Andreanum High School

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Andreanum High School
Andreaskreuz.jpg
type of school high school
founding 1225 (or earlier)
address

Hagentorwall 17

place Hildesheim
country Lower Saxony
Country Germany
Coordinates 52 ° 9 '14 "  N , 9 ° 56' 35"  E Coordinates: 52 ° 9 '14 "  N , 9 ° 56' 35"  E
carrier Evangelical Lutheran Regional Church of Hanover
student 871 (November 2016)
Website www.andreanum.de

The Andreanum grammar school in Hildesheim is a state-recognized school in the independent sponsorship of the Evangelical Lutheran Regional Church of Hanover .

history

Andreanum grammar school around 1868
Postcard for the Abitur 1903
Today's view of the andreanum

The Andreanum can look back on more than 775 years of history. It was first mentioned in a document in 1225 , when the Archbishop of Mainz decided the dispute over the competition that the school at the Andreaskirche (hence the Latin name) was for the school at the cathedral in favor of the Andreanum.

In 1504 the school moved to a new building on Andreasplatz. In 1542 the Andreanum became Protestant-Lutheran in the course of a new church and school regulation by Johannes Bugenhagen and in 1546 it passed from church to city sponsorship. In 1654 the Andreanum moved again, the new school building was also on Andreasplatz.

In 1866 the school comprised a “special high school” ( Prima -Quinta), a “special first-order secondary school” (Prima-Quinta) and joint classes of both types of school (Sexta-Octava). In 1869 Conrad Wilhelm Hase built a new school building on Goslarschen Strasse for the “Royal Andreanum High School”. In 1885 the “independent real class system” established in 1850/51 was separated as the “Königliches Andreas Realgymnasium ”; this school is now called Scharnhorstgymnasium .

In 1934 the headmaster Friedrich Wißmann was removed from office by the National Socialists . He had set up an illegal alternative library at the school. In 1945 the school building on Goslarschen Strasse was destroyed during the bombing raids on Hildesheim. One day before the destruction, the Abitur exam was taken from a single student in the basement of the Andreanum (Ekkehard Wieprecht). He chose the basement scene from Goethe's Faust as the theme. The exam was subsequently recognized by the state, which represented the 1945 graduate class.

The lessons were then in the elementary school Hohnsen (1945/46), in the "Alten Brauhaus" (1945/46), in the barracks on Cheruskerring (1946/47), in the elementary school Moltkestraße (1947-1952) and in the Freiherr- vom-Stein-Schule (1952–1962) held before moving into the new building on Hagentorwall, built on the old city wall, in 1962. The Telemann house was inaugurated three years later; it served as a student residence until the end of 1984.

In 1948 the school newspaper "Der Andreaner" was founded. From 1954 the Andreanum was administered by the city ​​of Hildesheim . In 1975 the reformed upper school was introduced and in 1977 the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hanover became the school body. In 1981, 1985, 1995, 1998 and 2005 the school was structurally expanded. a. a prayer room, a library and a "house of music".

School profile

The Andreanum grammar school is a state-recognized private school that is privately owned by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hanover. It accordingly sets accents in the design of school life.

The Diakonia is one such accent. The integration of the pupils in the first few years is encouraged, an open relationship between teachers and pupils is sought, a wide range of advice, support and school social work are available to the pupils. Furthermore, at the end of the 10th grade, an internship must be done in a Diakonie facility. Since 2013, one of the 5th grades has been run as an "inclusion class", in which pupils with different educational needs are taught together with pupils with a high school educational goal. Another focus is the inclusive schooling of hearing-impaired or deaf pupils.

The prayer room

In keeping with its ancient language tradition, all students at the Andreanum learn Latin as a second foreign language. Ancient Greek can be chosen in addition to French in the compulsory elective area from grade 8. There is also the option of choosing mathematics / natural sciences or social sciences / religion as elective subjects.

The pupils can acquire the following old-language qualifications: small Latinum (after grade 10), Latinum (after 11), large Latinum , Graecum (after 12).

Another focus is the arts education . In addition to the subjects of art and music, it is taught through choirs , orchestras , musical working groups and theater groups . Andreaner also take part in musical competitions. One class of each 5th year has intensified music lessons as a "music class", which is dedicated to making music together and working on music projects.

As a Protestant school, the Andreanum cultivates a spiritual life . Every Thursday morning between 7.45 a.m. and 8 a.m. there is a school devotion, which is usually organized by classes or study groups, and there are also services several times a year in the Michaeliskirche , which is adjacent to the school grounds of the Andreanum high school, and the Andreaskirche in the city center. On St. Andrea's Day (November 30th) there is an annual exploration project for the 5th grade in the St. Andrew's Church.

The school grounds

Portrait of Oesterlen on the grave slab

The new building erected on the old city wall at Hagentorwall was built from 1960 to 1962 according to plans by the Hanoverian architect and university professor Dieter Oesterlen (1911-1994). The elongated, two-story main building, together with the west and east wing (both three-story), forms an upside-down U (when looking to the north). Because the main building, which stands on the old city walls of Hildesheim, is about ten meters higher than the other two buildings, its ground floor is level with the third floors of the west and east tracts, the “skywalks”, which are a few meters small “Associated with him. These elements initially formed the school building.

To the east of it, the Telemann House was inaugurated in 1965; it initially served as a boarding school. In 1985 the former boarding school was rebuilt. Since then, the Telemann House has housed the upper level with classrooms on two floors, as well as specialist rooms, a photo laboratory and a lounge in the basement. It also houses the Telemann Hall, which serves as a replacement for an auditorium in the Andreanum, as well as apartments for school employees.

In 1981 the new sports hall between the Telemann house and the rest of the school grounds was inaugurated. On the south side of the sports hall there is a 50-meter running track and a long jump pool, furthermore (south-east of the hall) there is a basketball / football field. This small outdoor sports facility is separated from the previously described school grounds of the lower and middle grades by the old remains of the medieval St. Michaelis monastery in the form of a gate.

In 1995 the west wing of the school was expanded and six classrooms were added. Two smaller tower-like buildings are connected to the west side of the west wing, one of which is two-story and the other three-story. Fully integrated into the building in the west wing, its floors are connected to its corridors by short glass bridges. Five classes could thus be added to the west wing.

In 1998 the high school received an art wing and a prayer room as well as a cafeteria. The prayer room building connects to the west of the ground floor of the west wing. The city wall serves as an outer wall, as does the art wing, which is located south of the west wing. Its triangular roof construction allows a high incidence of light.

As a result of the changeover to all-day operation, a cafeteria has been installed in the basement of the east wing.

Since 2005, the two-story library building has stood between the stairs from the main entrance to the schoolyard and the sports hall.

A separate wing with music rooms was built between the sports hall and the Telemannhaus in 2012, the size and furnishings of which reflect the importance of the school's musical profile.

Library

The library
Library panorama of the interior. For more views see p. Web links Show
as spherical panorama

While there was initially only a small library for teachers, in 2000 a drawing room in the main building was converted into a student and teacher library.

With the growth of the library and its increasing use, these possibilities did not meet the demands and expectations. In 2005, a new building was set up next to the sports hall. It comes from the Marquardt architectural office (Manfred Marquardt & Julia Martens Heinemann, Hildesheim) and was opened to visitors on June 26, 2005 for the tenth “ Architecture Day ” in Lower Saxony. The gross floor area (GFA) is approx. 300 m², the construction costs were 420,000 euros. The new building is a two-story, glass-reinforced cuboid in red, the second floor of which dominates. The new building has twice the usable area as the old library for the meanwhile approx. 6000 media, plus a lending and librarian's office, a conference room, a nine-seat computer room with internet connection and W-LAN space for laptop work.

With the constitution of the Andreanum as an all-day school, the library became increasingly important as a living and working area. The stock of books for children and young people is continuously being expanded. The library has also been refurbished with sofas, armchairs, carpets, paintings and board games. A guest book is available for criticism. Furthermore, the conference room, which was previously not available as a work space due to its precious book inventory, was opened and the existing tables were used as parking spaces for exhibitions and new publications.

School constitution

The inner courtyard between the east and west wing (right)

The Andreanum grammar school has its own school constitution, some of which deviate from the requirements applicable to state schools. The church district and the Evangelical School Association are represented on the school board. Instead of the general conference, there is a teachers' conference to which only the teachers belong (parallel to the parent and student representatives).

School partnerships and student exchanges

In the cafeteria

There are school partnerships and in some cases regular student exchanges

Partnership and regular student exchange with the Kodaikanal International School

The Andreanum high school maintains a partnership and a student exchange with the Kodaikanal International School in Kodaikanal , Tamil Nadu , South India . The schools involved support joint social projects in South India.

In 2012, seven students and three teachers from the South Indian partner school Kodaikanal International School attended the Andreanum high school. They took part in the school life of the Andreanum. Two visits to the opera, the Christmas Oratorio, a joint school service in Hildesheim's St. Andreas Church and an excursion to Berlin were the highlights of the student exchange this year.

statistics

In November 2016, the Andreanum high school had a total of 871 students in grades 5–12 (227 of them in the qualification phase of grades 11 and 12). 406 boys were compared to 465 girls; 675 of them were Protestant , 99 Roman Catholic , 22 Muslim, 25 belonged to other denominations or religions and 72 were without a denomination. A total of 92 teachers and employees worked at the Andreanum.

Personalities

Teacher

Rectors
Teacher

student

West wing

literature

  • Carsten Hennies (Ed.): Gymnasium Andreanum. Festschrift for the 775th anniversary of the school. 1225-2000 . Andreanum High School, Hildesheim 2000.
  • Königliches Andreas-Realgymnasium zu Hildesheim (Hrsg.): Program of the Königlichen Andreas-Realgymnasium zu Hildesheim . Hildesheim 1886–1900 ( digitized version )
  • Royal Andreas Realgymnasium with Realschule in Hildesheim (ed.): Program of the Royal Andreas Realgymnasium with Realschule in Hildesheim . Hildesheim 1901–1907 ( digitized version )
  • Royal Andreas Realgymnasium with Realschule in Hildesheim (ed.): Annual report of the Royal Andreas Realgymnasium with Realschule in Hildesheim . Hildesheim 1908–1915 ( digitized version )
  • Günther Kokkelink (Ed.): Conrad Wilhelm Hase . Builder of Historicism. Exhibition guide on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of his birthday . Historisches Museum am Hohen Ufer , Hanover 1968. P. 24: Building history of the Andreanum high school.
  • Florian Radvan / Eva-Maria Smolka: On the history of the Andreanum high school. Documents of a school history from the 13th century to the present . Gerstenberg, Hildesheim 1994, ISBN 3-8067-8541-4 .
  • Adolf Vogeler: Catalog of the teacher library . Gerstenberg, Hildesheim 1909, 63 p. ( Digitized version )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Library Andreanum "Day of Architecture 2005" (on www.aknds.de) of the Lower Saxony Chamber of Architects
  2. Information for prospective exchange students (English).
  3. The history of the partnership and the student exchange (German).
  4. Evangelische Zeitung for the Churches in Lower Saxony Edition 51/52 N of December 23, 2012 p. 28: “Amazement about Bach's lived and inspiring music. Musical Advent Vespers from Hildesheim High School Andreanum with guests from India. "
  5. ^ Gymnasium Andreanum Hildesheim (ed.): Annual report 2016 . S. 104-106 .
  6. a b c d e History of the Andreanum Gymnasium from 1546 to 1815 . Hildesheim 1862, p. 119 f.
  7. ^ Franz Kössler : Jacobi, Franz , in ders: Personal dictionary of teachers of the 19th century , as a PDF document from the Justus Liebig University in Giessen
  8. Guests - Detail - Catholic Forum Lower Saxony. Retrieved April 8, 2017 .
  9. Determination of the orbit of the mnemosyne and derivation of the Jupiter mass from the mnemosyne observations since 1859, (Diss.) 1874, p. 99