponsored by the Benedictine or Cistercian order. The pupils take part in meetings of the "German speaking Benedictine youth" (DeBeJu): schools with a Benedictine orientation are hosts in order to bring the pupils closer to the "Benedictine Rule" in a shared experience. The “DeBeJu” includes students from 55 Benedictine and Cistercian schools in Hungary, Italy (South Tyrol), Austria, Switzerland, Belgium and Germany. In May 2003 the Königsmünster Abbey in Meschede invited to a "DeBeJu" meeting for the first time. The last meeting took place in Disentis, Switzerland. 300 students from five nations took part. In addition to the meetings in Central Europe, there are also worldwide meetings that take place under the name "International Benedictine Youth" (IBY). The first meeting of this kind took place in July 2001 in Münsterschwarzach Abbey, followed by meetings in Woodside Priory near San Francisco (2004), in Königsmünster Abbey in Meschede in preparation for World Youth Day 2005 in Cologne, and in Sydney before World Youth Day 2008.
After the first German-speaking Benedictine youth meeting (DEBEJU) in May 2003 in the Abbey of Königsmünster in Meschede, the idea arose to create a cross-school forum for interested parents in order to clarify common basic convictions in school cooperation and in everyday life together ("Benediktinisches Parents forum) Parents from various Benedictine and Cistercian schools met in Marienstatt for the 1st Benedictine parents 'forum on October 11, 2003. The 2nd Benedictine parents' forum met on July 17, 2004 in the Egbert grammar school of Münsterschwarzach Abbey (July 17, 2004) and the 10th (October 5 to 7, 2012) took place in Münsterschwarzach.
Teachers from Benedictine schools also meet every two to three years. This is about the possibility of exchanging ideas, gaining new impulses at specialist presentations or planning joint activities. The last meeting of this kind took place in autumn 2014 in the Abbey of Königsmünster in Meschede.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ school management. In: www.egbert-gymnasium.de. Retrieved April 1, 2020 .
- ^ Abbey history. In: www.abtei-muensterschwarzach.de. Retrieved April 1, 2020 .
- ↑ egbert-gymnasium.de ( Memento of the original from March 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ History and objectives ( memento of the original from March 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ EGM International - COMENIUS project awakens legends. In: www.egbert-gymnasium.de. Archived from the original on January 1, 2013 ; accessed on April 1, 2020 .
