Helmholtz High School Karlsruhe
| Helmholtz High School Karlsruhe | |
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| type of school | high school |
| founding | 1896 |
| address |
Kaiserallee 6 |
| place | Karlsruhe |
| country | Baden-Württemberg |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 0 '39 " N , 8 ° 23' 2" E |
| carrier | City of Karlsruhe |
| student | about 1,000 |
| Teachers | about 90 |
| management | Sarah Lumpp |
| Website | www.helmholtz-karlsruhe.de |
The Helmholtz-Gymnasium Karlsruhe is a grammar school in Karlsruhe's Weststadt . It is named after the scientist Hermann von Helmholtz and is primarily characterized by its music profile.
history
The grammar school was founded in 1896 as an upper secondary school . The building was built between 1893 and 1895 as the Friedrichschule according to plans by the architect Wilhelm Strieder . Further work was carried out in 1913 under Friedrich Beichel . It is a listed building.
Paul Wehrle initiated the first music train at a high school in Baden-Württemberg at the Helmholtz-Gymnasium Karlsruhe and thus shaped the profile of the school.
profile
The Helmholtz-Gymnasium Karlsruhe offers a scientific , a linguistic and, as the only school in Karlsruhe, a music profile. Pupils in the classes with a musical profile take music from the eighth grade as a major subject relevant to promotion, and participation in one of the school's many music ensembles is compulsory. The first foreign language (from grade five) is English , the second (from grade six) French or Latin , as a third foreign language (from grade eight) Spanish is added in addition to Latin or French.
Student exchange
The Helmholtz has maintained a regular exchange with a Hungarian high school in Kaposvár for years . There is also a regular exchange with schools in France ( Lycée Georges de la Tour in Nancy ) and the USA ( Conestoga Valley High School in Lancaster, PA ).
Special features / awards
The Helmholtz-Gymnasium was involved in the Pimokl pilot project right from the start, in which the usual graphical pocket calculator (GTR) is dispensed with in separate courses from the 11th grade in mathematics and a computer algebra system , in this case Maple , is used instead .
As a further “experiment”, since the 2005/2006 school year, mostly only double lessons have been given. The reactions were mostly positive, so this practice will be continued.
As a music high school, the school has numerous music ensembles, including the lower school choir, the philharmonic choir and the chamber choir, orchestras I to III and two jazz big bands. The ensembles are known nationwide and have already undertaken numerous concert tours, including to Israel , Jordan , Chile , Argentina and Namibia .
In Karlsruhe on October 17, 2005, on the occasion of the reception of the state government at the education congress "Education for Europe", twenty schools were awarded for the Baden-Württemberg educational workshop, including the Helmholtz grammar school for the development of educational concepts in the fields of mathematics and natural sciences .
The school also has classes that use tablet computers , keep notebooks on them and use online school books.
Well-known graduates
The naval officer and journalist Helmuth Klotz , an early member of the NSDAP and later opponent of National Socialism, graduated here in 1912. He was sentenced to death by the People's Court and executed in Berlin-Plötzensee. One of the best-known racial hygienists of the Third Reich, Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer , graduated from high school here. Numerous well-known professional musicians emerged from the music train, including the pianists Christian Zacharias , Kristjan Randalu, the trumpeters Reinhold Friedrich , Thomas Siffling and the baritone Andreas Reibenspies . The SAP co- founder Klaus Tschira also attended this school and the professional soccer player Oliver Kahn . The later Juso federal chairman, SPD general secretary and lawyer Klaus Uwe Benneter graduated from the Helmholtz grammar school in 1966.
Further graduates are the painter and writer Herbert Wetterauer , the illustrator Nora Krug and Alexander Salomon , member of the state parliament for Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen since 2011 . Cabaret artist Martin Wacker also graduated here.
photos
Sculpture on the forecourt of the main building
Left the former VHS building, right the main building
Kiosk in the playground
The former gymnasium, now the staff room and auditorium
Corridor in front of the art halls in the former VHS building
The atrium on the ground floor
One of the two computer rooms
Ground floor of the new building
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Joachim Göricke: Buildings in Karlsruhe . An architecture guide. Braun, Karlsruhe 1980, see no. 542 and directory of architects .
- ↑ Helmholtz-Gymnasium in the database of cultural monuments Karlsruhe, accessed on February 11, 2019.
- ↑ Klaus Uwe Benneter. Resume. Heussen Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft, accessed on March 19, 2018 .