Friedrich-Spee-Gymnasium

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Friedrich-Spee-Gymnasium
Friedrich-Spee-Gymnasium Rüthen (2020)
type of school high school
founding 1926
place Rüthen
carrier City of Rüthen
student circa 719
Teachers approx. 55
management Heinfried Lichte
Website www.fsg-ruethen.de

The Friedrich-Spee-Gymnasium in Rüthen is a state school run by the city.

history

Beginnings

The actual history of the Rüthen grammar school begins with the foundation of the state school in the form of a structure in 1926. This "advanced school" could be attended after seven years of elementary school and then, with the appropriate talent, led its students to graduation in six years. 16 boys and four girls were admitted in the founding year - after an entrance examination; ten of them finally got their Abitur in 1932: seven of the male and three of the female students. Adequate student numbers could only be achieved by applying co-education , which was not yet taken for granted at this time . "While the content of the lesson was more culturally pessimistic and conventional, the girls attracted attention in gymnastics lessons with their home-sewn trousers, caused a sensation in the small town with swimming exercises in the Möhne or with their bob hairstyles."

First developments

The school gained more and more trust from the population due to its high demands and the simultaneous opening up to the outside world. In addition, at the beginning of the 1930s, the school management was very careful that the good reputation of the school would not be jeopardized by what was then understood to be offensive behavior by its students - this also affected leisure time and the weekend. Nevertheless, the number of pupils initially fell short of expectations due to the impoverishment processes at the end of the Weimar Republic and also because of the school fees to be paid.

time of the nationalsocialism

In the period from 1932 to 1945 the school was run with an authoritarian attitude, in keeping with the zeitgeist. The spreading pathos of “renewal” and “awakening” that the National Socialists were able to spread was not without influence in Rüthen. The headmaster and his college joined the NSDAP ; and almost one hundred percent of the student body was organized in the HJ or in the BdM . Accordingly, the school took part in public marches almost completely. This outwardly unbroken image may of course, as is common in dictatorships, not always have corresponded to the inner attitude in individual cases: “Pupils remember not only for the war years of competent teachers who were convinced of the Christian faith, but without them democratic ones To say ideas. "

Student home

Before the liberation from National Socialism, the school was closed (since March 1945) and then reopened in 1946 under the apparently interim management of Verhoeven, who was considered politically unencumbered. In the following years the number of pupils increased, not least due to the opening of the St. Petrus Canisius student home in 1949, which was supposed to accommodate so-called displaced students.

Under the direction of Hans Cramer, the grammar school received new impetus, externally visible in the extensive construction work (the so-called “new building” was built in 1974), internally felt in the burgeoning spirit: “In its era, the Rüthener grammar school got more and more what one was supposed to do Calls the spirit of a school, which not only students and teachers felt and supported, but also the surrounding population. "

In the mid-1970s (January 1, 1974) the grammar school changed from the direct state to the municipal sponsorship. In August of the same year, the “differentiated upper level” was introduced: the class association was abandoned in favor of a more individual course system. Some of these developments were viewed critically by the school management, but they were nonetheless supported constructively.

Growth phase

The number of pupils continued to grow - meanwhile under the aegis of the headmaster Herbert Pilters - and reached a high point with 1116 pupils and 74 teachers. Sometimes the lessons had to be relocated to other buildings because the rooms in the school were no longer sufficient.

In line with the school's tradition of helping displaced persons, numerous Vietnamese refugees, so-called boat people , were taken in in the 1980s , as were emigrants, especially from Russia and Kazakhstan.

In terms of content, the school continued to develop and with it its good reputation. Projects in the field of theater (“Spectaculum”) and music (1st place in the state competition for school choirs) also contributed to this.

Naming

In 1994, at the suggestion of the school conference, the school was named Friedrich-Spee-Gymnasium : “In Friedrich Spee we have found a patron who is still today with his literary work, his pamphlet Cautio criminalis and his courageous personal commitment to the persecuted and the needy represents a model for humanity and humanity. "

Today the Friedrich-Spee-Gymnasium with its wide catchment area is a cultural center of the southern district area. With around seven hundred students, it is now of a size that enables a diverse, well-founded education, but at the same time also allows for a manageable community life.

School profile

The musical field has long had a special place in school life, currently visible and audible in annual large concert evenings and musical productions and in regular work in choirs, singing classes and orchestras. Theater groups in the intermediate level (“Szene one”) and upper level (“Theater im Spee”) as well as the English-language “sub-studies” enrich the creative offer. From the fifth grade onwards, students learn English as their first foreign language; Later on, Latin or French (from age 7) or Spanish (from age 9 or in advanced level) can be selected.

Special features and partnerships

At the Friedrich-Spee-Gymnasium, lessons take place “no school gong” according to a 67-minute hour grid that was introduced by Hans-Günther Bracht. Regular prize winners in national mathematics, drawing, history and writing competitions prove the school's claim and level of performance. The Friedrich-Spee-Gymnasium also takes part in the EU's Erasmus + program and is a partner school of the DFB .

Periodicals

Rüthener booklets

The Rüthener Hefte ( ZDB -ID 631969-5 ), which appeared for the first time in 1951 , gained importance and awareness far beyond the school sector . They provide information about school life, but were also able to record well-known authors and articles from the start that point beyond this, such as the essay The Foundation of the City of Rüthen by Albert K. Hömberg .

School newspaper

The students traditionally make themselves heard in their own publications. In addition to the well-known ABI newspapers, the Cactus , founded in the 1970s, and the Skepticissimus project should be mentioned here.

Personalities

principal

  • Philipp Schniedertüns (1926–1930)
  • Hans Fluck (1930–1932)
  • Heinrich Steinrücke (1932–1945)
  • Professor Verhoeven (1946, on an interim basis)
  • Adolf Poschmann (1947–1950)
  • Felix Taubitz, nickname "Feuer-Felix" (1950–1955)
  • Hans Cramer (1955–1976)
  • Herbert Pilters (1976-1992)
  • Alfons Schäfers (1992-2002)
  • Hans-Günther Bracht (2002-2013)
  • Heinfried Lichte (since 2013)

Known teachers

  • Eduard Bufé (1898–1982), draftsman, painter and architect
  • Franz Hoischen (1903–1969), painter and graphic artist
  • Karl Rainer (1910–1999), painter and industrial graphic artist
  • Ferdinand Koch (1927–1990), tenor
  • Ulrich Grun (1937–2017), (art) historian and local researcher
  • Rolf Gockel (* 1937), Mayor of the city of Rüthen 1979–1999

Known students

  • Friedrich Merz (* 1955), business lawyer and politician (CDU)
  • Peter Joseph Weiken (* 1971), Mayor of the city of Rüthen since 2009
  • Stefan Gödde (* 1975), television presenter, journalist and book author

Web links

literature

  • Hans-Günther Bracht and Ulrich Grun : From the German Oberschule in the form of a structure to the Friedrich-Spee-Gymnasium. 75 years of secondary school in Rüthen , in: Reinhard Laumanns (Ed.): Lippstädter Heimatblätter , ZDB-ID 631644-X , No. 81 (2001), p. 121 ff
  • Hans-Günther Bracht: The state German secondary school in construction form in Rüthen , in: the same: The higher school system in the field of tension between democracy and National Socialism , Frankfurt 1998, ISBN 3-631-33804-X , p. 44 ff.
  • Ulrich Grun: Dr. Hans Cramer , in: Calendar of the Soest District 1998 , ZDB-ID 619151-4 , p. 115
  • Hans-Günther Bracht: On the founding history of the secondary school in Rüthen , in: Lippstädter Heimatblätter , ZDB-ID 631644-X , no. 95 (2015), pp. 86-88

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cf. Hans-Günther Bracht and Ulrich Grun: From the German Oberschule in construction form to the Friedrich-Spee-Gymnasium. 75 years of secondary school in Rüthen , in: Reinhard Laumanns (Ed.): Lippstädter Heimatblätter , ZDB-ID 631644-X , No. 81 (2001), p. 122.
  2. ↑ Cf. Hans-Günther Bracht and Ulrich Grun: From the German Oberschule in construction form to the Friedrich-Spee-Gymnasium. 75 years of high school in Rüthen , in: Reinhard Laumanns (Hrsg.): Lippstädter Heimatblätter , ZDB-ID 631644-X , No. 81 (2001), p. 123.
  3. ↑ Cf. Hans-Günther Bracht and Ulrich Grun: From the German Oberschule in construction form to the Friedrich-Spee-Gymnasium. 75 years of high school in Rüthen , in: Reinhard Laumanns (ed.): Lippstädter Heimatblätter , ZDB-ID 631644-X , No. 81 (2001), p. 124.
  4. ↑ Hans-Günther Bracht and Ulrich Grun: From the German Oberschule in the form of a structure to the Friedrich-Spee-Gymnasium. 75 years of high school in Rüthen , in: Reinhard Laumanns (ed.): Lippstädter Heimatblätter , ZDB-ID 631644-X , No. 81 (2001), p. 125
  5. ↑ See Ferdinand Koch: Musik am Gymnasium Rüthen , in: Rüthener Hefte 1973 / 1974–1980 / 1981, p. 58.
  6. ↑ Hans-Günther Bracht and Ulrich Grun: From the German Oberschule in the form of a structure to the Friedrich-Spee-Gymnasium. 75 years of high school in Rüthen , in: Reinhard Laumanns (ed.): Lippstädter Heimatblätter , ZDB-ID 631644-X , No. 81 (2001), p. 127
  7. ↑ Cf. Albert K. Hömberg: The foundation of the city of Rüthen , in: Rüthener Hefte , No. 5 (1959/1960).