Alpenstrasse high school
| Alpenstrasse high school | |
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| type of school | high school |
| founding | 1910 |
| address |
Alpenstrasse 50 |
| place |
Biel / Bienne Switzerland
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| Canton | Bern |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Coordinates | 584 845 / 220928 |
| student | 559 |
The Gymnasium Alpenstrasse was a high school in the canton of Bern . It is located in the city of Biel / Bienne , a little above the city center on the Jura slope . The main building is on Alpenstrasse and is number 50. It is also known as the Affenkasten . This comes from the monkey figures in the facade above the main entrance.
The main building is under cantonal monument protection .
The school can be easily reached by public transport. From the train station, bus line 5 goes to the Alpenstrasse stop .
Due to the merger in 2014 with the Seeland Gymnasium Biel to form the Gymnasium Biel-Seeland , the school is no longer independent.
classes
The school unites French and German-speaking Swiss under one roof, which is not a matter of course in Switzerland. The languages of instruction are German and French. The Matura can be obtained in two languages. Furthermore, the school combines a high school education and a commercial secondary school (degree: diploma, possibility of professional baccalaureate). According to its mission statement, the school sees itself as “a place where different cultures meet” and wants to offer French and German-speaking Swiss citizens an education “that does justice to the spirit and culture of both language groups”. In order to be able to do justice to these principles, the whole school is under bilingual management.
It used to be a Progymnasium , comparable to today's secondary school , and was only attended by boys. School operations began in 1910.
The Gymnasium Alpenstrasse is a Swiss Olympic Partner School . Of the 560 students, 52 are currently sports students.
building
As early as 1902, the idea of building a school building on this site arose, for which city architect Heinrich Huser prepared four project studies that differed stylistically (one variant each in “French Renaissance”, “French Baroque”, “ Neo-Gothic ” and “ German Renaissance” »).
An architecture competition was announced in 1907 for the final construction, which included the school building and the gym. The judges were Ernst Baumgartner, an architect from Bern , Louse Perrier and Theodor Hünerwadel, both architects from Basel , and the city master builder Heinrich Huser. No first place was awarded. Second place went to the project by Yonner & Grassi from Neuchâtel , as well as the project by JU Debély from Cernier . Third place went to the project by Maurice Kuenzi in collaboration with Yonner & Grassi from Neuchâtel.
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The final plans came from Emil Moser, with the Hennebique panels and ceilings designed and calculated by August Hass. The building has a free floor plan and thus differs from the older school buildings from the 19th century. The building was erected between 1908 and 1910, which is also reflected in one of the two inscriptions. These inscriptions on the two east gables read: “The upbringing of the youth is the basis of the community” and “This house was built by the city of Biel in its youth in the years 1908–1910”. The building was given a yellow exterior plaster and animal reliefs with Latin sayings were attached to the arcades of the entrance hall.
The building is a building worthy of protection with the addition of "situation value" under cantonal monument protection. The addition “situation value” means that the building is of considerable importance for the townscape and street scene or for the respective building group. Regardless of its structural or historical quality, the building will have an important function that is worth protecting in the future.
Well-known graduates
- Hans Stöckli (* 1952), politician, former city president of Biel / Bienne
- Thomas Jordan (* 1963), economist, President of the Board of Directors of the Swiss National Bank
- Sascha Ruefer (* 1972), television presenter
- Ariella Kaeslin (* 1987), former gymnast
literature
- INSA Inventory of Modern Swiss Architecture 1850–1921, Volume 2 , Basel, Bellinzona, Bern, Orell Füssli 1986, ISBN 3-280-01716-5 , p. 65.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ The Gymnasium Alpenstrasse ... ( Memento from August 3, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ ( page no longer available , search in web archives: mission statement )
- ↑ memreg.ch
- ↑ Swiss Olympic Partner Schools (PDF; 63 kB)
- ^ Le Béton armé organs des concessionairea et agents du système Hennebique, puis Revue technique et documentaire des constructions en Béton armé systeme Hennebique, Rennes, Lille, Paris. Issue 2, 1908
- ↑ PDF List of Monuments of the City of Biel (Alpenstrasse 50) ( Memento of the original from January 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
