High school at Deutenberg Villingen-Schwenningen

High school at Deutenberg Villingen-Schwenningen
type of school	high school
founding	1840
address	Johannesstrasse 59
place	Villingen-Schwenningen
country	Baden-Württemberg
Country	Germany
Coordinates	48 ° 4 '5 "  N , 8 ° 32' 33"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 4 '5 "  N , 8 ° 32' 33"  E
carrier	City of Villingen-Schwenningen
student	840 (2019/2020)
Teachers	69 teachers and 11 trainees
management	Zoran Josipovic (Headmaster), Michael Schüz (Deputy Headmaster)
Website	Homepage of the GaD

The Gymnasium am Deutenberg (GaD) is a general high school in Villingen-Schwenningen with a linguistic (Spanish) and scientific profile (either NWT or IMP) as well as a sports profile. It also offers a bilingual French course from grade 6 (acquisition of the AbiBac) as well as wind classes (learning to play a wind instrument) in the lower grades. It is also an open all-day school with offers on four days of the week.

In the Schwenningen district it is the only general high school , in Villingen there are also the high school at Hoptbühl, the high school at Romäusring and the (catholic) high school St. Ursula at Bickentor.

Current figures (school year 2019/2020)

69 teachers and 11 trainee teachers are currently teaching 840 students at the Gymnasium am Deutenberg. The proportion of women in the college is 50 percent. The proportion of girls among the students is also around 50 percent. 37 classes (including course level) are taught in GaD. The average number of pupils in grades 5–10 is around 26, and in the course level around 24. The 64 pupils currently visiting the bilingual train and the 52 pupils of the Wind classes 5 and 6.

School profile and offers

A linguistic, scientific, sports and IMP profile are offered at the Gymnasium am Deutenberg.

In the linguistic profile, Spanish is added as a third foreign language to the first two foreign languages. It starts with English, to which French or Latin is added in grade 6.

In the natural sciences profile, grades 8-10 are taught the core subject natural sciences and technology (NwT) every four hours. There is also a so-called "pool lesson" in class eight.

In addition to practical physical education, in which school sports are deepened and experience in outdoor and trend sports is gained, sports theory also plays an important role in the sports profile.

In the IMP profile, computer science, mathematics and physics are taught in grades 8–10 with a focus that changes over the years (one subject every two hours). It is not primarily a matter of deepening the lessons that are taking place anyway - rather, other interesting topics in these subjects are dealt with.

If you want to focus on French, you can take the bilingual train from grade 6. Natural phenomena, geography, history and social studies are taught one after the other not only in German, but increasingly also in the foreign language. In addition, the French language lessons are reinforced by additional lessons. Students on the bilingual train therefore have one to two hours more lessons per week than their non-bilingual classmates. The main goal of the train is the acquisition of the double AbiBac, through which the graduates can acquire both a German Abitur and a French Baccalauréat .

Pupils also have the choice of learning a wind instrument in the wind class (lower level) in cooperation with the Music Academy Villingen-Schwenningen and the Stadtmusik Schwenningen.

There are also options for the course level. So z. B. in addition to the usual school subjects, the subjects economics, literature and theater and computer science, each also as an examination subject in the Abitur, can be chosen. Psychology, an advanced course in mathematics and seminar course (s) are also regularly offered in the elective area.

There is a wide range of working groups (AGs): badminton, soccer, handball, climbing, parcours, chess, volleyball, tennis, theater, choir, orchestra, band, nutrition, IT, robots, school paramedics (as of 2014/2015).

High school at Deutenberg 2016

Open all day school

The Gymnasium am Deutenberg has been an open all-day school since the 2012/13 school year . As part of the open afternoon care, it offers various educational offers from Monday to Thursday (until 3:20 p.m.) under qualified supervision, such as lunchtime sports (12:45 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.), homework supervision (1:05 ​​p.m. - 2:30 p.m.) , open supervision (1:45 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.), various working groups, the school library and plus courses for students in grades 5, 6 and 7.

Except for the plus courses, some working groups and lunch in the cafeteria of the Realschule am Deutenberg, all offers are free of charge.

The aim of the offers is to ensure that all students can use the long school day sensibly and reliably.

Two school social workers are currently working at the GaD.

International student exchanges and study trips

The school is currently (as of 2015) exchange programs with Terre Haute, Indiana, USA (11th & 12th grade), Tula, Russia (9th / 10th grade), Valencia, Spain (9th grade), Versailles, France ( 8th grade), Pontarlier, France (7th grade). In addition, in grade 10 there will be a third-party meeting with students from Saint-Louis, France (10th grade). In addition, there are study trips at the course level with different destinations (e.g. in recent years London, Dublin, Israel, Rome, Hamburg, Barcelona, ​​Hallig Langeness, Berlin).

Evening grammar school

The GaD forms the spatial and personal basis of the evening high school Villingen-Schwenningen. Since 1971 adults have been able to catch up on their Abitur here while working. The principal is senior teacher Michael Schüz. The training usually extends over four school years. Subjects are German, English, Latin, history with social studies, mathematics, physics and biology.

history

Founding as a secondary school

In 1839 the Schwenningen Church Convention asked the government of the Kingdom of Württemberg for permission to set up a secondary school . The school was established in 1840 in a building that has existed since 1779 - and still exists today. On April 26, 1841, operations began with a class of 16 students. It was only "the third village secondary school in Württemberg". In 1899 the secondary school had five classes. A new building was built between 1901 and 1902. Up until 1904, the school was reserved for boys. Before the First World War there were already ten teachers and eight classes. During the First World War there were restrictions in school operations. Two teachers were killed and two others were seriously injured. In 1925 an upper school class was set up, so that in 1928 the school produced the first year of high school graduation as the “Oberrealschule Schwenningen with urban upper classes”.

National Socialist Period

On March 9, 1933 - one day after the city hall and the police station - the Schwenninger secondary school by SA -Angehörige with the swastika - Flag provided. The then rector, Dr. Wundt, “who was a good democrat,” opposed the SA's order to flag flags, but could not prevent its implementation. When asked for his legitimation, the SA member, a teacher from another Schwenningen school, replied: “The ID is my uniform!”. Wundt replied: “ Captain von Köpenick also referred to his uniform”. He recorded the events in a memo intended for the local council, in which he spoke of trespassing and presumption of office by the SA.

From August 1933, the Hitler salute was made mandatory at the school by an order from the then Württemberg Minister of Education, Christian Mergenthaler . Uniforms of the Hitler Youth were worn more and more in school . However, this "led to conflicts in some places", which is why it was banned from school on April 16, 1934.

Participation in the service of youth organizations was a “strict obligation”. Those who were absent without excuse were picked up by the police and sometimes physically punished by the police captain. To the service of the girls it belonged, healing herbs to collect, or the fields of potato beetles scan. Later, during the war, letters were also written to soldiers, with self-knitted socks attached, for example. Also air raid drills were carried out, while the correct use of gas masks trained.

The youth organizations were also involved in collections for the benefit of the winter relief organization. One of the teachers, Prof. Würthner (1880–1959), “harshly” rejected the collections. He warned the students even before SS - officers , students held fast in classrooms and put under pressure to make it as to join the Waffen-SS to bring.

School building from 1902, today Janusz Korczak School ( special needs school )

In 1934 daily roll calls were introduced in the school yard. The black-white-red imperial flag and the swastika flag had to be hoisted. The first verse of the Deutschlandlied and the Horst Wessel song had to be sung . The individual classes also had to compete in front of the classroom before classes began. The "class leader" appointed by the teacher had to report in a military style how many students had started. Here too, the Hitler salute was exchanged with an outstretched right arm.

In 1937 the National Socialists withdrew the city's clergy from giving religious instruction: the representatives of both denominations had unanimously refused to take the "oath of loyalty to the Führer".

In 1938 the school was renamed "Deutsche Oberschule". At the beginning of the Second World War , six teachers were drafted. A year later it hit twelve high school graduates. More teachers and students followed, and some fell. The emergencies brought many restrictions with them. The students had to replace the drafted farmers during the harvest and do other auxiliary services as well as complete air raid exercises. Several teachers and students were killed in air raids on Schwenningen. 15- to 16-year-old pupils were required to be on fire watch: Equipped with a steel helmet and gas mask, a pupil had to stand by day and night, make tours of the building and extinguish fires caused by incendiary bombs , for example . Most recently, many Schwenninger spent the days outside the city to avoid air attacks. They only returned to the houses when it was dark. The last known, unexploded, aerial bombs were only removed from the station area during the excavation work for the Villingen-Schwenningen State Horticultural Show in 2010 .

Due to a shortage of coal , not all classrooms could be heated. Several classes were therefore taught in one room. Alternatively, the school was completely closed. During this coal vacation the school material had to be worked on at home.

On April 20, 1945, French troops reached Schwenningen, which was surrendered without a fight. They commandeered the school building as barracks. During this period of use, the building was damaged by fire because French soldiers burned the school files. Only in October did they allow the school to resume in another building.

However, many teachers were burdened by their membership in the NSDAP , which is why they were initially banned from working. Only after their “ denazification ” were they allowed to return to school service, but not to their previous school. Schwenningen teachers mostly had to teach in Rottweil , while Rottweiler teachers were transferred to Schwenningen.

high school

In 1954 the school became the "Gymnasium Schwenningen" ".

High school on Deutenberg

Even after the actual school building had been returned by the French, there was a lack of space. It had to be taught in shifts, some classes were housed in other buildings. Therefore, a new building was built in 1965. Since 1972 the school has been called "Gymnasium am Deutenberg".

The exposed concrete building designed by Günter Behnisch is one of the first school buildings in Germany to be built using prefabricated construction. It has been a listed building since 2006 . The building is located on the "Breite", on what was then the eastern edge of Schwenningen at the foot of the then undeveloped Deutenberg .

Inner courtyard with the easily recognizable exposed concrete prefabricated building elements

The grammar school was designed as a spacious four-wing complex around an approximately square inner courtyard. It consists of a four-storey main wing and three two-story, horseshoe-shaped sections. With the exception of the ground floor in the south-west corner of the main building, the entire structure from the top edge of the site is designed as a fully assembled structure made exclusively of precast reinforced concrete parts. The assembly of the high school took 80 working days using three tower cranes.

This building from 1965 is today the main building of the grammar school and part of a school center. The secondary school and the Werkrealschule am Deutenberg are located in the building opposite that was later built. With these, the school shares a double sports hall with artificial turf - sports court and two small play areas.

Double sports hall and artificial turf pitch

The new building initially provided sufficient space. At times, rooms were even free so that elementary school classes at the garden school could be accepted.

However, the number of students rose very quickly, which again led to a lack of space. In 1971 the number of students had risen to over 1,000, and in 1978/79 even to 1,372. The number of pupils then declined until 2006 (approx. 750 pupils) and has increased again since then (2014/2015: 903). Since there is not enough space for such a high number of students, the school was expanded. Even today, some of the students (currently the majority of grades 5 and 6) are relocated to the Hallerhöhe auxiliary building (built in 1978, Brandenburger Ring 151), which is about five minutes' walk from the main building. Two smaller outbuildings of the GaD ("Pavilion" from 1974) and the secondary school had to be demolished due to asbestos contamination .

While the GaD today mainly attracts students from Schwenningen and some neighboring districts and communities, especially in the early 1960s, students came from Rottweil , Blumberg , Nendingen or Schramberg . This not only covered almost the entire Schwarzwald-Baar district , but also parts of the neighboring districts of Rottweil and Tuttlingen . This attraction to students from more distant cities is due to a three-year advanced train offered at the GaD at the time, which prepared especially for a later teacher training course .

Today the grammar school has a large auditorium, two computer rooms and a wide range of specialist rooms ( physics , chemistry , biology , geography , fine arts , workshop and music ). Such specialist rooms are also available in the Hallerhöhe annex.

The high school auditorium is used for school and non-school events. In addition to the annual summer and Christmas concerts, the theater and musical performances are also very popular. Due to its large capacity, other events are also held here, such as concerts or lectures.

Redevelopment

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The listed main building was in urgent need of renovation. The main building is currently being renovated since summer 2017. The renovation is expected to be completed in 2020. The new extension building was occupied in 2017. After the renovation work has been completed, it will replace the Hallerhöhe auxiliary building. Then the rooms of the grammar school will be more compact again.

Hallerhöhe adjoining building (grades 5–6)

The southern schoolyard remains largely intact despite the redesign and is bordered by the main building and the new building. After the completion of the renovation work, the new building will house six lower-level classrooms and associated teaching material rooms as well as the upper-level room, the pupil's library and the rooms of the all-day school.

During the renovation phase, the new building together with the Hallerhöhe building will provide part of the space required during the relocation. The remaining rooms are in containers on the premises of the Deutenberg school complex north of the sports field.

Former headmasters

• 1841–1847 C. White
• 1847-1863 Ch. F. Haag
• 1863–1874 M. Schlenker
• 1875–1880 Friedrich Zirn
• 1880–1906 Joh. Heinz
• 1906-1912 K. Muller
• 1912-1928 W. Stumpp
• 1928-1934 W. Wundt
• 1935-1941 M. Hofmann
• 1947–1951 Alfons Riegel
• 1951–1969 Max Frommer
• 1969–1992 Rolf Mehne
• 1992–2006 Annelies Zahradnik
• 2006–2019 Manfred Koschek
• since 2019 Zoran Josipovic

Personalities

student

• Richard Bürk , inventor, entrepreneur and politician (before or until 1865)
• Gunter Huonker , politician ( SPD ), former Minister of State, State Secretary and Member of the Bundestag
• Rita Grießhaber , politician ( Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen ), former Member of the Bundestag
• Katrin Vernau , economist and administrative director of WDR (until 1992)
• Andreas Hudec, front man of the band Cinema Bizarre
• Anke Greifeneder , author and Grimme Prize winner (until 1992)

Teacher

• Erhard Eppler , politician ( SPD ), former Federal Minister, Member of the Bundestag and Member of the Bundestag (1953–1961)
• Karl-Hans Kern , politician (SPD), former Member of the Bundestag (1959–1967)
• Ernst Burgbacher , politician ( FDP ), former State Secretary and Member of the Bundestag (1975–1998)

Others

The large flat roof of the main building has been used to generate electricity using photovoltaics since 2002 . The GaD also operates its own weather station, the data of which is published on the Internet.

Web links

• Homepage of the GaD
• Homepage of the evening high school
• Data from the GaD weather station

literature

• Gymnasium am Deutenberg - One hundred and fifty years of high school in Schwenningen aN , Villingen-Schwenningen, 1990
• Raschick, Marliese: Gymnasium am Deutenberg VS-Schwenningen: 1992-1997 , VS-Schwenningen: Gymnasium am Deutenberg, 1997 (Festschrift)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated February 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Gymnasium am Deutenberg - One hundred and fifty years of high school in Schwenningen aN, Villingen-Schwenningen, 1990, pp. 19, 30.
3. ↑ Quoted from Annemarie Conradt-Mach and Uwe Conradt: "Arbeit und Brot": The history of industrial workers in Villingen and Schwenningen from 1918 to 1933 , Schwenningen, Neckar-Verlag 1990, p. 282.
4. ↑ Gymnasium am Deutenberg - One hundred and fifty years of high school in Schwenningen aN, Villingen-Schwenningen, 1990, p. 90f.
5. ↑ Gymnasium am Deutenberg - One hundred and fifty years of high school in Schwenningen aN, Villingen-Schwenningen, 1990, p. 111.
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7. ↑ ^{a b} Gymnasium am Deutenberg - One hundred and fifty years of high school in Schwenningen aN, Villingen-Schwenningen, 1990, p. 121.
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13. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from March 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
14. ↑ Gymnasium am Deutenberg - One hundred and fifty years of high school in Schwenningen aN, Villingen-Schwenningen, 1990, p. 59.
15. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
16. ↑ ^{a b} Gymnasium am Deutenberg - One hundred and fifty years of high school in Schwenningen aN , Villingen-Schwenningen, 1990, p. 427
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19. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l} Gymnasium am Deutenberg - One hundred and fifty years of high school in Schwenningen aN , Villingen-Schwenningen, 1990, p. 434 f.
20. ^ Raschick, Marliese: Gymnasium am Deutenberg VS-Schwenningen: 1992-1997 , Villingen-Schwenningen, 1997
21. ↑ Josipovic is to follow Koschek In: Schwarzwälder Bote , July 5, 2019, accessed on August 2, 2019.
22. ^ Frank Raberg : Biographical handbook of the Württemberg state parliament members 1815-1933 . On behalf of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-17-016604-2 , p. 109 .
23. ↑ Rudolf Vierhaus , Ludolf Herbst (ed.), Bruno Jahn (collaborator): Biographical manual of the members of the German Bundestag. 1949-2002. Vol. 2: N-Z. Attachment. KG Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-23782-0 , p. 370.
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25. ↑ Gymnasium am Deutenberg - One hundred and fifty years of high school in Schwenningen aN , Villingen-Schwenningen, 1990, p. 431
26. ↑ Rudolf Vierhaus, Ludolf Herbst (ed.), Bruno Jahn (collaborator): Biographical manual of the members of the German Bundestag. 1949-2002. Vol. 2: N-Z. Attachment. KG Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-23782-0 , p. 413.
27. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated February 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.