Goethe Institute in Germany

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Goethe Institute in Germany
founding 1953/2008
Seat Munich , Germany
purpose Implementation of German courses and exams as well as advanced training for German teachers
Action space Germany and Austria
Employees approx. 400 (2018)
Website Goethe Institute in Germany

The Goethe-Instituts in Germany form one of the 13 regions of the Goethe-Institut e. V. Your area of ​​action is limited to Germany and Austria . The Goethe-Instituts in Germany belong to the so-called own funds area, so they do not receive any tax money and are financed primarily through the sale of German courses and exams. Over 25,000 people took part in German courses in Germany in 2018.

activity

The task of the Goethe-Institut eV is to promote the German language, maintain cultural cooperation and convey a comprehensive image of Germany. In Germany, the focus is on teaching German as a foreign language , conducting German exams and training German teachers.

The Goethe Institutes in Germany also work in the area of migration and integration .

Institutes

Goethe Institute in Mannheim

There are a total of twelve institutes in Germany. There are also two summer course locations in Heidelberg and Vienna , which are operated from June to September. In the summer months there are also youth courses at over 15 locations.

Institute location founding
Berlin 1960
Bonn 1985
Bremen 1981
Dresden 1996
Dusseldorf 1984
Frankfurt 1983
Freiburg 1971
Goettingen 1973
Hamburg 2002
Mannheim 1980
Munich 1980
Schwäbisch Hall 1965

history

The founding of the Goethe-Institut as the successor to the Deutsche Akademie in 1951 is closely linked to its activities in Germany. On May 1, 1953, the first institute, then called the “teaching facility” as an internal German branch, was opened in Bad Reichenhall . Murnau followed on June 1, 1954 and on February 1 and March 1, 1955, the teaching facilities opened in the Burg estate near Stuttgart and in Kochel . The number of institutions increased to twelve by the end of the 1950s. The teaching facilities were always located in small towns, as the accommodation costs were lower and the language students could concentrate better on learning.

In November 1960 the Berlin educational center was founded, which is to be assessed primarily from a political point of view. After the so-called Berlin crisis in 1958, an increased presence of the Federal Republic was desired. Since then, the course participants have shown such great popularity for Berlin that further Goethe Institutes were founded in major German cities.

literature

  • Steffen R. Kathe: cultural policy at any price. The history of the Goethe Institute from 1951 to 1990 , Martin Meidenbauer, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-89975-047-0 .
  • Eckard Michels: From the German Academy to the Goethe Institute. Linguistic and foreign cultural policy 1923–1960 , Oldenbourg, Munich 2005, ISBN 9783486578072 .
  • Bernhard Wittek: And that in Goethe's name. The Goethe-Institut from 1951 to 1976 , Vistas. Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-89158-424-5 .
  • Internet: yearbooks since 1961

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Goethe-Institut: Yearbook 2008/2009. 2009, p. 76 , accessed on February 28, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Goethe-Institut: Yearbook 2018/2019. 2019, p. 95 , accessed on February 28, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Locations - Goethe-Institut German courses in Germany. In: www.goethe.de. Retrieved February 28, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Youth camps - Goethe-Institut German courses in Germany. In: www.goethe.de. Retrieved February 28, 2020 .
  5. ↑ The world meets in the center of Berlin. In: www.goethe.de. Retrieved March 3, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Bonn. In: www.goethe.de. Retrieved March 3, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Bremen. In: www.goethe.de. Retrieved March 3, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Dresden. In: www.goethe.de. Retrieved March 3, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Düsseldorf. In: www.goethe.de. Retrieved March 3, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Frankfurt. In: www.goethe.de. Retrieved March 3, 2020 .
  11. ^ Freiburg. In: www.goethe.de. Retrieved March 3, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Göttingen. In: www.goethe.de. Retrieved March 3, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Hamburg. In: www.goethe.de. Retrieved March 3, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Mannheim. In: www.goethe.de. Retrieved March 3, 2020 .
  15. ↑ Munich. In: www.goethe.de. Retrieved March 3, 2020 .
  16. ↑ Schwäbisch Hall. In: www.goethe.de. Retrieved March 3, 2020 .
  17. ^ Steffen R. Kathe: cultural policy at any price. The history of the Goethe-Institut from 1951 to 1990 . Martin Meidenbauer, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-89975-047-0 , p. 91-95 .
  18. ↑ Bernhard Wittek: And that in Goethe's name. The Goethe Institute from 1951 to 1976 . Ed .: Vistas. 2006, ISBN 3-89158-424-5 , pp. 168 .
  19. ↑ Eckard Michels: From the German Academy to the Goethe Institute. Language and foreign cultural policy 1923–1960 . Ed .: Oldenbourg. Munich 2005, ISBN 978-3-486-57807-2 , pp. 230 .
  20. ↑ Bernhard Wittek: And that in Goethe's name. The Goethe Institute from 1951 to 1976 . Ed .: Vistas. Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-89158-424-5 , pp. 188 f .