High school on Münsterplatz

High school on Münsterplatz
type of school	high school
founding	1589
address	Münsterplatz 15 P.O. Box 4001 Basel
place	Basel
Canton	Basel city
Country	Switzerland
Coordinates	611 487  /  267 285 coordinates: 47 ° 33 '22 "  N , 7 ° 35' 28"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and eleven thousand four hundred and eighty-seven  /  two hundred and sixty-seven thousand two hundred eighty-five
student	640 (2015/16)
Teachers	~ 100
management	Eugene Krieger
Website	www.gmbasel.ch

The Gymnasium am Münsterplatz (formerly Humanistic Gymnasium , Pedagogy , Münster School , School on Burg ) is the oldest grammar school in the city of Basel and the second oldest in Switzerland after the Collège Calvin in Geneva .

The bishop's clerical Latin school had existed here since the 11th century. In 1529, by a resolution of the Grand Council, the formation of the church was transferred to the city; however, the school was not founded until 1589. It is located opposite the Basel Minster .

history

The school enjoys a good reputation in the city and was one of the most important and well-known schools in German-speaking countries between 1600 and 1900. Friedrich Nietzsche and Jacob Burckhardt taught here . The school was only open to male youth and focused on Latin , Greek and Hebrew .

From 1930 the school was called Humanistic Gymnasium (HG). In 1968 the first girls were allowed to enter the grammar school; In 1973 the first student passed the Matura . Since the cantonal school reform of 1997, the school has been called Gymnasium am Münsterplatz ; In addition to Latin and Greek, Spanish, PPP (philosophy, psychology and pedagogy) and English are now offered as major subjects. In addition, a bilingual Matura (German and English) and the Diploma of the International Baccalaureate (IB) with a strong focus on linguistic and scientific subjects can be acquired.

In the 2015/2016 school year, 640 pupils from 34 nations attended the grammar school in five grades. Eugen Krieger has been the principal of the school since summer 2007.

Personalities

Rectors

• Thomas Platter the Elder (1499–1582), humanist
• Johann I Bernoulli (1667–1748), mathematician
• Friedrich Burckhardt (1830–1913), mathematician, rector from 1875 to 1902
• Hans Gutzwiller (1913–1988), classical philologist, 1946–1973 rector

Teacher

• Jakob Salzmann (1484–1526), ​​teacher until 1511 and reformer
• Immanuel Stockmeyer (1814–1894), religion teacher
• Jacob Burckhardt (teacher and student, 1818–1897), historian
• Christian Friedrich Schönbein (1799–1868), chemist
• August Bercht (1790–1861), historian
• Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), philosopher
• Karl Ludwig Roth (1811–1860), classical philologist
• Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847), theologian
• Wilhelm Vischer (1833–1886), historian and politician
• Alfred Siegfried (1890–1972), convicted teacher
• Chester Gill (1928-2003), jazz musician
• Georg Peter Landmann (1905–1994), classical philologist and translator
• Beat Raaflaub (* 1946), conductor

Graduates

• Ludwig Lucius (1577–1642), Reformed theologian and university professor
• Johann Rudolf Wettstein (1594–1666), politician
• Jakob I Bernoulli (1655–1705), mathematician
• Johann Rudolf Mieg (1694–1733), physician, botanist and university professor
• Daniel Bernoulli (1700–1782), mathematician and physicist
• Leonhard Euler (1707–1783), mathematician and physicist
• Johann Jakob Faesch (1752–1832), pastor in Basel
• Johann Peter Hebel (1760–1826), poet
• Karl Ludwig Roth (1811–1860), classical philologist
• Arnold Böcklin (1827–1901), painter
• Jonas Breitenstein (1828–1877), pastor of poets
• Martin Birmann (1828–1890), politician, philanthropist and writer
• Carl Spitteler (1845–1924), writer
• Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935), French officer (Dreyfus affair)
• Eduard Riggenbach (1861–1927), theologian
• August Burckhardt (1868–1935), historian and librarian
• Carl Gustav Jung (1875–1961), psychologist
• Hans Bernoulli (1876–1959), architect (National Council)
• Lukas Christ (1881–1958), clergyman
• Hans Martin Sutermeister (1907–1977), hunter of false judgments
• Werner Bieder (1911–1999), Protestant clergyman and missiologist
• Hans-Peter Tschudi (1913–2002), politician (Government Councilor BS, Federal Council)
• Felix Tschudi (1917-2010), theologian
• Werner Schmalenbach (1920–2010), German-Swiss art historian and museum director
• Lukas Vischer (1926–2008), theologian
• Klaus Linder (1926–2009), pianist, director of the Music Academy of the City of Basel
• Hans Fünfschilling (* 1940), politician (Government Councilor BL, Council of States)
• Thüring Bräm (* 1944), conductor and composer, rector of the Lucerne School of Music
• François Conod (1945-2017), writer
• Moritz Leuenberger (* 1946), politician (Federal Council)
• Ralph Eichler (* 1947), physicist
• Felix Gutzwiller (* 1948), politician (Council of States)
• Claude Janiak (* 1948), politician (National Council)
• Andreas Burckhardt (* 1951), politician (Grand Councilor BS)
• Hans Martin Tschudi (* 1951), politician (Government Councilor BS)
• Rudolf Rechsteiner (* 1958), politician (National Councilor)
• Black Tiger (born 1972), rapper
• Nubya (* 1974), singer
• Lukas Engelberger (* 1975), politician (Government Councilor BS)

literature

• Markus Kutter : An old school becomes young - 400 years of a humanistic grammar school. In: Basler Stadtbuch 1988 , pp. 208–214.

Web links

Commons : Gymnasium am Münsterplatz, Basel  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the Gymnasium am Münsterplatz

Individual evidence

1. ↑ According to Heiko Haumann : Jews in Basel and the surrounding area. Schwabe, Basel 1999, ISBN 3-7965-1202-X , p. 23.