Large city school Wismar

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Large city school, Geschwister-Scholl-Gymnasium
Logo since 2011
type of school high school
founding 1541
place Wismar , Germany
country Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Country Germany
Coordinates 53 ° 53 '38 "  N , 11 ° 27' 59"  E Coordinates: 53 ° 53 '38 "  N , 11 ° 27' 59"  E
student 420 (as of December 2019)
Teachers 35 (as of June 2016)
management Mr. Sass

The Große Stadtschule is a grammar school in the historic core of the Hanseatic city of Wismar . After the Second World War , it was given the additional name Geschwister-Scholl-Gymnasium to commemorate the victims of the National Socialists - especially the resistance of the siblings Hans and Sophie Scholl  .

Students in grades 7 to 12 attend the Great City School .

A special feature of the school is its long tradition, which goes back to the High Middle Ages: a Franciscan convent was established here in 1251/1252 on the initiative of Prince Johann I of Mecklenburg . In the centuries that followed, the building was renovated a number of times and eventually even rebuilt. Schools began in 1541 after the Reformation, initially (for three years) in the form of a “children's school”, then as an Evangelical Lutheran Latin school , and followed the social conditions to this day.

history

Franciscan time

At the invitation of the prince and city lord of Wismar, Johann I von Mecklenburg Theologus , the Franciscans of the Saxon Franciscan Province came to Wismar in 1251/1252 and founded a convent that played an important role in the spiritual life of the city during the Middle Ages.

Creation of the Great City School

In the course of the Reformation , two Franciscans from the Katharinenkloster Lübeck, Heinrich Never and Clemens Timme, preached Protestant teachings in Wismar at the latest since 1524 . In 1527 they took off their religious dress and became evangelical preachers . Heinrich Never remained the guardian of the Franciscan convent. The brothers were allowed to stay, but no new convent member could move in. The convent died out.

The city council withdrew all of the monastery's precious inventory by 1545. In 1541 he set up a “children's school” in the monastery buildings, which only existed for three years. Later the name “Great City School” was introduced for the Evangelical Lutheran Latin School established there .

16th to 19th century

Until 1587, only clergymen supervised the Great City School, after which the city council gained influence over the school business, but the close connection to the church continued to exist.

In the period between 1675 and 1723, as a result of political events and conditions, the school almost closed. Hermann Samuel Reimarus was its rector from 1723 to 1727 .

Around 1746/47 the construction of a planned church corridor was canceled. The funds raised through the sale of bricks formed the basis for the renovation of the church building.

During the second half of the 18th century, the humanist-reformatory house fell into disrepair. The city school was rebuilt in the 19th century: as a neo-humanist high school with a community school .

Because of its dilapidation, it became necessary in the 19th century to demolish the church and to stop the construction work on the small and large sleeping houses. In 1891/1892 the construction of today's large city school began.

20th century

During the First World War in 1915 a sports hall was built on the site of the former church.

After the school was completely nationalized in 1923, the NSDAP had a decisive influence on school operations from the " seizure of power " in 1933. In response, the senior director of studies, Dr. Rudolf Kleiminger founded the old student association of the Great City School in Wismar in May 1933 . The aim was to strengthen the feeling of togetherness of the association members and to create a counterforce to National Socialism - in keeping with the humanistic tradition of the house.

In 1938 the National Socialists reformed the higher education system according to their ideological goals. The school, which until then had been known as the State Gymnasium with Oberrealschule , was now called the Large City School, State Oberschule and Gymnasium zur Seestadt Wismar .

Since Wismar suffered from bombing attacks during the Second World War , school operations were temporarily outsourced, mainly to the nearby new monastery . During these times, the school building partially served as a military hospital.

The school remained a grammar school until the GDR was founded in 1949. Then it was renamed and restructured into an extended secondary school , the EOS Geschwister Scholl .

With the school reform, which began with the turnaround in 1989, the Great City School was given its current name Great City School, Geschwister Scholl Gymnasium . Since the celebration of the 450th anniversary of the school in 1991, there has been a regular three-day old school meeting in the Hanseatic city of Wismar.

The future of the Great City School

At the moment, some construction work, including on the periphery of the school building, is in preparation. In October 2006, construction work began in and on the old Rector's House under the direction of the Wismar architect Thomas Jansa, in order to move the music and art rooms there. A school café with an attached winter garden has also been built in the same building.

In 2006 the auditorium of the Great City School was extensively renovated.

Educational offer

Front view of the Great City School (spring 2006)

The large city school has been an all-day school since the 2004/2005 school year . The school management committed itself to creating a supporting program for pupils (working groups, projects) in the afternoons too. This service primarily benefits the younger age groups ( orientation level ) with lower numbers of hours.

foreign languages

As in most other high schools, English is taught as the first foreign language from grade 5. Currently, all pupils transitioning to lower secondary level (7th to 10th grade) can choose between Latin , French , Swedish and Russian . One of these foreign languages has to be chosen immediately, another one can optionally be chosen at the beginning of the 10th grade.

Profile school with a focus on Low German

The Große Stadtschule has been one of six profile schools with a focus on Low German since the 2017/2018 school year . At these schools, Low German can be taken as an oral and written examination subject in the Abitur. On the basis of a nationwide concept that was created by a network of teachers, the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture has signed a target agreement with each school on the design of the respective profile focus.

leisure

After the class, the afternoon is organized with various working groups . The school thus meets the requirements of an all-day school. The children and young people can freely choose from many hobby and educational activities. The options include photography , homework assistance and, in some cases, bilingual lessons . High school students can set up and supervise working groups themselves.

Another group of students is the club council , which looks after the school club in the basement of the school. Events are occasionally held there. Alumni of the school often take part in these meetings in order to maintain contact with their classmates.

Initiatives and events

The large city school is one of the three schools hosting the business simulation game WIWAG . In addition to vocational training locations in Schleswig-Holstein , the Lübeck Katharineum and the Thomas Mann School there also belong to the joint initiative . In October 2006, the 36 participating pupils visited the Great City School again in order to lead a fictitious company to success within a week. Furthermore, the school is characterized by numerous activities.

It is also a tradition of the school to hold the ceremonial handover of university entrance certificates in the Church of St. Nikolai . On this occasion, the most committed and hard-working students in the individual subject areas and according to their final grades are awarded the Dr. Kleiminger Prize or the Ålleberg Prize , among others .

people

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See also

Web links

Commons : Große Stadtschule Wismar  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

literature

  • Christian Düberg : Our school of scholars. Motivated motion in the civil committee at Wismar with regard to the situation of the fatherland. Beck, Wismar 1866.
  • Rudolf Kleiminger : The history of the large city school in Wismar from 1541-1945. A contribution to the history of the school system in Mecklenburg and the city history of Wismar. Schmidt and Klaunig, Kiel 1991, ISBN 3-88312-087-1 .
  • The Church of the Gray Monks. With a site plan of the former gray monastery. In: Friedrich Schlie : The art and history monuments of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Volume 2: The district court districts of Wismar, Grevesmühlen, Rehna, Gadebusch and Schwerin. Bärensprung et al., Schwerin et al. 1898, p. 168ff. (Reprint. Stock u. Stein, Schwerin 1992, ISBN 3-910179-06-1 ).
  • Ingo Ulpts: The mendicant orders in Mecklenburg. A contribution to the history of the Franciscans, Poor Clares, Dominicans and Augustinian Hermits in the Middle Ages (= Saxonia Franciscana 6). Dietrich-Coelde-Verlag, Werl 1995 ISBN 3-87163-216-3 .
  • Gustav Willgeroth : The teachers of Gr. Stadtschule zu Wismar from its first beginnings in 1541 to the end of the 18th century. In: Mecklenburgische Jahrbücher. Vol. 98, 1934, ISSN  0930-8229 , pp. 157-206, digitized .
  • Gustav Willgeroth: The teachers of Gr. City school in Wismar from 1800 to the present day. Biographical sketches. 1935
  • Rudolf Kleiminger : The gray monastery in Wismar. A contribution to the development of the Franciscan architecture in Mecklenburg . Eberhardtsche Hof- und Ratsbuchdruckerei, Wismar 1934