Elsterschloss-Gymnasium
| Elsterschloss-Gymnasium | |
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| type of school | Gymnasium (grades 7-12) |
| founding | 1858 |
| address |
Schlossplatz 1a |
| place | Elsterwerda |
| country | Brandenburg |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 27 '16 " N , 13 ° 31' 28" E |
| carrier | Elbe-Elster district |
| student | 319 (as of August 2019) |
| Teachers | 48 (as of August 2019) |
| management | Martin Goebel |
| Website | www.elsterschloss-gymnasium.de |
The Elsterschloss-Gymnasium is a school in the southern Brandenburg town of Elsterwerda in the Elbe-Elster district . The educational institution, which was initially founded in 1858 as a teacher training college, is located on the site of the Elsterwerda Castle, which was built in its present form in the 17th century . Located directly on the Black Elster , according to surveys by the magazine Unicum Abi from 2003 and 2006, it is currently one of the best and most beautiful schools in Germany .
School history
→ See also: Elsterwerda Castle , history of Elsterwerda
The school as a teacher training college
As a result of the regulations of the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the city and castle of Elsterwerda, which until then had been under the administration of the Saxon electors and served as the summer residence of Duke Karl von Kurland until his death in 1796, came from the Kingdom of Saxony to the administrative district of Merseburg of the Prussian province Saxony .
On October 24, 1851, the Prussian Provincial School Board applied to the Ministry of Culture to set up a seminar in Elsterwerda Castle. The approval was given on April 6, 1852, but the building permit was not granted until 1856. In the autumn of 1857, the renovation work was completed and on January 6, 1858, it was handed over to the seminar administration. On November 13, 1857, the Royal Prussian Teachers' Seminar was opened with 19 pupils. Since the newly created educational establishment was planned for significantly more seminarians, further recordings soon followed and in autumn 1859 the targeted number of 60 seminarians was finally reached. In 1878 the construction of a seminar gymnasium, which had now become necessary, began on the school premises, which was to become the masterpiece of the Elsterwerda master builder Friedrich Jage , who subsequently erected a large number of other buildings in the city of Elsterwerda and its surroundings. In addition, in the summer of 1882, a newly built seminar training school was put into operation, in which there was a classroom, a teaching room for chemistry and physics and a chemical laboratory. In the same year the number of seminarians studying in Elsterwerda, after an increase to 65 in 1879, was increased again to 75 pupils.
In order to prepare the seminar candidates for the six-year teacher training course, they needed their own preparation facility in Elsterwerda, which was finally put into operation in 1898 in the nearby Elsterstrasse and made the seminar a model institute of its time. Friedrich Jage was also the master builder here. In 1901 the number of students increased again to 90. Since the premises of the boarding school were no longer sufficient, they made do with three boarders, which were rented in the city area and offered space for 35 seminarians. The boarding school was later completely closed and the rooms that became free could be used for school operations.
The First World War , which began in 1914 , also had consequences for the Elsterwerda teachers' seminar. Numerous seminarians were called up for military service and many fell victim to it. As a result, emergency and individual examinations were carried out at the seminar and after the end of the war the number of students here increased again due to war seminarists who were transferred to Elsterwerda. But after the November Revolution, the Abitur was required for training as a primary school teacher , which meant that the previous teacher seminars soon ceased and were replaced by teacher training colleges .
From the Weimar Republic to the reunification of the two German states
In 1926 the Elsterwerda teacher training college was withdrawn and its place was taken by the upper secondary school "Elsterschloss", a state advanced school which had been in operation here since 1922 and was supposed to lead talented elementary school students to university entrance after six years. The first Abitur exam was taken by five students in Elsterwerda in 1928 and the educational institution was soon considered to be the largest advanced school in the province of Saxony . In 1930 163 pupils attended the Elsterschloss School.
In 1938 the school was converted into a high school . The previous director Dr. Mayerowicz was suspended because of his Jewish descent and Oberstudienirektor Ernst Lampe , who was already in charge of the secondary school, was reinstated as director. After the end of the Second World War , only two of the old teachers remained in service, among them Ernst Lampe, who continued to run the school, but resigned from office in December 1945 due to a serious illness of his wife. Dr. Mayerowicz, who survived the Shoah , took over the management of the school again on January 1, 1946.
In 1959, the Elsterschloss School was converted into an extended secondary school (EOS). While the neighboring Polytechnic Oberschule (POS) received the name of the resistance fighter Rudi Arndt , in May 1969, in the presence of his widow Valentina, the Elsterschloss School was named EOS “ Vladimir Komarow ”; a Soviet cosmonaut who became the first person to die on a space mission in 1967. A memorial stone was also unveiled in his honor on the school grounds.
The Elsterschloss-Gymnasium
The reunification of the two German states in 1990 meant that the previous EOS was converted into a grammar school and the school has had its current name "Elsterschloss-Gymnasium" since the school year 1991/92. With the introduction of the upper level of the gymnasium, the duration of the training for the students increased to 13 years, which led to the EOS Abitur being completed for the last time in Elsterwerda in 1993 and no school-leaving exams to take place in 1994. A year later, the classroom management given by class teachers in the top vintages, whose duties since the tutors of the existing at the school advanced courses take.
The increasing number of pupils led to an increased need for space, which could be covered by the closure of the immediately adjacent polytechnic high school "Rudi Arndt", since most of its premises could be taken over by the grammar school.
From 1995 the entire school complex was extensively renovated. The prefabricated building of the former POS, which is adjacent to the castle, was completely gutted and the castle closed to school operations. In order to keep the school going nonetheless, a mobile school was built as a temporary solution for the duration of the construction work on the school premises and other rooms in the city area were used. After the first construction phase could be handed over at the beginning of the 1998/99 school year, the palace was completed in August 1999. On September 4, 1998, the newly built "Elbe-Elster-Halle" was also handed over in the immediate vicinity. In addition to sporting activities, this multi-purpose hall can also be used for cultural events such as concerts, theater performances and exhibitions. It also has outdoor sports facilities, which can also be used by the Elsterschloss-Gymnasium.
With the closure of the neighboring “ Grundschule am Schlossplatz” in 2006, additional rooms became available, which are now used by the grammar school after extensive renovation.
Educational work, equipment and offers
The Elsterschloß-Gymnasium has been an open all-day school since the 2007/2008 school year .
The following qualifications are possible at the school:
- Realschule qualification / technical college entrance qualification
- Authorization to attend the upper level of the gymnasium
- General University Entrance Qualification
In the upper classes, advanced courses are offered in the subjects of biology, chemistry, German or German / communication, English, geography, computer science, art, mathematics and physics.
The school has its own sports hall and a library, which has been named after Thilo Koch, a well-known television journalist and former student , who donated books worth around DM 35,000 . The school also offers several working groups.
Others
School newspaper
At the Elsterschloss-Gymnasium, the school newspaper “Schlossgeflüster” is created and published as part of a working group .
School partnerships
The grammar school maintains school partnerships with the Georgianum grammar school in the North Rhine-Westphalian city of Vreden , a grammar school in Nakło nad Notecią in Poland and a grammar school in Israel . There are also cooperations with the Elsterschulzentrum in the West district , the Brandenburg Technical University in Cottbus and the Lausitz University of Applied Sciences . There is another cooperation with the Technical University of Berlin .
particularities
According to surveys by the magazine Unicum Abi, the Elsterschloss-Gymnasium is currently one of the best and most beautiful schools in Germany. In 2003, the grammar school took second place in the environment category and in 2006 a remarkable seventh place in the overall ranking.
In addition, the school contributes to the cultural life of the city of Elsterwerda with music events, theater performances, school festivals and exhibitions.
Support association
The Elsterschloss-Gymnasium is supported and promoted by the "Fördervein Elsterschloss-Gymnasium eV", which sees its purpose primarily in the care and preservation of the historically grown tradition of this educational institution as well as the promotion of the educational and cultural tasks and goals of the school .
Regular school events
- Foreign language day
- Pennefasching in February (sec. I / II) organization of grade 11
- Open house in February
- Autumn ball in October Organization of grade 12
- Christmas concert in December
- December 27th meeting of former students for high school graduates
- Ceremonial handover of certificates with wreaths (wreaths of oak leaves) for the Abitur
- Award events Golden Abitur with wreath (50th anniversary)
- Study trips to Italy, Greece, sailing
- School championships
Personalities
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Many personalities of the city of Elsterwerda were or are connected to the Elsterschloss and its educational institutions. The teachers' seminar, the following upper secondary school, the secondary school and the grammar school played a major role in the intellectual and cultural life of the city. In the school there were teachers and students who became known, among other things, through literary and scientific publications or in politics.
Well-known former teachers (selection)
- Hermann Kahle (1829–1887), writer
- Friedrich Nadler (1847–1924), educator
- Hugo Große (1849–?), Writer
- Johannes Gillhoff (1861–1930), writer
- Wilhelm Teschner (1869–1924), music teacher and composer
- Hans Nadler (1879–1958), painter
- Ernst Lampe (1886–1968), educator
- Friedrich Stoy (1887–1978), local history researcher
Well-known former students (selection)
- Ernst von Delius (1912–1937), racing driver
- Eberhard Matthes (1915–1998), honorary citizen of the city of Elsterwerda
- Heinz Fülfe (1920–1994), puppeteer
- Thilo Koch (1920–2006), journalist and writer
- Klaus Beuchler (1926–1992), journalist and writer
- Karl Kraus (1938–1988), physicist
- Reinhard Höppner (1948–2014), politician
- Eva-Maria Stange (* 1957), politician and trade union official
literature
- Paulick, Horst: The Elster Castle in Elsterwerda as an educational institution . In: Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Heimatkunde e. V. Bad Liebenwerda (Hrsg.): Home calendar - For the country between the Elbe and Elster . No. 53 . Gräser Verlag Großenhain OHG, Bad Liebenwerda 2000, p. 140-153 .
- Teachers 'College: Festschrift to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Royal Teachers' College in Elsterwerda . Ed .: Teachers' seminar Elsterwerda. Emil Schilling, Elsterwerda 1907, p. 1-180 .
- Ernst Schmied, Michael Platschek (Ed.): “School times - memories of former students and teachers of their Elsterwerda educational institution” . tape 1 , 2006 (brochure).
- Ernst Schmied, Michael Platschek (Ed.): “School times - memories of former students and teachers of their Elsterwerda educational institution” . tape 2 , 2008 (brochure).
- Ernst Schmied, Michael Platschek (Ed.): “School times - memories of former students and teachers of their Elsterwerda educational institution” . tape 3 , 2011 (brochure).
- City administration Elsterwerda (Ed.): "On the history of Elsterwerda Castle" . (Tourist information sheet).
- “The Elsterwerda Seminar” in “ Die Schwarze Elster ” (free local history supplement to the Liebenwerdaer Kreisblatt ) . No. 61 , 1907.
- G. Walther: “For the 50th anniversary of the Elsterwerda Seminar” in “Die Schwarze Elster” (free local history supplement to the Liebenwerdaer Kreisblatt) . No. 61 , 1907.
- School portrait of the Elsterschloss-Gymnasium on the education server Berlin-Brandenburg for the school year 2009/2010
Web links
- School website.
- School portrait of the Elsterschloss-Gymnasium on the education server Berlin-Brandenburg.
- Website of the friends' association.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Elsterschloss-Gymnasium. In: bildung-brandenburg.de. Retrieved March 20, 2020 .
- ↑ Members of the Executive Board. In: www.elsterschloss-gymnasium.de. Retrieved April 3, 2020 .
- ^ Günther Lehmann: "Ernst Lampe" in "Home calendar for the old district of Bad Liebenwerda, the Mückenberger Ländchen, outskirts on Schraden and Uebigau-Falkenberg" . Ed .: Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Heimatkunde eV Bad Liebenwerda. No. 57 . Gräser Verlag Großenhain, Bad Liebenwerda 2007, ISBN 3-932913-00-0 , p. 320-333 .
- ↑ Margarete Noack: Elsterwerda - When the chimneys were still smoking. Photo documents from the years 1949–1989 . 1st edition. Leipziger Verlagsgesellschaft, Leipzig 2004, ISBN 978-3-910143-14-2 , p. 61 .
- ^ School program of the grammar school for the school year 2012/2013. (Pdf) In: www.elsterschloss-gymnasium.de. P. 13 , accessed on April 3, 2020 .
- ^ History. In: www.elsterschloss.de. Förderverein Elsterschloss-Gymnasium eV, accessed on March 20, 2020 .
- ^ School of the Year 2003. Archived from the original on June 1, 2013 ; accessed on March 20, 2020 .
- ↑ Homepage of the journal “Unicum Abi” ( Memento from February 25, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), accessed via archive.org on December 23, 2012
- ^ Association. In: www.elsterschloss.de. Förderverein Elsterschloss-Gymnasium eV, accessed on March 20, 2020 .