Goethe-Gymnasium / Rutheneum since 1608

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Goethe-Gymnasium / Rutheneum since 1608
Gera - Rutheneum.jpg
type of school High school with a musical and linguistic orientation
founding 1608 (Rutheneum High School)
address

Nicolaiberg 6

place Gera
country Thuringia
Country Germany
Coordinates 50 ° 52 '38 "  N , 12 ° 5' 11"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 52 '38 "  N , 12 ° 5' 11"  E
carrier City of Gera
student about 580
Teachers about 65
management Silva Wallstabe
Website gymnasium-rutheneum.de

The Goethe-Gymnasium / Rutheneum since 1608 is the oldest grammar school in Gera . Lessons for the upper level take place at the traditional location on Johannisplatz, for the lower grades in the former comprehensive school on the Nicolaiberg.

history

The school goes back to the Geraer Ratsschule, which existed since the 15th century. In 1602, the then sovereign Heinrich Posthumus Reuss decided to found the Rutheneum grammar school (the name is based on the Latinization of the name Reuss ), which was built from 1605 to 1608 and opened on May 6, 1608. Until the 19th century, it combined trivial and grammar school education under one roof. In the 17th century the baroque poet Johann Sebastian Mitternacht was rector of the Rutheneum. In 1683, 1782 and 1887 the respective school building was replaced by a new building.

In 1864 the municipal elementary school was spun off from the grammar school and merged with the Gera girls' school to form a comprehensive city school , for which a new building was erected on the Nicolaiberg (architect: Landbaumeister Adolph Krug ). Today this also belongs to the Goethe-Gymnasium.

In 1884 the old school building on Johannisplatz with the neighboring Badertor was demolished and replaced by the new building designed by the master builder Emil Weiß, which still exists today .

Goethe high school on Nicolaiberg

In 1949, on the occasion of the poet's 200th birthday, the school was renamed the Goethe School and from 1964 it was an extended secondary school . After reunification, it was converted back into a grammar school and has had the double name since 1993. The Nicolaiberg building, previously used as a vocational school, was attached to the school.

In 1989 the special classes for music at the Goethe-Gymnasium / Rutheneum were founded in Gera since 1608 with the aim of eliminating the shortage of music teachers in the GDR through targeted training and promotion of young musicians. In the early years, for example, graduates of the special classes had to undertake to study music as a teacher. In 1993/94 the continued existence of the special music classes was briefly in danger. But u. a. the increasing number of applicants in the following years saved the training and thus also one of the most valuable components of the Goethe-Gymnasium / Rutheneum since 1608 .

The 400 year school anniversary was celebrated with a week of festivities in 2008. On September 26th a ceremony took place in the concert hall of the Gera Theater . a. with the then Prime Minister Dieter Althaus and the former Minister of Culture Bernward Müller . The Gera City Museum dedicated a special exhibition to the history of schools, which opened on May 6, 2008 (the 400th anniversary of the foundation) and ended on October 5.

After the long-standing director Joachim Hensel had passed in 2017, Silva Wallstabe took over as head of the grammar school and was appointed permanent headmistress in March 2018.

Special classes for music

The Goethe-Gymnasium / Rutheneum is a grammar school with a linguistic and musical orientation. From the 9th grade onwards, students who do not belong to the special music classes are taught a third foreign language in five hours per week.

For 20 years now, the special classes for music with their ensembles and events have also been a cultural fixture in East Thuringia. The purpose of the training is to give musically gifted students intensive supervision in a wide variety of areas of music. The quota of hours in the third foreign language is used in the special branch for music lessons. In their special training, which begins in the 9th grade, the students receive lessons in the subjects of music history, ear training in small groups, music theory in small groups, singing (group or individual lessons), instrumental music and choir in 5 hours a week.

Various ensembles of the school, such as the joint orchestra of the "Goethe-Gymnasium / Rutheneum since 1608" and the art and music school "Heinrich Schütz" Gera, school bands and vocal ensembles offer the students various opportunities for musical activity in their free time.

The course system of the Thuringian upper level also relates to music lessons. In 2003 a 13th year of school was introduced for them due to the high stress on the music specialty students, which in the form of an inserted 11th grade without a course system stretches the subject matter and reduces the weekly hours. In addition, the seminar subject with the defense in the 12th grade is already completed before the Abitur.

Concert choir

Schoolchildren from the 9th grade and upwards attend the concert choir of the Goethegymnasium / Rutheneum Gera . Under the direction of Christian Frank , he acts as a representative of the level of music education at the Goethe Gymnasium and represents the school, the city of Gera, Thuringia and Germany in numerous competitions at home and abroad.

A smaller selected cast of the concert choir (so-called collegium_rutheneum [1608] ) is always used when there is no possibility for the entire cast of 75 singers in the concert choir.

The choir was appointed the first ambassador for the city of Gera .

graduation

After the five-year special training, the students receive a full high school diploma and a certificate of their musical abilities. The Abitur examination in the major subject of music comprises the sub-areas of music history, theory and aural training as well as practical tests in singing and / or instrument.

Boarding school

Boarding school places are available for students who live outside Gera . Accommodation is in single and double rooms. Practice rooms with piano are available in the boarding school.

Support association

The Friends of the Goethe-Gymnasium / Rutheneum since 1608 Gera mainly supports projects of special music classes like concert tours.

Former high school library

Heinrich Posthumus the Elder J. Reuss (1572–1635, ruled since 1595) decided in 1608 to turn the city church library into a grammar school library , which was further expanded over the past three centuries. 1920 came the majority of the Princely secondary and State Library Gera as part of the State books and print collection Greiz - Foundation of the older branch of the House of Reuss in the Greizer summer palace , where they are to this day.

Known teachers

Known students

School newspaper

The Goethe-Gymnasium has a school newspaper called “Rutheneum-Bote”, which has been closed and reopened several times over the years . The school newspaper appears at least once a quarter and includes school and global topics.

literature

  • Sabine Schellenberg: School buildings between 1860 and 1900 . In: Schools in Gera , published by the Lower Monument Protection Authority Gera, November 2001.

Web links

Commons : Goethe-Gymnasium / Rutheneum since 1608  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ entry to State book and print collection Greiz - Foundation of the older branch of the House of Reuss in Handbook of historical book collections online
  2. ↑ Rutheneum Messenger. In: rutheneumbote.wordpress.com. Retrieved September 22, 2018 .
  3. ↑ rutheneum-bote.bplaced.net. In: Rutheneum-Bote. Retrieved September 22, 2018 .