Gernsheim high school
| Gernsheim high school | |
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 Logo of the Gymnasium Gernsheim |
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| type of school | high school |
| founding | 1865 |
| address |
Theodor-Heuss-Strasse |
| place | Gernsheim |
| country | Hesse |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 45 ′ 17 " N , 8 ° 29 ′ 42" E |
| carrier | Groß-Gerau district |
| student | approx. 1,750 |
| Teachers | about 110 |
| management | Silvia Schmidt |
| Website | www.gymnasium-gernsheim.de |
The Gernsheim grammar school was founded in 1865 as a community school in Gernsheim and has been given a senior class since 1951. In 2012 around 1,600 students will be taught. The school body is the district of Groß-Gerau .
history
founding
The history of the Gernsheimer Gymnasium goes back to the year 1863, when 17 Gernsheim citizens justified why the establishment of a Realschule in Gernsheim was necessary. The application was initially rejected, but then approved for five years in subsequent negotiations with the city council. On December 11, 1865, the citizen school was opened with two "departments" (subdivisions of a class) for students who later want to attend a secondary school or a grammar school. The headmaster and the only full-time teacher was Johann Georg Keilmann. This was followed by the establishment of two further departments in 1873 and 1877. The number of students in these years was between 30 and 50. After the decision of the municipal council to build a new schoolhouse in 1882, it was built one year later behind the Magdalenenkirche. The catchment area now extended from Bürstadt and Biblis in the south to Dornheim in the north. After the death of the headmaster Keilmann in 1890, citizens of Gernsheim applied to convert the high school into a secondary school. After all six Real Classes had been formed in 1893 and the first “one-year examination” could be taken on March 17, 1894, the school was nationalized on June 15, 1895 at the request of the Grand Ducal Government to become a “Grand Ducal Real School”. In the school year 1895/1896 the Obersekunda (grade 11) was opened, so that it was now possible to acquire the primary school leaving certificate . The graduates were able to switch to the lower prima (grade 12) at an upper secondary school without an examination.
From 1900
In 1903, the school was the first secondary school in Hesse to receive permission to accept girls. In the same year the teachers applied for an extension of the overloaded school building or a new building. In 1907 the city council approved 170,000 marks for the new school on Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz (today: Schillerplatz). The ceremonial handover of the building took place on April 26, 1911. During the First World War , women taught for the first time to replace the drafted teachers. In 1919 the then director Ledroit attempted to establish a "full establishment". However, his application was denied. During the years of inflation and the global economic crisis, the number of students fell from 280 (1923) to 99 (1929).
The second World War
Due to the falling number of pupils, the school was threatened with denationalisation or even its dissolution. Finally, in 1934, on April 1st, the school was converted into a “municipal high school with state subsidy”. In 1938 one class had to be closed because of the introduction of two-year military service. The school was now called "Oberschule, Non-Full Institution". During the Second World War, two more classes had to be closed due to a lack of teachers, so that only three classes could be completed. In March 1945, the building was partially destroyed in American air raids on the city and looted by the civilian population in the first days after the war.
reopening
On April 25, 1946, the school received approval from the American military authorities to reopen. In autumn the first school year started with 229 students. In the following years, new furniture and teaching aids could be purchased mainly through a support association and the parents' council. At Easter 1950, after a 17-year break, the Obersekunda (grade 11) was reopened. A year later, the approval for the opening of the two "primes" (grade 12/13) came. Another two years later (Easter 1953) the first upper prima passed the matriculation examination with twelve high school graduates and two high school graduates. In 1954, the Groß-Gerau district took over the sponsorship of the school, as only 24 percent of the students came from Gernsheim. Two years later the Realgymnasium became the Gymnasium Gernsheim. In April 1957, construction began on a new school building on today's school grounds on Theodor-Heuss-Straße, which was inaugurated on June 15, 1959. Initially, classes were held in both the old and the new building. The first foreign contacts were made in the same year.
At today's place
In 1963 the school had 624 students in 23 classes with 30 teachers. In 1968 the second construction phase of the schoolhouse was completed. There were now specialist rooms for science lessons, a gym with gymnastics rooms and a sports field. In 1969 a language laboratory was added and the music rooms were inaugurated. All of this cost over nine million DM. In 1973 there was the first graduation ceremony. In the same year, the district committee ordered no more students from Biblis , Bürstadt , Bobstadt , Lampertheim and Hofheim to be accepted. In 1976, the changeover to the nationwide uniform course system took place, which gave students a choice of different subjects. The discussion about comprehensive school or a tripartite system in the 1970s also took place at the Gernsheim Gymnasium, but a proposed conversion into a comprehensive school together with the Johannes Gutenberg School was not carried out. Staff council, college and parents' council voted with large majorities against the district's plans. However, the level of support became binding and the Gernsheim grammar school lost its grades 5 and 6. 1983 celebrated 30 years of Abitur and in 1985 120 years of secondary education in Gernsheim. In December 1985 work began on the art pavilion, which was inaugurated in August 1987. A year later, the scientific wing was renovated. In the school year 1987/88 the school had over 800 students and 61 full-time teachers and 10 part-time employees. In the following year, grade 5 was resumed, and from 1989 the grammar school was fully expanded again with nine grades. In the same year, a company internship for grade 9 was introduced as a pilot project, which became mandatory the following year. The contacts abroad also continued to grow: in 1991 the Georgius-Agricola-Gymnasium from Glauchau ( Saxony ) was added. In the 1990s the influx was so great that in 1996 the school developed into the second largest grammar school in Hesse with 1,518 students and almost 100 teachers. In 1993, a new building was built, which was inaugurated in 1994, the so-called G-Block. The students protested against the Abitur reform plans of the Minister of Education, Hartmut Holzapfel . In 1995, computer science was introduced as a compulsory subject in class 8. In 2001 the school program was adopted by students, parents and teachers, in which the evaluation of school life was recorded. From the beginning of the 2001/2002 school year, the grammar school, together with twelve others in Hesse, took part in the G8 pilot project, which has been binding for all grammar schools in Hesse since 2006/2007 and enables an Abitur after twelve years of schooling. In the 2002/2003 school year, the school was awarded the title school with a musical focus by the Ministry of Culture. This enabled a more intensive musical training, as it had existed since 2000 with the introduction of a wind class in grade 5. Since 2003 the school has repeatedly applied for an all-day offer and, after several rejections, initially implemented it on its own. Since the 2005/2006 school year, the grammar school has officially been a full-day school . In the 2004/2005 school year a general renovation of the school began, which included almost all buildings and was completed in 2010. The cost was around 17 million euros.
The headmasters from 1865
- 1865–1890: Johann Georg Keilmann
- 1890–1895: Teacher graduate student Sebastian Jost
- 1895–1899: Wilhelm Lahm
- 1899–1906: Fr. Georg Ihm
- 1906–1907: Hermann Briegleb
- 1907–1916: Heinrich Ludwig Seidenberger
- 1916-1921: Johannes M. Ledroit
- 1921–1924: Gerhard Beisinger
- 1924–1927: Johannes K. Adler
- 1927–1933: Director of Studies Heinrich Scholl
- 1933–1939: Artur wooden houses
- After 1933: the municipal school was headed by the faculty members Jäger, August Mayer, Otto Lambert, Otto Jochem and the study assessor Gisela Pfannmüller (until the collapse in March 1945)
- 1946–1949: Ludwig Seibert
- 1949–1951: Bernhard Eckert
- 1951–1963: Heinz Dehmer
- 1963–1964: Walter Ehrler
- 1964–1970: Wilhelm Franz
- 1970–1980: Helmut Jung
- 1980–1981: Werner Beeres
- 1981-1994: Raimund Lindenberger
- 1994–2010: Reinhard Bauß
- 2010–2018: Sigrid Faller
- 2019-present: Silvia Schmidt
Historical sources
The historically significant documents of the Gernsheim grammar school are in the Hessian State Archives in Darmstadt (inventory H 54 Gernsheim). The oldest files go back to 1867. The inventory includes documents on school administration and lesson organization, but also on everyday school life and students, for example in the form of class books from the war period, the "Karzerbuch" listing the punishments of students and school newspapers from the post-war period. The inventory has been developed and most of it can be researched on the Internet.
Focus on music
Since the 2002/2003 school year, the grammar school has been given the title school with a musical focus, which is characterized above all by the wide range of orchestras and choirs. These include the lower and intermediate level choirs, chamber choirs, string groups 1 and 2, the wind and music classes, the wind ensemble, the string orchestra, the concert and symphonic band as well as the small and big band. In addition, the 2007/08 school year saw the first music advanced course for grade 12. The two following years were also able to produce music LKs again.
The music groups present their skills at the school concerts New Year's concert and summer concert as well as other school events, the current music LK 12 takes care of the assembly / dismantling and organization. The big band, which mainly consists of former students and teachers, has established itself as a permanent fixture in the Ried. In May all musicians go to Oberwesel for a rehearsal break to rehearse for the summer concert.
In 2019 the summer concert was replaced by a music festival.
Theater at the grammar school
As early as 1950/1951 there was a theater group at the secondary school. In the following years, the texts read in class were repeatedly implemented on the stage, and school operas were very successful. In the 1960s, the number of theatrical performances decreased, only a few pieces were played. In the 1970s, the theater groups enjoyed greater popularity again, and a teacher theater group was founded. 2011 passed:
- Teacher theater
- Performing games (elective in upper school, also as a high school diploma)
- WU Theater 8 and 9
- DramaAllstars (Grades 5 and 6)
- Theater AG 1 (grades 7 to 12)
- THOS (theater in upper level 13)
- Young Stage Gymnasium Gernsheim (former)
All-day care
The afternoon projects range from sports to art, from theater to computer lessons and nothing like out! up cooking for guys. In 2007 the all-day program was renamed OASE.
art
The students repeatedly win prizes in national and international competitions. An advanced course in art has been offered for years.
Sports
The school is a secondary school sports center with a focus on soccer and table tennis. There is also a climbing wall in the gymnasium, which the students “ran” in a sponsored run in 2005. It has an area of 55 m² with nine paths.
- Sports groups
- basketball
- Climbing group
- Sports club for the 5th and 6th grade
- do gymnastics
- chess
- sailing
- Climb
Foreign relations
The grammar school has maintained partnerships with schools in many countries throughout its history.
- Spondon at Derby, UK (1959–1981)
- Cardiff, UK (1981-1984)
- East Greenville, Pennsylvania, USA (1988–1994)
- Bar-sur-Aube , France (since 1968)
- Impington near Cambridge, UK (since 1988)
- Poynton, UK (since 1989)
- Glauchau , Saxony (since 1990)
- Sauk Prairie, Wisconsin, USA (since 1992)
- Roverto, Italy (since 1996)
- Karlshamn , Sweden (since 2002)
- Rome , Italy (since 2004)
- Świecie , Poland (since 2007)
- Ningbo , Zhejiang, China (since 2008)
There are regular student exchanges between schools as part of the European Union's Comenius program .
Prominent former students
- Jennifer Allendörfer alias Suena, hip-hop producer (Gema 2019 music author award for Apache 207 "Roller")
- Andreas Czylwik, Professor for Telecommunications Systems, University of Duisburg-Essen
- Carmen Everts , member of the Hessian state parliament and so-called "deviator" in the election of Andrea Ypsilantis as Prime Minister
- Eckhard Fuhr , journalist, formerly FAZ, now: head of the features section of DIE WELT
- Simone Göttlich, Professor of Mathematics, University of Mannheim
- Oliver Heckmann, Vice President Google (Mountain View, USA)
- Dieter Held, Professor of Mathematics, University of Mainz
- Carola Kaps, FAZ business correspondent
- Randolf Menzel , Professor of Neurobiology, Free University of Berlin
- Oliver Möller, actor with engagements in Bochum and Munich. Played u. a. the role of the Küblböck hater in the film " Daniel the Magician ".
- Karoline Roshdi, psychologist specializing in threat management
- Guido A. Schick , actor and director. Plays in numerous roles in cinema a. TV films (e.g. " Absolute Giganten ") and series (e.g. " Berlin, Berlin ").
- Eberhard Schmidt, Professor for Safety Technology and Environmental Protection, University of Wuppertal
- Angela Standhartinger , Professor of Protestant Theology (New Testament), University of Marburg
- Reinhard Stockmann, Professor of Sociology at Saarland University
- Ruth Wagner , Vice-President of the Hessian State Parliament, former Minister of State D.
- Jürgen Walter , former parliamentary group leader of the SPD in the Hessian state parliament
- Thomas Wedel (Tom Wax), DJ and producer
- Verena Weis (Indira), former member of the casting band Bro'Sis .
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- ↑ [1]
- ^ Echo Newspapers GmbH: New head of school starts in May - Echo Online. Retrieved November 13, 2019 .
- ↑ Overview of the holdings "Gymnasium Gernsheim 1867–2003" (HStAD holdings H 54 Gernsheim). In: Archive Information System Hessen (Arcinsys Hessen), accessed on September 20, 2011.
- ↑ From Gernsheim to the great world of music (Morgenweb, April 27, 2020)
- ^ Profile of Simone Göttlich on Google Scholar
- ↑ Lars Rosumek: Best computer science doctor comes from Darmstadt in 2005. Hessian Telemedia Technology Competence Center, press release from September 20, 2005 from Informationsdienst Wissenschaft (idw-online.de), accessed on September 15, 2015.
- ↑ Oliver Heckmann's Xing profile
- ↑ Innovators: Google's VP for Travel Knows How Much You Rely on Google — And Wants to Make it Even Better
- ↑ Star portrait Oliver Möller on kino.de
- ↑ Portrait of Oliver Möller on the homepage of the Münchner Volkstheater ( Memento of the original from December 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Homepage Karoline Roshdi
- ↑ Star portrait Guido A. Schick on kino.de
- ↑ Homepage of the member of the state parliament Jürgen Walter ( Memento from April 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Official homepage Verena Weis (Indira)
- ↑ Demovideo Indira Weis
