Görres-Gymnasium (Koblenz)
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| type of school | high school |
| founding | 1582 |
| address |
Gymnasialstrasse 3, 56068 Koblenz |
| place | Koblenz |
| country | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 21 '34 " N , 7 ° 35' 57" E |
| carrier | City of Koblenz |
| student | about 650 |
| Teachers | about 55 |
| management | Ute Mittelberg |
| Website | www.goerres-koblenz.de |
The Görres-Gymnasium was founded in 1582 as a Jesuit school under the name Gymnasium Confluentinum and is today an ancient-language- humanistic high school in Koblenz . This school is currently attended by around 600 students who are taught by 55 teachers. The school has been run by Ute Mittelberg since 2017.
history
The oldest grammar school in Koblenz, the Görres grammar school, was founded in 1582 as a Jesuit school under the name grammar school Confluentinum or Collegium Societatis Jesu at the request of the Elector Jacob III of Trier . founded by Eltz . The grand opening of the school building on today's Jesuitenplatz took place on November 28, 1582. Due to the steadily growing number of pupils, a "south wing" was added in 1589, a "west wing" in 1591 / 92-1597 and an "east wing" from 1630–70. In 1700 another new building, today's town hall building I, was added.
Other names of the school were Electoral Gymnasium St. Johann Baptist after the papal bull “Dominus ac Redemptor” on July 21, 1773 by Pope Clement XIV , with which the Jesuit order was abolished, École Secondaire during the Napoleonic period and the Royal Prussian Gymnasium in the Prussian period from 1814. During this time, the humanistic goals of the Prussian educational reform (some of which still exist today) were gradually reflected. In 1883 the south wing was partially destroyed by fire. When two years later the authorities realized that the old school building was no longer spatially sufficient, the necessity of a new building was considered after a structural extension to the Jesuit college was out of the question due to a lack of funds. The necessary funds for this construction could now be raised through the sale of the previous property with the old buildings on it to the city of Koblenz as well as through further sales.
Starting in 1894, along with the inauguration of the new school building, in memory of the very popular sponsor of the Augusta School of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach , the school was renamed the Kaiserin-Augusta-Gymnasium . This new name was seen as a great honor and worn with pride. In 1948 the school got its current name after its former pupil and teacher, the scholar and publicist Joseph Görres : Staatliches Görres-Gymnasium Koblenz . The school confessed and is still consciously committed to the ideals of liberal-humanistic thought and action, democracy and the maintenance of occidental cultural tradition.
School newspaper
In 1969 the first school newspaper with the title LOQUAX appeared at Görres-Gymnasium . The name was derived from the Latin deponens loqui (in German: speak, talk). It was discontinued in 1975 due to a lack of interest in cooperation on the part of the student body. Two years later, on December 20, 1977, the first edition of the “new” school newspaper appeared, supported by very broad student interest and commitment. It was named Die Anstalt after a competition by the editors led by Felix Kost . The name shows the pupils' attitude towards the unsightly fence that separated the school yard from Gymnasialstrasse at that time; he made the school look like a prison, that is, a closed institution, in their eyes. In addition, Die Anstalt alludes to the designation of schools as (educational) institutions, which was still common in the 20th century .
At the beginning of the 2013/14 school year, the editors modernized the logo with issue 86 and deleted the "Die" from "Die Anstalt". To date, almost 90 regular editions have been published, as well as over 25 special editions for the HaMa (indoor masters football tournament, see below).
profile
The Görres-Gymnasium Koblenz is an old-language-humanistic high school with additional mathematical, scientific and musical emphases. Latin is therefore a compulsory foreign language from the fifth grade onwards. As part of the Latin plus project , English is also taught as a three-hour minor. In the sixth school year, English is taught in full; as a third, also compulsory foreign language, from the eighth grade onwards, you can choose between French and ancient Greek . Due to the language sequence and the accompanying lessons, many students at Görres-Gymnasium take part in competitions such as the Certamen Rheno-Palatinum and Jugend debattiert . The school is also a member of the MINT-EC association and supports participation in Jugend forscht and other scientific competitions. Since 2005, pupils from the fifth grade onwards have been able to learn an instrument in a wind class . There are also two concert bands and a big band .
The high school's profile is also reflected in the school's logo: a stylized tree represents the Trivium and Quadrivium of the Septem Artes Liberales . His educational program is defined by the motto Görres - education works. A life long.
Buildings and school grounds
Until 1894, the school's lessons took place in the building of the Jesuit College, today's Koblenz Town Hall , from 1582. On May 19, 1894, the new building in Gymnasialstrasse was officially opened. The royal Prussian district building inspector, Building Councilor Hendrichs, as well as the government builders Rochs and Bolte were responsible for the planning from 1885, they planned a school building for around 500 students. In addition to the main building, a gymnasium for around 80 students, a toilet building and a walkway connecting the main and toilet buildings were planned and built.
The main building, 79 meters long, is built on a basalt lava veneered base made of quarry stone and faces west. The rising walls are made of brick in until 1955 unplastered, exposed brickwork . The door and window frames as well as the cornice are made of sandstone . The historical connection to the Jesuit grammar school shows the walling in of a keystone from the old grammar school building, which is visible from the rear of the northern wing of the auditorium. The facade is divided into 19 axes by the windows, which extend to all three floors. The central building is three-axis with three-lane windows, the two entrance wings on the north and south are designed with three-lane windows, also two-axis. The remaining windows in the main building have two lanes, which are grouped into three to form the windows of the individual classrooms. Until the necessary expansion in 1909 and 1932/33 on the north side, the symmetry given to the facade was still visible in all its impressive size, the unequal extensions then canceled the symmetry and the new building from 1974 obscured the view of the south wing. In the hallways as well as in the stairwells, the groin vaults in many corridors of the house are supported by granite columns, in the hallways themselves the vault ends on wall brackets. The stairs are supported by cross vaults or ascending stitch vaults. The hallways are laid out with Sinziger clay tiles, the steps are made of coal sandstone.
In 1933 the gym was rebuilt. On September 1, 1944, the building was closed for school purposes , and a bomb hit in early 1945 destroyed the gym and the south wing. Nevertheless, the building was reopened for teaching in December 1945 after this had initially taken place in the Hilda School for two months . Nevertheless, the first major repairs to the roof, the auditorium and the heating were not carried out until 1948, before the building and thus the school were on the verge of being closed by the health police several times. The south wing was secured in September 1949, and the reconstruction was carried out from 1950 to 1953, but no longer according to the architectural requirements of 1894. The south wing no longer contains groin vaults. In 1954 the newly built gymnasium was opened for use again.
In 1972 this gymnasium was demolished in order to build a new building attached to the old building in its place, which should contain the gymnasium, natural sciences, drawing room and language laboratory . For cost reasons, the building was erected using a reinforced concrete frame construction with infilling masonry and prefabricated exposed concrete elements as cladding. Today it is viewed by the school community as a building sin due to its architectural design and poor thermal insulation . The opening of the new building took place on September 6, 1974. A 4-room apartment was built next to the building for the caretaker, so the old caretaker's apartment in the old building could be replaced by classrooms. After a renovation in 2010, the culture and school administration office of the City of Koblenz is now located in this apartment. The old building was renovated in parallel to the construction of the new building. Floors, suspended acoustic ceilings, windows, paint, heating and electrical installations and the redesign of the auditorium were the most important renovations. The windows were again replaced in 2011 in accordance with listed buildings, also from the point of view of better thermal insulation. As part of fire protection measures, numerous glass fire protection doors were installed in all corridors in 2015.
The school gate from 1894 is in the shape of the German Renaissance . A common line was deliberately created by imitating the portals of the Jesuit college. In addition, one wanted to imitate ancient architectural motifs, which reveals the connection with humanism . You can read Kaiserin-Augusta-Gymnasium and founded in 1582 - rebuilt in 1894 . The Prussian eagle in the essay shows the state affiliation at that time. The gate was partially restored in 1975 and the adjoining wall that separated the schoolyard from Gymnasialstraße was demolished. A fence was erected in their place, which made the school look like a prison from the outside. It was not until 1986 that the wall was rebuilt and the school gate was restored.
In 1977 a small amphitheater was built in the former Jesuit garden in the schoolyard .
Until the 00s of this century, grapes growing in the school garden were pressed into the Koblenz Görres-Garten Riesling Kabinett . Since there were legal difficulties with the declaration as a wine and as a Riesling Kabinett, production was stopped a few years ago.
The school yard has been used annually since 1992, and every two years since 2013, in August for events of the juggler and cabaret festival, as it is one of the largest squares in Koblenz's old town with around 5,500 m².
Foundation State Görres-Gymnasium Koblenz
During its founding, the college received donations in the form of vineyards, farms and tithes. In 1643 the Jesuits acquired the Jakobsbergerhof near Boppard from the Trier cathedral chapter. After the Jesuit order was abolished in 1773, the Jakobsbergerhof became part of the grammar school. This and other properties were sold in the 1890s in order to build the new school building.
Further property of the school has been looked after by a board of directors since 1824 in accordance with the "Instruction for the Administrative Council of the Gymnasial Fund". Since November 25, 1958, the “Stiftung Staatliches Görres-Gymnasium Koblenz”, anchored in the Rhineland-Palatinate School Act and in a state ordinance of January 9, 1961, has administered the remaining property of the school. The Foundation includes, but is the old library, today Library Foundation, whose holdings are partly in modern school buildings, partly in Landeshauptarchiv Rheinland-Pfalz at the Koblenz location is.
Indoor Masters (HaMa)
During the project days in 1992 was the idea of the Gorres-Gymnasium Koblenz indoor soccer tournament Indoor Championships , short HaMa born. This is where footballers and cheerleading teams from grades 10 to 13 as well as the school's teachers compete against each other, whereby the 13th level can compete with two teams. The tournament takes place every year in February (earlier in March, due to the early Abitur, the date was rescheduled) in the school's own Wolf-Henning-Matt-Halle, named after a former sports teacher.
The tournament, which was initially limited to the Görres-Gymnasium, soon became the “Koblenz Hall Masters of Schools”, in which schools from Koblenz and the surrounding area competed against each other. The event grew in size and was eventually organized not only by the students themselves, but with the participation of various institutions. However, after the interest of the audience continued to decline and the costs could no longer be raised, the event finally had to be discontinued after efforts to restore a more voluntary form of organization had failed. The 20th edition in 2013 was the last event of the Koblenz indoor championship, after which the general tournament was abandoned.
At the Görres-Gymnasium, however, the HaMa continues to take place as an internal event.
Well-known students and teachers
In the past centuries, many students who later became personalities in church, business, science, art or politics have studied at Görres-Gymnasium. Individual known students and teachers are listed in the following list:
Monument protection
The Görres-Gymnasium is a protected cultural monument according to the Monument Protection Act (DSchG) and registered in the list of monuments of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate . It is located at Gymnasialstrasse 3 .
The Görres-Gymnasium has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Upper Middle Rhine Valley since 2002 .
Works
- Program for the autumn school examination and for public speaking and singing exercises in the Royal High School in Coblenz . Koblenz 1834-1847; 1850 ( digitized version )
- Final party program, public speaking and singing exercises in the Royal High School in Coblenz . Koblenz, 1848 ( digitized version )
- Program for the Feyer's highest birthday celebration, Sr. Majesty the King, which will take place in the large lecture hall of the local high school ... and to which it is most devoted to inviting. Koblenz 1849 ( digitized version )
- Annual report on the school course ... at the Royal High School in Coblenz . Koblenz 1851–1874 ( digitized version )
- Program of the Royal High School in Coblenz . Koblenz 1876-1892 ( digitized version )
- Annual report of the Royal High School in Coblenz . Koblenz 1983–1894 ( digitized version )
- Annual report of the Kaiserin Augusta-Gymnasium in Coblenz . Koblenz 1895-1896; 1899–1901 ( digitized version )
- Report on the school year. Koblenz 1897; 1902-1910; 1914–1929 ( digitized version )
- Empress Augusta-Gymnasium in Coblenz . Koblenz 1898; 1911–1913 ( digitized version )
literature
- Johann Peter Binsfeld (Ed.): Festschrift for the three hundredth anniversary of the Royal High School in Coblenz . Koblenz 1882. dilibri
- Robert Anton Henderichs: Description of the new school building / by the building councilor Henderich, annual report of the Kaiserin-Augusta-Gymnasium in Coblenz. Koblenz 1895. dilibri , ( digitized from ULB Düsseldorf )
- Johann Joseph Weidgen: Report on the inauguration. In: Annual report of the Kaiserin-Augusta-Gymnasium in Coblenz. Koblenz 1895 ( digitized version )
- Reinhold Dahm: History of the library of the state Görres-Gymnasium Koblenz . (with a foreword by Rudolf Weber) Koblenz 1968, o. Pag. (24 p.)
- Press and Information Office of the City of Koblenz in cooperation with the Görres-Gymnasium Koblenz (publisher): 400 years of the Gymnasium Confluentinum, 1582–1982, Görres-Gymnasium . Görres Druckerei GmbH, Koblenz 1982.
- Association of alumni, friends and sponsors of the Görres-Gymnasium, vorm. Kaiserin-Augusta-Gymnasium. (Ed.), Red. And layout: Edzard Visser : Festschrift for the 425th anniversary of the Görres-Gymnasium Koblenz . Koblenz 2007. LBZ ( Memento from April 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
Web links
- Website of the Görres-Gymnasium Koblenz
- Architectural floor plans of the Kaiserin-Augusta-Gymnasium
- HaMa 2010 on youtube part 1/19
- HaMa 2011 on dailymotion part 1/9
- (goerres-koblenz.de)
- goerres-koblenz.de
Individual evidence
- ^ F. Kost: To all readers. In: School newspaper for the Görres-Gymnasium. Issue 1, 1977, p. 2.
- ↑ Legal text on state law online
- ↑ Görres-Gymnasium looks after its treasures. ( Memento from December 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Copy of the press release from the State Archives Administration of October 25, 2012 on the school's homepage: Deposital agreement between the State Görres-Gymnasium Foundation and the Koblenz State Archive .
- ^ Page about the foundation on the school's homepage
- ↑ HaMa page on the school's homepage
- ↑ V. Scherbarth: About the highly legendary and great creation of HaMa's. In: The institution. School newspaper. Special edition for HaMa 2005, p. 16f.
- ↑ That's it: The Hallenmasters in Koblenz is history. In: Rhein-Zeitung . November 25, 2014.
- ↑ General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - district-free city of Koblenz (PDF; 1.3 MB). Koblenz 2011.
