Kirchenfeld high school
| Kirchenfeld high school | |
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| type of school | high school |
| founding | 1834/1926 |
| address |
Kirchenfeldstrasse 25 |
| place | Bern |
| Canton | Bern |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Coordinates | 600 866 / 198 830 |
| carrier | Canton Bern |
| student | 1200 |
| Teachers | 150 |
| management | Elisabeth Schenk Jenzer |
| Website | www.gymkirchenfeld.ch |
The Kirchenfeld grammar school is a traditional grammar school in the city of Bern in Switzerland .
history
Before 1834 there was no grammar school in Bern. With the establishment of the University of Bern in 1834, which emerged from the academy, the literary school was created, which was called the Bern Cantonal School from 1856 to 1880 . Then it was combined with the municipal secondary school to form the municipal high school. Until 1885 it was located at Herrengasse 25, then at Waisenhausplatz 30 (see also Progr ). In 1926 the grammar school was moved to the newly built schoolhouse in the Kirchenfeld district . The schoolhouse, built in the years 1923–1926 by the architecture firm Widmer (Fritz Widmer) & Daxelhoffer , is a building in neoclassical style. In the auditorium there are five large wall paintings of large Bernese ( Theodor Kocher , Ferdinand Hodler , Philipp Emanuel von Fellenberg , Jeremias Gotthelf and Jakob Stämpfli ), painted in 1927/28 by Cuno Amiet , and in the middle wing of the third floor Victor Surbek repainted five wall paintings in 1928 the wanderings and homecoming of Odysseus .
Up until 2005 there were three different grammar schools in the school building with their own rectorate and secretariat. There was the MNG (mathematical and natural science high school), the LG (literary high school) and the WG (business high school). In 2005 the three grammar schools were merged, but kept their respective rectors. The MNG became the MN department (mathematics and natural sciences), the LG became the GH department (humanities and human sciences) and the WG became the WR department (economics and law).
Special
The high school has a chanson and a chamber choir (the latter dissolved in 2012), a big band and a theater group. Demonstrations take place every year in Bern.
The successful novel by the former student Peter Bieri Nachtzug nach Lisbo is partly set at the grammar school.
Development of the number of students
| year | Progymnasium | Head departments | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 273 | 123 | 396 |
| 1900 | 398 | 242 | 640 |
| 1920 | 633 | 644 | 1277 |
| 1930 | 590 | 705 | 1295 |
| 1940 | 562 | 840 | 1402 |
| 1950 | 563 | 768 | 1331 |
| 1960 | 866 | 1204 | 2070 |
| 1965 | 765 | 1530 | 2286 |
Well-known alumni
- Albert Anker , Swiss painter, graphic artist and genre painter
- Marc Baumgartner , handball player
- Heinz Balmer , Swiss science historian and author
- Peter Bieri , philosopher and writer
- Max Fueter , sculptor
- Therese Fuhrer , classical philologist
- Karl Geiser , sculptor
- Friedrich Gerber , clergyman and educator
- Otto von Greyerz , dialect writer and professor of literature
- Heinrich Joseph Hermann Lemp , inventor
- Mani Matter , troubadour and poet in dialect
- Johann Jakob Romang , writer
- Julia Saner , model
- Klaus Schädelin , pastor and writer
- Steff la Cheffe , Swiss rapper and beatboxer
- Harald Szeemann , exhibition organizer
- Aline Trede , Swiss politician
- Grégoire Vuilleumier / old man , rapper
- Anouk Vergé-Dépré , Swiss volleyball and beach volleyball player
- Richard von Weizsäcker , former German President
- Christian Wasserfallen , Swiss politician
literature
- Max Irmiger: Architectural works and interiors by Widmer & Daxelhoffer . WIB-Verlag, Bern 1927.
- Birgit Stalder: The Gymer. The Kirchenfeld grammar school from tradition to innovation . Weber Verlag, Thun / Gwatt 2018, ISBN 978-3-03818-189-7 .
See also
- Neufeld grammar school
- Lerbermatt high school
- List of cultural assets in Bern in District IV, Kirchenfeld-Schosshalde
Web links
- Website of the Kirchenfeld high school
- Website about the construction ( Memento from December 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gymnasium Kirchenfeld: Contact. September 4, 2015, accessed January 15, 2016 .
- ↑ Three department heads and one chairwoman. Kirchenfeld Gymnasium, accessed on November 24, 2017 .
- ^ School management of the Gymnasium Kirchenfeld | Year 2017. Gymnasium Kirchenfeld, accessed on November 1, 2017 .
- ^ Law on the higher grammar school and the university . Publisher cannot be determined, 1834 ( google.de [accessed on December 31, 2019]).
- ↑ Murals. (No longer available online.) In: Gymnasium Kirchenfeld. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013 ; Retrieved September 3, 2009 .
- ^ Hans Naef: Karl Geiser. Chronology of Geiser's life. In: Du - magazine for culture . Verlag Conzett & Huber, October 1957, p. 1; Page 41 , accessed on May 23, 2019 : "1917 - Autumn: Geiser passes the high school diploma at Bern's literary school."