Gutenberg High School (Mainz)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gutenberg High School
2017-05-31 Gutenberg Gymnasium by Olaf Kosinsky-3.jpg
type of school high school
founding 1956
address

At the Philippsschanze 5
55131 Mainz

place Mainz
country Rhineland-Palatinate
Country Germany
Coordinates 49 ° 59 '22 "  N , 8 ° 15' 49"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 59 '22 "  N , 8 ° 15' 49"  E
student approx. 1340 (2006/07)
(646 girls / 694 boys)
management Martin Russ
Website www.gutenberg-gymnasium.de
Gutenberg High School sign

The Gutenberg-Gymnasium is a high school in the Upper Town of Mainz . The name of the school is linked to the name of the front of the Second World War, existing and later in high school at the Electoral Palace risen Oberrealschule "Gutenberg School", which can be considered a forerunner of today's Gutenberg Gymnasium thus and is a homage to Johannes Gutenberg .

history

On March 19, 1956, the school was founded by dividing the grammar school at the Electoral Palace into two independent schools. Initially, both grammar schools were located in the same building, where 552 students - exclusively boys - were taught by 25 teachers. In 1958 the construction of today's school building began on the Philippsschanze, which was inaugurated in 1960 and expanded in 1968. In 1972, 190 students switched to the newly opened Gonsenheim grammar school . Nevertheless, the number of students increased to 1212 in the same year, as girls were also accepted from that year. The resulting shortage of space could be alleviated by outsourcing some classes to a branch in the nearby Berlin settlement, which was closed again in 1986. In 1975 the reformed upper school ( MSS ) was introduced. In 1980, 111 teachers taught 75 classes in 1996. From April 1995 to September 2000, the school building was renovated and expanded in several sections while teaching was still going on. From 2022, the buildings are to be replaced by buildings constructed in parallel.

Well-known former students

  • Tobias Bonn (* 1964, Abitur: 1983), singer and actor
  • Anja Gockel (* 1968, Abitur: 1987), fashion designer
  • Henrike Grohs (1964–2016, Abitur: 1983), head of the Goethe Institute in Abidjan
  • Manuel Höferlin (* 1973, Abitur: 1992), FDP politician, 2009 to 2013 and again member of the Bundestag since 2017
  • Nina Klinkel (* 1983), SPD politician, member of the state parliament in Rhineland-Palatinate
  • Marcel Kohler (* 1991, Abitur: 2011), actor
  • Daniel Köbler (* 1981, Abitur: 2000), Green politician and member of the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament
  • Christopher Sitte (Abitur: 1994), FDP politician, Economic Department of the City of Mainz from 2010 to 2018
  • Harald Strutz (* 1950, Abitur: 1970), 1988 to 2017 President of 1. FSV Mainz 05, FDP politician in the Mainz city council
  • Jessica Zahedi (* 1978, Abitur: 1997), television journalist and presenter
  • Reimut Zohlnhöfer (* 1972, Abitur: 1991), political scientist and professor at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg

Web links

Commons : Gutenberg-Gymnasium  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ School website: Information on the new building. Retrieved February 3, 2020 (German).
  2. ↑ [1]