Gymnasium Am Löhrtor
Gymnasium Am Löhrtor | |
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Entrance area | |
type of school | high school |
School number | 170331 |
founding | 1536 |
address |
Oranienstrasse 27 |
place | Wins |
country | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Country | Germany |
Coordinates | 50 ° 52 '18 " N , 8 ° 1' 13" E |
carrier | City of Siegen |
Teachers | approx. 60 |
management | Reiner Berg (since 2012) |
Website | www.gal.de |
The gymnasium at Löhrtor the city of Siegen (short: Löhrtor or GAL ) is the oldest school of the winner country . It was founded in 1536 by Erasmus Sarcerius as a Latin school . A municipal parish school was mentioned in a document as early as 1342 as a predecessor institution. The current building near the historic Löhrtor of the city of Siegen was built in 1954.
history
The school was founded by the reformer Sarcerius; Since then, the school has had an eventful history, until it rose to become one of the best-known educational institutions in Westphalia in the 19th century, not least because of its scientific focus . This Siegen school was particularly popular among manufacturers and merchants. Under the direction of Dr. Wilhelm Tägert around the turn of the century, the school increased its number of students to over 400 and officially became a secondary school . After Siegen was destroyed in 1944, the grammar school moved into a new building in Oranienstrasse in the 1950s. Since 2013 the grammar school has been working under the pedagogical motto “from tradition with responsibility in your future” .
Awards
On December 16, 2009, the grammar school was awarded the certificate School without Racism - School with Courage as the 156th school in North Rhine-Westphalia at a general meeting of students.
Teaching concept
The high school teaches in a 60-minute model. This means that lessons in levels 5 to 9 end at noon. This leaves time in the afternoon for school activities and extracurricular activities.
Competitions / Promotion
The school offers its students the opportunity to participate in the following competitions:
- German Mathematics Olympiad
- Kangaroo of math
- Federal foreign language competition
- International Biology Olympiad
- International Physics Olympiad
- Rotary Club Rhetoric Contest
- Reading competition
Cooperations
The school maintains various collaborations with partners from the region:
- Employment Agency
- Fencing department of TV Jahn 1879 eV Siegen
- Fritz Busch Music School in the city of Siegen
- High schools in Neunkirchen and Kreuztal as well as free Christian schools in Siegen
- Museum of Contemporary Art (Siegen)
- Eating Disorders Network Siegen-Wittgenstein (LaVie)
- Network "Future School NRW"
- Rotary
- Siegenia-Aubi
- City archive of the city of Siegen
- Sparkasse Siegen
- South Westphalian open-air theater in Freudenberg
- University of Siegen (MINToringSi)
Well-known graduates
(The following personalities have obtained their general higher education entrance qualification at the Gymnasium Am Löhrtor. The list is made chronologically according to the year of birth. Whether or not they later worked in Siegen is irrelevant)
- Tilemann Stella (1525–1589), German Renaissance scholar
- Johannes Flender (1653–1724), German philosopher and author
- Johann Eberhard Rau (1695–1770), theologian and rector of the High School in Herborn
- Johann Franz Coing (1725–1792), theologian and professor at the University of Marburg
- Friedrich Adolph Wilhelm Diesterweg (1790–1866), German educator
- Jakob Hermann Daub (1805–1847), German theologian and author of Christian edifying literature
- Justus Wilhelm Oechelhaeuser senior (1820–1902), secret councilor and mayor of the city of Mülheim an der Ruhr, general director of the German Continental Gas Society (Contigas) in Dessau, founder of the German Shakespeare Society
- Adolf Kreutz (1822–1895), entrepreneur and member of the German Reichstag and founder of the Charlottenhütte in Niederschelden
- Carl Koch (geologist) (1827–1882), natural scientist and royal Prussian state geologist
- Heinrich Adolf Dresler (1835–1929), industrialist and member of the German Reichstag
- Eduard Klein (1837–1901), mine director and member of the German Reichstag
- Hermann Müllensiefen (1837–1897), manufacturer and member of the German Reichstag
- Louis Ernst (1839–1900), member of the German Reichstag
- Heinrich Kraemer (1842–1907), mayor and member of the German Reichstag
- Heinrich Macco (1843–1920), German engineer, industrial representative and national liberal politician
- Heinrich Ludwig Boerner (1846–1916), German educator
- Ewald Heinrich Rübsaamen (1857–1919), German natural scientist
- Friedrich Flick (1883–1972), German entrepreneur
- Fritz Busch (1890–1951), German conductor
- Richard Schatzki (1901–1992), German-American radiologist
- Helmut Stief (1906–1977), stenographer and inventor of the stenography system of stepography
- Walter Thomas (1908–1970), dramaturge, theater director, author and cultural functionary
- Wolfgang Kreutter (1924–1989), sculptor
- Horst Bollmann (1925-2014), German actor
- Friedemann Keßler (1928–1985), German local politician and Lord Mayor of Siegen
- Karl Kaiser (* 1934), German political scientist
- Eckhard Schleifenbaum (1939–1981), German politician (FDP) and entrepreneur
- Uwe Pieper (1940–2019), German artist
- Wulf Schiefenhövel (* 1943), medic, anthropologist and human ethologist
- Reinhard Birkenstock (1944–2018), defense lawyer
- Eberhard Winterhager (* 1943), long-time editor-in-chief of the Siegener Zeitung
- Jörg van Essen (* 1947), public prosecutor and politician (FDP), member of the German Bundestag
- Christoph Bode (* 1952), English and American studies
- Reinhard Dietze (1954–2007), sports teacher, gymnast, unicyclist and Olympic participant
- Walter Rosenthal (* 1954) doctor and pharmacologist, former scientific director of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in Berlin-Buch, President of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- Manfred Engelmann (* 1956), master's degree and federal cultural advisor for the Banat Swabian country team
- Burkhard Jung (* 1958), politician (SPD) and Lord Mayor of Leipzig
- Steffen Mues (* 1965), politician (CDU) and mayor of Siegen
- Gereon Klug (* 1969), journalist and tour manager
- Dirk Bingener (* 1972), Roman Catholic priest, president of missio Aachen and president of the children's mission organization "Die Sternsinger"
Personalities who have worked on site
(The following personalities are or were in some way connected to the Gymnasium am Löhrtor. The list is made chronologically according to year of birth.)
- Erasmus Sarcerius (1501–1559), Lutheran theologian and reformer
- Johannes Piscator (1546–1625), Reformed theologian and Bible translator
- Justus Henricus Heidfeldt (1606–1667), educator and diplomat
- Heinrich Adolph Grimm (1747–1813), theologian and orientalist
- Gustav Eskuche (1865–1917), educator, high school director, writer and folk song collector
See also
literature
- Ewers, Josef-L. / Thiemann, Walter (Red.): 450 years of high school at Löhrtor Siegen. 1536-1986. An old school through the ages. Vorländer Verlag, Siegen 1986.
- Thuss, Christian u. a. (Ed.): 1536 to 2011. Tradition meets future. Festschrift for the 475th anniversary of the Am Löhrtor high school in Siegen , Vorländer Verlag, Siegen 2011.
Web links
- Official website
- Regional cooperation
- 475 years of GAL. Article in the Siegener Zeitung: The anniversary was a well-rounded affair.
- Award School Without Racism