Friedrich-List-Gymnasium Reutlingen
| Friedrich-List-Gymnasium Reutlingen | |
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| type of school | high school |
| founding | 1276 |
| address |
Kanzleistraße 28 |
| place | Reutlingen |
| country | Baden-Württemberg |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 29 '22 " N , 9 ° 12' 45" E |
| carrier | State of Baden-Württemberg |
| student | approx. 875 (as of: school year 2014/2015) |
| Teachers | 87 (as of: school year 2014/2015) |
| management | Susanne Goedicke |
| Website | www.list-gymnasium.de |
The Friedrich-List-Gymnasium ( FLG ), often just List-Gymnasium , is the oldest high school in Reutlingen and one of the oldest still existing schools in the German-speaking area. The grammar school is named after the former student and economic theorist Friedrich List and has had a modern language and a mathematical and natural science course since 1957.
history
The grammar school goes back to a monastery school of a barefoot monastery , the first mention of a Latin master's degree . In 1535 the monastery was dissolved in the course of the Reformation and the school continued as a municipal Latin school , while the rest of the monastery buildings were used as a hospital and armory . Until the 16th century, this was the only school in the imperial city of Reutlingen. The Reutlingen Council also met in the building later. Despite the severe war damage of the Thirty Years' War that Reutlingen had to bear, the Latin school was able to be maintained. This is particularly due to the mayor at the time, Matthäus Beger (1588–1661), who hired more teachers even though the number of residents and thus the number of students fell sharply. His more far-reaching reform to establish a practically oriented “German grammar school” [s] failed, however, because the educational idea was too modern for this time and there were no comparable examples in the area.
The later mayor Johann Philipp Laubenberger (1614–1683) also tried to improve the school system by introducing school regulations in 1668. The school regulations consisted of 13 sections, in which the organization of the school, the lessons and the examination procedure "exams" were regulated. At that time, the Latin school was the only way for gifted students to obtain the necessary preparatory education for university. However, it turned out that the reform did not prevail for a long time, as the teachers in particular suffered from the strict order. Despite their very low income, they had to pay high fines for disregard and were often only able to secure their livelihood through additional income. It survived the Reutlingen city fire in 1726 undamaged.
In 1811 the real class was formed, which was the basis for the later upper secondary school . In 1842 the Latin school became a lyceum . As a result of the German Revolution of 1848/49 , the Lyceum was downgraded to a Latin school until 1869.
When the population increase in the course of industrialization also increased the number of students in Reutlingen, the incumbent Rector Dr. Friderich believes that the school should be expanded into a high school. His goal was not only to convey the values of humanistic education to the students , he also wanted to increase the reputation and dignity of the city of Reutlingen. His proposal was accepted almost unanimously at the local council meeting on September 23, 1885 and implemented in April of the following year. The first students entered grammar school on October 15, and the first year of high school graduation passed their final exams in the summer of 1887.
After the beginning of the Weimar Republic in 1918, the short lesson with 45 minutes and the start of the school year in spring were introduced. There were political innovations in the form of a student council and a parents' committee. During the 1920s, the main school building on Kanzleiplatz was extensively renovated. In the course of the economic crisis, the school was supposed to be closed in 1931, but this did not happen due to objections from the Reutlingen citizenship.
In 1934, during the National Socialist era , the facility was renamed "Friedrich List School". In the course of the standardization of the German school forms in 1936/37, the school was renamed "Friedrich List Oberschule" for boys.
The Hitler Youth gained more and more importance in the school system from 1936. After all, almost 98% of all pupils belonged to the Hitler Youth. The number of sports hours was increased to five per week, and from 1938 military exercises and martial arts were also included in general schooling. After the beginning of the Second World War in 1939, an SA weapon badge became a prerequisite for issuing the diploma if school was not dropped out for voluntary service. Towards the end of the war the school was attended by only 150 students who were taught by 17 teachers.
After the Second World War, teaching at the Friedrich List Gymnasium was resumed in 1946, with the restriction of a curriculum prescribed by the French occupiers . In 1953 the school revived its tradition by reintroducing Latin as the first foreign language. Shortly afterwards, thanks to a curriculum reform, English and Russian followed.
Since the number of pupils increased to 600 pupils, mainly due to the adaptation of a mathematical and scientific train (1946 there were 300), the classroom of the grammar school was extended to the Spitalhof in 1961. Later the school peaked in 1981 with 1000 students. In the following period, several reforms influenced everyday school life.
Building and location
In addition to the half-timbered building on Kanzleiplatz, which dates from the 16th century, the Friedrich-List-Gymnasium also uses a building in the Spitalhof on the market square. Here, about five minutes' walk from the main building, are rooms for grades five to seven. The Spitalhof building has its own science rooms, a teacher's room and a student lounge. The main building houses the middle and upper grades. Both school buildings were thoroughly renovated from 2004 to 2007. In the autumn of 2003, the new natural science building was also completed, with two rooms each for biology , chemistry and physics , two modern computer rooms , high school and study rooms, a school library and a roof terrace for astronomy . New classrooms and a multifunctional room were created in the former student council rooms. The renovation of the former caretaker's house, which is under monument protection, made it possible to set up a cafeteria with a modern food ordering system as part of the “Future Education and Care” investment program . The Oskar-Kalbfell-Halle next to the main building is a well-equipped sports facility. In addition, the racing meadow adjacent to the Volkspark and Pomologie can be used for school sports. Due to its central location and the proximity to the bus and train station, the Friedrich-List-Gymnasium is easy to reach by public transport .
School members
Known teachers
- Matthäus Alber (1495–1570), reformer
- Johann Justus Fleischhauer (1767–1834), rector and pastor
- Carl Friedrich Schnitzer (1805–1874), revolutionary in Reutlingen
- Wilhelm Kapff (1814–1877), revolutionary in Reutlingen
- Gerd Gaiser (1908–1976), writer and art professor
- Ernst-Reinhard Beck (* 1945), Member of the Bundestag
- Harald Schneider (* 1945), Director of Studies for History, Politics and Geography
- Timm Kern (* 1972), MdL
Known students
- Matthäus Alber
- Johann Jacob Fezer (1760–1844), enlightener
- Friedrich List (1789–1846), economic theorist
- Hermann Kurz (1813–1873), writer
- Ernst Wendler (1890–1986), diplomat and entrepreneur
- Friedrich Silcher (1906–1995), lawyer and business leader
- Michael Spohn (1942–1985), writer
School-as-state projects
In the school year 2012/2013 and 2016/2017 a school-as-state project with the state name and project name Listopia was planned and carried out under the direction of students .