Grammar School Philippinum (Marburg)

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Philippinum Grammar School
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type of school high school
founding 1527
address

Leopold-Lucas-Strasse 18
35037 Marburg

place Marburg
country Hesse
Country Germany
Coordinates 50 ° 48 '3 "  N , 8 ° 45' 26"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 48 '3 "  N , 8 ° 45' 26"  E
carrier City of Marburg
student 1095 (as of November 1, 2010)
management Michael Breining
Website www.philippinum.de

The Gymnasium Philippinum is a human High School in Marburg in Upper Hesse , which in 1527 by I. Landgraf Philipp was founded.

history

The grammar school was established in 1527 as a Protestant pedagogy of the Marburg University, which was founded at the same time by Philip the Magnanimous , and was primarily intended to impart the necessary knowledge of Latin and Greek to the prospective students . It was not until 1833 that it gained independence from the university as an electoral grammar school under its new director August Vilmar . Since 1866 it was a royal Prussian grammar school.

In 1868 the school moved from the former Dominican monastery to a neo-Gothic building in Untergasse. Over a portal there was carved in stone: The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. In 1904 the school was given its current name on the 400th birthday of the founder. At the 425th school anniversary in the summer of 1952, Rudolf Bultmann gave the lecture on the subject of "Humanism and Christianity". In 1953, coeducation was introduced in the former boys' school , and the first girl passed the Abitur examination in 1959. In 1969 the grammar school moved into a new building opposite the Elisabethschule in Leopold-Lucas-Straße. The old building in the center of Marburg was demolished as part of the city renovation. Today there is a department store on this square. On August 2, 2010, renovation work began at the Philippinum grammar school.

Philippinum today

A particular focus of the Philippinums is the music lessons with musical early education (strings classes Bläserklassen) and advanced courses music in high school. The humanistic tradition of the Philippine can still be seen in foreign language classes, which begin with Latin and English in the fifth grade. In addition, French and Greek are available as foreign languages ​​from the 7th grade and Spanish, Italian and Russian from the 11th grade. Students of the Philippine High School can also acquire the Latinum and Graecum .

Main view of the Philippines before the renovation

With regard to the upper secondary level, the Philippinum has established a close cooperation with four comprehensive schools in the vicinity. This school network includes the Wollenberg School in Wetter, the Ebsdorfergrund Comprehensive School in Heskem, the Niederwalgern Comprehensive School and the Richtsberg Comprehensive School in Marburg.

The close cooperation with the Marburg Philipps University enables students from grade 12 to take part in propaedeutics in the fields of philosophy , mathematics , literary studies and law .

The school's large orchestra won first prize at the 1st Hessian School Orchestra Competition in 2011 together with the Old Electoral High School in Bensheim.

Student company CodeGames

In the school year 2016/17, the grammar school Philippinum introduced its own student company for the first time. This was founded under the name “CodeGames” as part of the JUNIOR program of the Institute for German Economy (IW) in Cologne. In a working group, the 13 students developed a card game, the “Marburg Code”, for which meetings were held every week. The game was developed primarily for tourists in the small town in central Hesse, but is also very suitable for locals.

The “Marburg Code” itself was published in early May 2017 and is based on a pre-established route consisting of 27 stations. For each individual station in the game there is a card with a picture belonging to the station and a puzzle on the front and information text on the back of the card. The game contains both sights that are very well known in Marburg, such as the Landgrave's Castle or the Elisabeth Church, but also stations that even real Marburgers do not know, e.g. B. the noble house.

Further products are to follow in the next few years.

International partnerships

The following exchange programs and partnerships exist:

Known teachers

Known students

Support association

Active parent representatives act as sponsors for a variety of school and extracurricular issues. A school library was set up, which is largely based on this voluntary work.

Association of Alumni

In 1927, in the 400th year of the school's existence, an alumni association was founded which publishes the CHRONIKA annually. Interested alumni , pupils, teachers and friends of the school have created an opportunity to maintain the connection to their high school. In addition, the alumni association supports the school with acquisitions in the cultural and sporting fields, but also promotes individual student achievements and thereby actively shapes today's school life.

Sources and literature

  • Annual report of the Royal High School in Marburg . Marburg 1885–1904 ( digitized version )
  • Annual report of the Royal Philippinum grammar school in Marburg . Marburg 1905–1915 ( digitized version )
  • Friedrich Aly, Emil Becker: The album of the academic pedagogy . In: Annual report of the Königl. Philippinum grammar school in Marburg. Marburg 1905–1906 (2 articles) ( digitized version )
  • Friedrich Engelhardt: Directory of the directors and teachers of the Marburg grammar school from its re-establishment in 1833 to Easter 1910 . In: Annual report of the Königl. Philippinum grammar school in Marburg. Marburg 1910–1911 (2 articles) ( digitized version )
  • Friedrich Engelhardt: The high school graduates of the Marburg high school from its re-establishment in 1833 to Easter 1910 . In: Annual report of the Königl. Philippinum grammar school in Marburg. Marburg 1911–1912 (2 articles) ( digitized )
  • Grammar School Philippinum 1527–1977. Festschrift for the 450th anniversary , ed. by Albrecht H. Danneberg, Marburg 1977.
  • The future needs experience. A commemorative publication for the 475th anniversary , ed. by Erdmute Johanna Pickerodt-Uthleb, Marburg 2002.
  • Bernhard Unckel: From the pedagogy of the Reformation to the grammar school of the present. Four hundred and fifty years of Gymnasium Philippinum , in: Gymnasium Philippinum 1527–1977. Festschrift for the 450th anniversary , ed. by Albrecht H. Danneberg, Marburg 1977, pp. 33-108.
  • Yearbook of the Philippinum Grammar School, published since 2006, ed. by Dieter Gabrian and Roland Knoke

See also

Web links

Commons : Gymnasium Philippinum Marburg  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chronika, magazine of the former Marburg high school students
  2. ↑ Chronika, magazine of the former Marburg high school students
  3. ↑ Young Founders / student company Code Games - Gymnasium Philippinum Marburg. Retrieved June 12, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Pupils on the trail of the “Marburg Code” - op-marburg.de / Oberhessische Presse / Zeitung für Marburg - Biedenkopf. Retrieved June 12, 2017 .