Graf-Münster-Gymnasium

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Graf-Münster-Gymnasium
logo
type of school high school
founding 1833
place Bayreuth
country Bavaria
Country Germany
Coordinates 49 ° 56 '17 "  N , 11 ° 35' 10"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 56 '17 "  N , 11 ° 35' 10"  E
carrier state
student about 940 (2015)
Teachers 91
management Christian Kramer
Website www.gmg-bayreuth.de
Old building of the Graf-Münster-Gymnasium
Royal District High School for Upper Franconia, 1910
View of the inner courtyard
Plan of the Graf-Münster-Gymnasium

The Graf-Münster-Gymnasium (GMG) is a high school in Bayreuth (Bavaria) with around 950 students (as of 2015). It has existed in the current building since 1910 and was inaugurated as an upper secondary school . As before, the former secondary school in Bayreuth is also referred to as OR (two-syllable "O-Er" spoken) in local usage .

It was named after Georg Graf zu Münster (1776–1844), an enthusiastic paleontologist who made many important discoveries in the region around Bayreuth , most of which are exhibited in the Urweltmuseum in Bayreuth. The logo of the high school, the so-called Dino , refers to it.

history

The school was founded in 1833 as a district agricultural and trade school on the basis of the educational initiative of King Ludwig I of Bavaria . At first it was in the old town hall of Bayreuth. In 1842 she moved to the Künsberg Palace at Friedrichstrasse 18, where she remained until 1910. 1864, she was in county vocational school renamed and later (1872) in trade school. In 1877 it was converted into a six-year secondary school and from 1907 to 1909 into a nine-year-old. From 1910 it was named the Royal District High School for Upper Franconia . The Künsberg-Palais had become too small and the city decided to move the school to its current, then newly constructed building. In the two world wars the school served as a hospital.

In 1933 the 100th anniversary of the school was celebrated, which, like so many other events during this period, was under the influence of the National Socialists . In the commemorative publication and a speech by the director, the " spirit of Potsdam as the spirit of the fulfillment of duty and classification was contrasted with the misunderstood spirit of Weimar ". During the Nazi era , school attendance was shortened by one year up to the Abitur; the 1954 Abitur class was the last with only eight years to go to the final exam. At that time there were three parallel classes in upper school, two of which were taught in French and one in Latin as a second foreign language.

In 1949 the first pedagogical seminar was set up in the upper secondary school, which continues to train young teachers to this day. From 1951 to 1960, despite the lack of space and shift lessons, the Hohenschwangau model was tested in the school , which roughly corresponded to today's G9 college level model. In 1964 the school received a new language branch with French as a third foreign language alongside English and Latin. The grades were changed from 1 to 9 to 5 to 13 from the 1965/1966 school year. As of March 14, 1966, due to the renaming of all higher Bavarian educational institutions, the upper secondary school was given the name "Gymnasium" and has been called Graf-Münster-Gymnasium since then . The Bavarian Ministry of Culture rejected the request to name the school Alexander von Humboldt Gymnasium .

In April 1968, the school newspaper Original came under fire. The editors had sharply criticized some changes to the Bavarian school regulations and printed quotes from the South American guerrilla fighter Che Guevara . However, "offensive content on the joke page" served as the reason for a ban on selling the issue at two other local high schools.

A planned information trip of an eleventh grade of the Graf-Münster-Gymnasium to the GDR was forbidden in 1970 by the Bavarian Ministry of Education without giving a reason. This decision was only revised after a statement by the Federal Ministry for Internal German Relations . In 1976 the college level was introduced.

From 1963 to 1987 there were some structural changes:

  • September 7, 1965: The new building was completed with initially 15 classrooms
  • 1964–1965: Construction of the swimming pool, opening January 20, 1966
  • 1968–1971: Expansion and renovation of the old building
  • 1970–1972: Construction of the sports field following the new building on the site of the former city gardening center
  • October 20, 1987: Inauguration of the new sports hall and extension of the new building by three classrooms

Also at the moment (2007) the school is changing again, on the one hand for reasons of space, on the other hand the following measures were or are being carried out because of the G8:

  • 2004: The new sports hall was built and completed in 2005
  • 2006: The renovation and expansion of some complexes began
  • 2006: Start of construction of the new school building following the new building
  • 2007: The new building was completed, the sanitary facilities were renewed, the chemical wing was renovated, a new computer room was set up
  • 2008: Renovation of the outer facade and installation of a hipped roof on the older new building

Choice of subjects (G8)

  • The transfer to the grammar school takes place after the 4th grade elementary school.
    • From grade 5: English as a first foreign language
    • From grade 6: Choice of French or Latin as a second foreign language
    • From grade 8: Choice between the mathematical-technological and the linguistic branch
  • Mathematical-technological branch
    • Chemistry from eighth grade
    • One additional lesson in mathematics or physics in each case compared to the linguistic branch
  • Linguistic branch
    • Spanish or French as a third foreign language from the eighth grade
    • Chemistry from the ninth grade

European high school type II

The grammar school took part in the model project of the European grammar school (Egy) from the school year 2000/2001. This branch could be occupied from the transfer in type II. After the introduction of the G8, the pilot project ended, but the Egy classes end the training in the planned Egy branch.

  • Particularities:
    • From grade 5: English as a first foreign language
    • From grade 6: French as a second foreign language
    • From grade 9: intensification of the subject physics
    • From grade 10: Spanish as a third foreign language (acquisition of basic knowledge)

The following mandatory elective courses are planned at the Graf Münster Gymnasium:

  • one hour of extended basic sport for all children (= third sport lesson)
  • One hour from the following offer: choir, instrumental lessons , introduction to the use of computers under Windows, school garden, plus course in mathematics

Subject offer

Status: 2006/2007 school year; in alphabetical order.

  • Standard subjects
Biology , chemistry , German , English , Protestant religious studies, French , geography / geology, history , Catholic religious studies, art education , Latin , mathematics , music , nature and technology , physics , social studies , Spanish , sport , economics and law , GK Dramatisches Gestalten, GK electronics, ethics
  • Elective courses
Working group (AG) French cooking, AG Jugend debattiert , AG KiK - Kultur im Keller, Big Band , English Drama Group 'the fringe' (English-speaking theater group), photo group, graphics and web design, large choir, instrumental music / wind instruments, instrumental music / strings, Italian , JavaScript , office applications, orchestra , percussion , legal studies, robotics , Russian , school garden, school house design, school game, Spanish , lower school choir, video group, Turkish
  • Propensity groups sports
Basketball , fencing , soccer , modern pentathlon , swimming , sport climbing , volleyball , wrestling
  • Profile subjects (advanced level)

Electronics, art and media design, psychology, philosophy, archeology, vocal ensemble

Partner schools

Student connections

Three student associations are active at the school .

  • Abitur O. R.
  • Absolvia Bayreuth 1833
  • Bavaria Bayreuth from 1917 e. V.

Personalities

Known teachers

Known students

Others

In December 2015 the Graf-Münster-Gymnasium was awarded the title “School without Racism - School with Courage” by the District Youth Association of Upper Franconia.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The new one at his old school in: Nordbayerischer Kurier of July 11, 2019, p. 9.
  2. ↑ http://gmg-bayreuth.de/das-gmg-stell-sich-vor/zahlen-fotos
  3. ↑ http://did.mat.uni-bayreuth.de/~gmg/geschichte/geschichte.html
  4. ↑ Karl Müssel: Bayreuth in eight centuries , p. 198.
  5. ↑ After 65 years: Meeting of the last Abitur exemptions in: Nordbayerischer Kurier from June 24, 2019, p. 12.
  6. ↑ 50 years ago in: Nordbayerischer Kurier of November 11, 2015, p. 10.
  7. ↑ 50 years ago: School newspaper affected by censorship in: Nordbayerischer Kurier, April 11, 2018, p. 10.
  8. ↑ 50 years ago in: Nordbayerischer Kurier of June 4, 2020, p. 8.
  9. ↑ 50 years ago in: Nordbayerischer Kurier of April 7, 2015, p. 10.
  10. ↑ Filmmaker, author and jazz musician in: Nordbayerischer Kurier, October 9, 2018, p. 13.
  11. ↑ More man than machine in: Nordbayerischer Kurier of October 9, 2017, p. 8.
  12. ↑ GMG now "School without Racism" in: Nordbayerischer Kurier of December 18, 2015, p. 15.