Wendalinum high school
| Wendalinum high school in the St. Wendel district | |
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| type of school | high school |
| founding | 1824 |
| address |
Schorlemerstraße 28 |
| place | St. Wendel |
| country | Saarland |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 27 '47 " N , 7 ° 10' 34" E |
| carrier | District of St. Wendel |
| student | 719 (2015/16) |
| Teachers | 60 (2015/16) |
| management | Alexander Besch |
| Website | www.wendalinum.de |
The Wendalinum grammar school is a grammar school in St. Wendel in Saarland. It is named after the holy Wendelin .
history
In St. Wendel, at that time the capital of the Principality of Lichtenberg , there was still no public school at the beginning of the 1820s that could have satisfied the demands of the bourgeoisie for higher education. This is why the “higher private school” run by the Neumagener theologian and philologist Johannes Schué - in addition to his job as a St. Wendel city school teacher, who started in 1817 - has been converted into a “lyceum” (in the sense of a secondary school ) since 1820 . The ceremonial opening of the facility, which was also requested by the principality's assembly in early 1823 and brought into being by a ducal decree on September 12, 1824, took place on October 18, 1824. This process was and is understood as the "birth" of the Wendalinum grammar school. As the then Mayor of St. Wendel, Johann Carl Cetto, calculated, a capital expenditure of 80,000 guilders was necessary, which the city, the church and the principality raised together. In the first few years the school, which had its home in the Magdalenenkapelle , consisted of five grades, which were taught coeducationally up to tertia .
In connection with the St. Wendel uprising of 1831/32, in which the principal, teacher and also pupils of the lyceum were involved, the school closed in 1832 due to demagogic activities ; the teachers involved were arrested.
After the government had more or less tolerated private lessons by the teachers who had since been dismissed in 1833, the former lyceum was reopened as a Real-Lehranstalt on May 1, 1834 under the direction of Johannes Schué, but under the special supervision of the Government Assessor (and later Trier District President ) Wilhelm Sebaldt placed; he was also responsible for the curriculum. It was a bitter irony of history that the college was housed in the former St. Wendel prison, where most of the teachers had been imprisoned only a few years earlier. Attempts to enrich the school's schedule with natural science and ancient language subjects were initially rejected by the now Prussian government.
Only more than two decades later, on October 9, 1855, was a Progymnasium opened; it received its formal recognition as such on January 18, 1856 - excluding the costs of utensils, firing, lighting and buildings, which were paid directly from the city coffers become .
On October 18, 1874, for the 50th anniversary, the school received permission to look after the then Prussian Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm, who later became the 99-day Emperor Friedrich III. To call "Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelms-Progymnasium". Three years later, the long-planned new building in Gymnasialstrasse was ready to move into.
With the increase in the number of students at the beginning of the 20th century, a new building had to be considered again. However, the outbreak of the First World War brought the planning to an abrupt end. In 1924, when the school already had 800 pupils and the majority of them had to be taught “outside the home”, the government finally gave the impetus for a new building on Schorlemerstrasse. The foundation stone for today's school building took place on November 18, 1926, and two years later, on September 17, 1928, it was opened.
The school management was rather skeptical of the National Socialist mood that had spread in the Saar area and in 1932 forbade any political activity and the wearing of uniforms and badges in school. Even here one was called upon to implement the National Socialist school policy, but internal resistance soon increased. Shortly after the start of the war, the entire building had to be made available to the Wehrmacht , so that no more lessons could take place.
The Hans-Schemm-Schule (since 1946: Nikolaus-Obertreis-Schule) served as an alternative, in which lessons were held again from October 25, 1939, but which were greatly reduced and only to a very limited extent due to the war. In 1943, many students were drafted into the Air Force . Grades 6, 7 and 8 then had to be merged so that the freed teachers could give lessons to the flak helpers. After two students were killed in an air raid near Walhausen , teaching was completely stopped.
The first lesson after the end of the war was held on October 1, 1945. In his speech, Director Peter Schindler welcomed the new situation.
“We can be good again. We can do good again. We are free in spirit. "
In the first year after the war, the upper school had afternoon classes in the high school for girls, the middle and lower school in the mornings at the Cecilia school. After the French military government had cleared the school building, which last served as a military hospital, at the beginning of 1946, classes could take place again in Schorlemerstrasse. In 1960, on the initiative of the music teacher Frantz, a Walcker organ was set up in the auditorium to commemorate the teachers and students who died in the two world wars. Since the 1969/70 school year, French has been taught as the first foreign language at the Wendalinum instead of Latin. In 1974 the school was given its original yellow color again at considerable financial expense, after having been painted gray and white for 15 years.
The Wendalinum grammar school has always cooperated with the Cusanus grammar school, which is only a few hundred meters away . A common timetable is drawn up, especially for the upper level, so that students are also taught in courses at the partner school. In the meantime, there were also collaborations with the comprehensive school Marpingen (1996) and the comprehensive school Türkismühle (1998).
principal
- Johannes Schué (1824-1854)
- Johannes Busch (1855-1889)
- Franz Koch (1890–1901)
- Josef Baar (1901–1904)
- Paul Fischer (1904–1907)
- Peter Hau (1907-1912)
- Hermann Freericks (1912–1915)
- Josef Baar (1915-1919)
- Theobald Edelbluth (1920–1929)
- Franz Arens (1930–1945)
- Peter Schindler (1945–1952)
- Karl Palz (1952–1957)
- Eduard Scholl (1957–1958, acting)
- Peter Gärtner (1958–1968)
- Horst Hubig (1968–1980)
- Emil Dimmer (1981, acting)
- Walter Burnikel (1982–1997)
- Wolfgang Pfaff (1997-2002)
- Willi Schaum (2002–2003, acting)
- Heribert Ohlmann (2003-2018)
- Alexander Besch (since 2018)
Language sequence and branches
When entering grade 5, students at the Wendalinum grammar school can choose between French and Latin as the input language from the 2016/17 school year - as a result of the closure of the Arnold-Janssen grammar school . Depending on which of the two languages is selected, certain language sequences and options arise.
If a student chooses French as the input language when transitioning to the Wendalinum grammar school , English lessons are added from the sixth grade . Before the eighth grade, there is the option of choosing a scientific, modern or ancient language branch. The scientific branch does not provide for other languages in grades 8 and 9, but in addition to the increased number of hours is chemistry and biology , the specialist physics taught as a major subject. If you choose the modern language variant, also known as the “Euro branch”, Italian is added, while the classical branch teaches Latin as the main subject.
If a pupil chooses Latin when transitioning to the Wendalinum Gymnasium, English lessons are added from the sixth grade and French lessons from the eighth grade. This sequence of foreign languages does not offer any options until the end of the ninth school year.
From grade 10 onwards, students in both language sequences have the opportunity to learn another foreign language and thus - depending on the combination - to replace a previously taken foreign language. For example, a pupil with the language sequence Fr - En - La can deselect Latin after the ninth grade and instead start over with Spanish or join the existing Italian class. However, if there is no language that can be deselected, a student in the mathematics branch must, if possible, add these voluntary additional subjects to his or her science schedule.
In the course system of the Gymnasiale Oberstufe Saar (grade 11/12) at least one foreign language must be taken as an E-course or as a G-course.
building
| Wendalinum high school | |
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 Front side of the grammar school with the main entrances |
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| place | St. Wendel |
| architect | Hans Zingeler |
| Client | Government commission |
| Architectural style | Neo-Baroque , Expressionism , New Building |
| Construction year | 1928 |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 27 '46.5 " N , 7 ° 10' 33.6" E |
The Wendalinum building is in the neo-baroque style, but with clear influences from expressionism and new building . The school is located on one of the highest points in the city and, like the Arnold-Janssen-Gymnasium , can be seen from afar. In addition, the bright orange-yellow facade makes it a distinctive landmark.
Building history
Hans Zingeler from Cologne was the winner of the architectural competition announced by the department for culture and education of the Saar government commission on September 10, 1924 . Mostly designed in neo-baroque style on the outside, but the inside was built according to the requirements of the reformed pedagogy of the time . Inside, under the direction of Fritz Grewenig , at the time professor of decorative painting at the Saarbrücken Art School, extremely colorful and progressive ornamental wall and ceiling decorations were used throughout the building. This completely new design of a school building made the Wendalinum a kind of model school for the government commission, which is why the inscription in silver letters "Built by the Saar government commission" was to be found in the vestibule. As soon as the school came under the responsibility of the National Socialists in 1935, all artistic elements were whitewashed or chipped off, without exception. The only things left in place were the radiator grilles in the entrance area and the stucco decorations on the ceiling in the staff rooms.
The original decoration was forgotten until the middle of the first decade of the 21st century. Since then, efforts have been made to gradually restore the original condition. In the course of the renovation work that has been taking place since 2011, the vestibule was renewed in a color scheme similar to the original during the summer holidays 2012 and the painted color scheme in the anteroom of the auditorium restored. The auditorium itself will also be restored over the next few years.
“A small, modest wish of the school would be, for example, the renovation of this wonderful auditorium, which could be even more beautiful if, similar to the auditorium anteroom and the vestibule, following the templates and meeting modern needs, we could transform it into a colorful presentation area. and remodel the gym. "
In 2013, the former changing rooms were converted into upper school and IT rooms and a new changing building was built next to the DFB mini-pitch.
Since the 2019/2020 school year, lessons have also been held in pavilions in the schoolyard, as the school, due to the growing number of students, has repeatedly been confronted with the problem of space bottlenecks. Another school building is currently in the construction phase (as of 2020).
activities
Student exchanges and partner schools
The Wendalinum grammar school maintains student exchanges with schools in Dieuze (Collège Charles Hermite ), Eugene (Oregon) , Réunion (Collège St. Michel in St. Denis ) and, as part of the Comenius program, with the Balbriggan Community College, the Eurajoki Junior High School and the ITC Colamonico Acquaviva .
Competitions
In competitions such as “ Jugend forscht / Schüler experimentieren ”, “ Mathematik ohne Grenzen ”, various subject-specific national competitions and reading competitions, pupils of the Wendalinum regularly take top places and the Wendalinum itself has already received school prizes in various disciplines.
Working groups
The following working groups are offered at the Wendalinum grammar school in the 2017/18 school year:
- Students experiment
- Youth research
- robotics
- Biology AG
- orchestra
- Recorder ensemble
- Instrumental AG (Orff)
- Visual arts
- theatre
- Youth debates
- Soccer
- golf
- volleyball
- Jiu Jutsu
- Video AG
- Media scouts
- Talent promotion group
- School medical service
- Arbitrator
- School newspaper "GymBlatt"
The theater group of the Wendalinum grammar school is known regionally as a professional youth theater group and also plays extracurricular performances.
Personalities
Teacher
- Alfons Klein , Latin and Greek (1962–1971)
student
- Jakob Gomm , Catholic pastor and dean (approx. 1837)
- Nicola Marschall , painter (ca.1840)
- Felix Coblenz , educator and rabbi (until 1878)
- Fritz Berl , Holocaust refugee and co-founder of Egged (1934–1939)
- Alexandra Kertz-Welzel , musicologist (1981–1990)
- Johannes Kühn , writer (graduated from high school in 1953)
- Friedrich Langensiepen , theologian (until 1916)
- Karl Waltzinger , President of the Saarland Court of Audit (until 1928)
- Otwin Massing , political scientist (1946–1955)
- Ernst Schneider , management consultant (1955–1962)
- Gerd Dudenhöffer , cabaret artist (1961–1966)
- Thomas Bruch , former managing director of the Globus Group
- Matthias Maurer , astronaut (1986–1989)
- Ralph Schock , writer (approx. 1962–1971)
- Lena Sicks , singer (2006-2013)
- Jennifer haben , musician (2006-2013)
- Kathrin Sicks , singer (2007-2014)
- Jakob Mathias , magician (2006-2013)
- Kristin Backes , musical performer (2008-2016)
literature
- Marlen Dittmann: The building culture in Saarland 1904–1945, ed. from the Institute for Regional Studies in Saarland (Saarland-Hefte 3), Saarbrücken 2004.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Annual issue of the Wendalinum 2015
- ^ Julius Bettingen: History of the city and the office of St. Wendel . St. Wendel 1865, p. 501.
- ↑ a b c d e f Horst Blechschmidt (Ed.): 175 years of high school Wendalinum - the history of a school. St Wendel 1999.
- ↑ On the celebration of the golden jubilee on October 18, 1874 cf. Max Müller: The history of the city of St. Wendel from its beginnings to the world wars. St. Wendel 1927, p. 641.
- ^ Theobald Edelbluth: History of the high school in St. Wendel . In: History of the schools in the city of St. Wendel. Festschrift to celebrate the centenary of the grammar school. E. Müller, St. Wendel 1924, pp. 9-132.
- ^ A b c L [Ludwig Adolf] Wiese: The higher school system in Prussia: historical-statistical representation. Vol. 1. Berlin 1864, p. 405. ( online )
- ^ Gallery in the Wendalinum grammar school
- ↑ Schweizerische Bauzeitung / Revue Polytechnique Suisse. Vol. 84. No. 13 of September 27, 1924, advertisement page 14 ( online at E-Periodica ). - Jury members included a. Fritz Grewenig and Paul Bonatz .
- ^ Brenner, Frank: Modern; abstract. Decorative - The painting in the foyer of the Aula of the Wendalinum. In: Gymnasium Wendalinum of the district of St. Wendel (ed.): Annual booklet 2013. St. Wendel 2014
- ↑ Abitur speech of the headmaster 2013. This part is not included in the official transcript in the 2013 annual booklet, p. 68 ff.
- ↑ Competitions. High school website
- ↑ Gerd Schmitt: Dean Jakob Gomm. 1819-1885. In: Alsfassen und Breiten. Contributions to local history. Edited by Roland Geiger and Gerd Schmitt on the occasion of the first documentary mention of Alsfass in 1304. St. Wendel 2004, p. 263.
- ↑ Wolfgang Ulbrich: Nicola Marschall (1829-1917) - A painter from St. Wendel in the American southern states , Röhrig University Press, St. Ingbert 2012, ISBN 978-3-86110-520-6
- ↑ Wendalinum against forgetting: Holocaust day at the Wendalinum. In: 103.7 UnserDing , April 28, 2014
- ↑ Bodo Bost: "Places against forgetting" in the St. Wendel district. In: Israel-Nachrichten Online , May 4, 2014
- ↑ Matthias Maurer. ESA website