Petrinum Brilon High School

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Petrinum Brilon High School
Brilon gymnasium petrinum now.jpg
type of school high school
School number 169912
founding 1655
address

To the Jakobuslinde 21

place Brilon
country North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany
Coordinates 51 ° 23 '35 "  N , 8 ° 33' 2"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 23 '35 "  N , 8 ° 33' 2"  E
carrier City of Brilon
student 850 (2014/2015)
Teachers 64 (December 11, 2017)
management Johannes Droste
Website www.petrinum-brilon.de

The Petrinum Brilon grammar school is a municipal grammar school in Brilon . Today's school goes back to a monastery school founded in 1655 and is therefore one of the oldest schools in North Rhine-Westphalia .

history

Higher school in the Duchy of Westphalia

Memorial plaque on the Nikolaikirche

The school was founded in 1655 by monks as a monastery school of the Minorite settlement in Brilon . As the only higher school in the Duchy of Westphalia - apart from the Laurentianum Arnsberg grammar school  - the Petrinum attracted students from all over the area. The catchment area included Marsberg , Winterberg and Medebach , among others . The main subject was initially Latin, before other subjects gradually gained in importance over the course of time. Above all, the school reforms and the standardization of the school system in the Duchy of Westphalia and the entire Cologne electoral state at the end of the 18th century led to changes. In 1782, the higher education institutions became state institutions with fixed curricula and other innovations, such as a state examination for teachers. The reformers influenced by the Enlightenment , such as Franz Wilhelm von Spiegel , were extremely critical of the religious communities as a whole. Possibly this was the reason for the closure of the school in 1783. Only the request of the citizens during the visit of Elector Maximilian Franz in 1785 made the reopening of the institution possible. The secularization in 1804 again ended school operations.

The high school since 1820

Gymnasium Petrinum (old building)

For about two decades, Brilon and thus the upper Sauerland as a whole had no secondary school. Under the sponsorship of the city, the school was revived in 1821, initially as a Progymnasium , from 1858 as a full institution under the name "Catholic Municipal Gymnasium Petrinum zu Brilon". The first director was Anton Joseph Schmidt. In 1868 the grammar school had 14 teachers and 212 students. Since 1899 the school had a school convict for foreign students, which was disbanded during the National Socialism.

In the First World War , 37 students died at the front. In 1920 the high school had more than 400 students. This level was not reached in the following decades when high schools were also established in neighboring cities.

In March 1933, the respected teacher, local researcher and historian Josef Rüther , who had been working at the grammar school since 1909, was suspended from service for "violating national honor". Thus, the celebrations for the 75th anniversary of the grammar school as a full institution in August of the same year were marked by the National Socialist seizure of power .

In 1937 the humanistic (old-language) grammar school, like everywhere else in the Reich, was converted into a high school. Greek was given up, Latin reduced and English the first foreign language. Furthermore, that was religious education reduced. With five hours a week, physical education was an important subject. Associated with these changes is a change in the name. From 1937 the school was called "Petrinum, municipal secondary school for boys in Brilon", from 1939 "Municipal secondary school for boys in Brilon". In 1940 34 girls were admitted to the school. This was the result of the forced, gradual dismantling of the Maria School, which was run by nuns.

Classes were restricted in the course of the Second World War and then came to a complete standstill. In 1945 the school building was partly used for billeting of soldiers. The high school students were deployed as air force helpers at the Diemel dam . After graduating from high school , they were drafted into army service.

In 1946 the high school was converted back into a humanistic grammar school and was given its old name again. In 1949, at the insistence of the parents, a new language branch was introduced in addition to the old language. In 1957 the last ancient language class graduated from high school. In 1966, a mathematical and scientific branch was introduced from the Obertertia (grade 9).

At the time of its 125th anniversary as a full-service institution in 1983, the Petrinum grammar school had 1,132 students, who were taught by 74 full-time teachers. In 2005 the Petrinum grammar school in Brilon was 350 years old.

Building history

Grammar school Petrinum (old building) with Nikolaikirche (rear view)

The former Minorite monastery initially served as the school building . This was supplemented by several extensions. The first expansion took place in 1708 with a new building near the Nikolaikirche . After a fire in 1769, a new building was erected that survived the fire of 1852, but was later demolished because of the widening of a street and replaced by another building. In 1892 the gymnasium, which was also used as an auditorium, was built in the former monastery garden and in 1903 an extension with six new classrooms was built. Due to the increasing number of pupils, the city built a new building as part of the new school center on the Jakobuslinde. This was moved into in 1975. The old building of the high school has been used by the Heinrich-Lübke-Schule since then.

Prominent students and graduates

literature

  • Gereon Fritz (Ed.): 1655-2005. Petrinum Brilon High School. From the early school system in our city until today . Podszun, Brilon 2005, ISBN 3-86133-384-8 .
  • Volker Gedaschke, Heinrich Hülsbusch: From the monastery school “Ambrosio Antoniani” to the grammar school “Petrinum” . Podszun, Brilon 1999, ISBN 3-86133-213-2 .
  • Ottilie Knepper-Babilon: The Petrinum grammar school in Brilon . A study of a Catholic high school in rural areas 1858–1914 (=  Dortmund work on school history and historical didactics . Volume 22 ). Brockmeyer, Bochum 1994, ISBN 3-8196-0227-5 ( online [PDF; accessed on March 29, 2013]).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Report on the Petrinum grammar school in Brilon, during his first school year 1858-59 1859 M. Friedländer's Buchdruckerei Brilon