Free Evangelical School Zurich

Free Evangelical School Zurich
	Logo of the FES
type of school	Private school
founding	1874
address	Free Evangelical School ; Waldmannstrasse 9 ; 8001 Zurich ; Technical Middle School FMS ; Kreuzstrasse 72 ; 8008 Zurich
place	Zurich
Canton	Zurich
Country	Switzerland
Coordinates	683 668 / 247007 coordinates: 47 ° 22 '7 " N , 8 ° 32' 47" O ; CH1903: 683,668 / 247007
carrier	Free Evangelical School Zurich Foundation
student	about 430
Teachers	about 50
management	Peter Frey (Rector) ; Monika Linsi (Vice Rector) ; Brigitta Zogg (Vice Rector)
Website	www.fes.ch

The Free Evangelical School Zurich (short FES or outdated FESZ ) is a Protestant private school with two school buildings in the center of Zurich .

The school currently employs around 50 teachers and around 400 students in total , who are spread across 25 classes. The FES was founded in 1874, making it one of the oldest private schools in Zurich. According to its mission statement, the school proceeds from a " biblical image of man " and takes evangelical faith as its basis; however, it is expressly open to all population groups.

history

On February 14, 1874, the school was founded in the St. Anna Chapel . School started on May 5, 1874. This made the school a very old private school. The classroom was an overnight hostel for the homeless. In 1875 a small schoolhouse was built in Oetenbachgasse. At that time the FES had about 50 students. On May 7, 1882, the FES began to accept girls.

The construction of the schoolhouse on Waldmannstrasse began in 1897, and Robert Zollinger was commissioned to build it as the architect. Construction was completed in 1898. Shortly after graduation, the school got its first principal, Johannes Hofstetter. In 2004 the school rented a second school building, initially on Zollikerstrasse, and since 2012 on Kreuzstrasse.

According to its own statement, the school is one of the “most traditional schools in all of Zurich”.

Schoolhouses

School building on Waldmannstrasse (under monument protection)

The FES is currently in two locations in Zurich: on Waldmannstrasse, in the immediate vicinity of Bellevue, and on Kreuzstrasse, in the immediate vicinity of Kreuzplatz . The school building on Waldmannstrasse is a listed building ( AA3358 ).

From 1995 to 1996 the gym on Waldmannstrasse was converted into an auditorium.

In 2007, a new building was added to the listed building in Waldmannstrasse under the direction of the then Rector Peter Scheuermeier. There is a playground on the new building.

Monument protection

The building planned by Robert Zollinger as a school and office building has a strictly three-part facade. Above the high plinth, the wall surface is structured using a colossal arrangement, with an attic at the end . Most of the furnishings have been retained. Some rooms still have the original cupboards that were used when the school opened.

Web links

FES website
Reporting ( memento from September 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Report from the Tages-Anzeiger about the new building of the FES

Commons : Freie Evangelische Schule Zürich - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ school management. In: https://www.fesz.ch . Retrieved March 5, 2020 .
^ FES teachers website of the FES, accessed on August 26, 2016.
↑ ^a ^b Beat Grossrieder: Mrs. Gantenbein's class. The private school as a stepping stone into life. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . NZZ, April 4, 2012, accessed on October 3, 2016 .
↑ "The Free Evangelical School is based on a biblical image of man. [...] The basis for the mission of the Free Evangelical School is the Protestant faith. We structure the week with the beginning and end of the week together and create space for ethical and religious questions School is open to all population groups. " Mission statement (fesz.ch) , as of April 6, 2017.
↑ Monument protection plaque on Waldmannstrasse.
^ History website of the FESZ, accessed on September 1, 2016.
↑ Location of Waldmannstrasse, FES website, accessed on August 26, 2016.
^ Location of Kreuzstrasse, FES website, accessed on August 26, 2016.
↑ PDF document on the new building, created by the school management of the FES.
↑ PDF edition of the FES update from 1/1007.
^ Hanspeter Rebsamen, Cornelia Bauer, Jan Capol: Inventory of modern Swiss architecture , 1850–1920 . Zurich. In: Society for Swiss Art History (Ed.): INSA . tape 10 . Orell Füssli, Zurich 1992, ISBN 3-280-02180-4 , p. 384 , col. 3 , doi : 10.5169 / seals-10931 ( e-periodica.ch [accessed on November 4, 2016]).

[Schulleitung-1] school management. In: https://www.fesz.ch . Retrieved March 5, 2020 .

[2] FES teachers website of the FES, accessed on August 26, 2016.

[NZZ-3] Beat Grossrieder: Mrs. Gantenbein's class. The private school as a stepping stone into life. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . NZZ, April 4, 2012, accessed on October 3, 2016 .

[4] "The Free Evangelical School is based on a biblical image of man. [...] The basis for the mission of the Free Evangelical School is the Protestant faith. We structure the week with the beginning and end of the week together and create space for ethical and religious questions School is open to all population groups. " Mission statement (fesz.ch) , as of April 6, 2017.

[5] Monument protection plaque on Waldmannstrasse.

[6] History website of the FESZ, accessed on September 1, 2016.

[7] Location of Waldmannstrasse, FES website, accessed on August 26, 2016.

[8] Location of Kreuzstrasse, FES website, accessed on August 26, 2016.

[9] PDF document on the new building, created by the school management of the FES.

[10] PDF edition of the FES update from 1/1007.

[11] Hanspeter Rebsamen, Cornelia Bauer, Jan Capol: Inventory of modern Swiss architecture , 1850–1920 . Zurich. In: Society for Swiss Art History (Ed.): INSA . tape 10 . Orell Füssli, Zurich 1992, ISBN 3-280-02180-4 , p. 384 , col. 3 , doi : 10.5169 / seals-10931 ( e-periodica.ch [accessed on November 4, 2016]).