Hermann Kesten College

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Hermann Kesten College
Building of the college
founding 1961
address

Fürther Str. 212

place Nuremberg
country Bavaria
Country Germany
Coordinates 49 ° 27 '35 "  N , 11 ° 2' 0"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 27 '35 "  N , 11 ° 2' 0"  E
carrier City of Nuremberg
student 204 (school year 2018/19)
Teachers 25th
management Georg Altmann
Website www.kubiss.org/hermann-kesten-kolleg

The Hermann-Kesten-Kolleg (HKK) in Nuremberg is a municipal secondary school that provides the general higher education entrance qualification as a full-time and day school. The college was founded in 1961 under the name Nürnberg-Kolleg and renamed Hermann-Kesten-Kolleg on May 6, 2000 .

history

In 1961 the Bavarian Ministry of Culture approved the opening of the Nuremberg College after long debates. Founding rector Karl Kunze started the first lesson at 8 a.m. That happened an hour before the Munich College . This makes the HKK the first college in Bavaria.

At that time the school building was on Urbanstrasse in Zerzabelshof . After heated discussions due to financial problems and space constraints, the school had to keep moving, so the building was moved to Egidienplatz in 1986. In 1991, the founding school director gave up his post to Jürgen Handke. Under this, the college was housed in the rooms of the Sigena grammar school in Nuremberg in 1993. Gudrun Kuhn took over the head of the school in 2006. In 2000 the college was renamed after Hermann Kesten , an honorary citizen of the city of Nuremberg.

The current Hermann-Kesten-Kolleg moved to Fürther Straße in 2001. The school shares the building with the Nuremberg BFZ, among others. Hannelore Rühr has headed the college since 2011.

In the school year 2009/10 there was a changeover to the G8 in the upper level . In the 2018/19 school year, around 200 students were enrolled at the college.

School system

requirements

To apply for the preliminary course or the entry class (1st class) you need the following requirements:

  • Middle school leaving certificate (only for 1st grade)
  • Completed vocational training or at least two years of employment
  • A minimum age of 18 years (17 years for preliminary course)

The following can be counted as employment:

  • Management of a family household
  • unemployment
  • Military or compulsory service
  • A social year
  • Activities in development aid

Course of training

The college runs in two or three phases:

  • Preliminary course
  • 1st class (E phase)
  • Q phase

The preliminary course is intended for people who have not acquired their secondary school leaving certificate or for those who have not attended school for a long time. Subject matter of the middle school level is dealt with. With the successful completion of the preliminary course (no more than once the grade 5 in the certificate), you get to the 1st class (E-phase). In the E phase, the material from the 10th grade of the grammar school is dealt with.

During the first six months (also in the preliminary course), students are subject to a trial period. Here, too, the same conditions apply to a successful completion as in the preliminary course. If you pass the 1st class, you acquire the secondary school leaving certificate and enter the Q phase.

In the Q phase, you qualify for the Abitur. Grades are then no longer distributed in the traditional sense, but grade points that are collected over the 11th and 12th grades. There, the compulsory subjects are composed of mathematics, German, religion / ethics, history with social studies, economics or geography as well as foreign languages ​​and natural sciences. Mathematics and German are written Abitur subjects. In addition, the Q phase consists of elective subjects that can be chosen individually.

It is compulsory to complete a previously selected science seminar (W seminar) and project seminar (P seminar). There are also so-called “profile subjects”. These consist, for example, of sport, music or philosophy.

School life

In addition to the lessons, the Hermann-Kesten-Kolleg offers various extracurricular activities:

  • The "school space rental", comparable to a subscription, enables students to attend up to six theater performances within one school year at low cost.
  • The college also has a school newspaper ( ZAK ), in which the most important aspects of the school year are described and published.
  • Excursions and study trips.
  • The in-house cafeteria.
  • The profile subject Dramatic Design , which corresponds to a school theater .
  • The creation of a cultural identity card that allows you to visit selected museums in Nuremberg free of charge or at a reduced price.

Support association

The support association of the Hermann-Kesten-Kolleg makes it possible:

  • to support students in need on teaching excursions
  • Support projects in the context of P seminars or profile subjects (e.g. photo exhibitions)
  • To advise students on their further education
  • To arrange tutoring
  • Conduct public relations work

Oskar Karl Forster grant

Needy and talented pupils at grammar schools as well as technical and vocational schools in Bavaria can apply for a one-off grant under the Oskar Karl Forster scholarship for:

  • the procurement of expensive learning materials (e.g. musical instruments) and
  • enabling participation in study trips (if there is a connection with the subject matter)

Well-known graduates

  • Wolfgang Eckart (Director of the Nuremberg Education Center)
  • Karl-Heinz Enderle (Chairman of Altstadtfreunde Nürnberg eV)
  • Martina Mittenhuber (Human Rights Office of the City of Nuremberg)
  • Claus Pese (former senior curator of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum)
  • Klaus Schamberger (journalist, writer and humorist)
  • Elmar Tannert (writer)
  • Udo Kunzmann (Managing Director Waldkrankenhaus Erlangen)

Transport connection / location

The HKK building is part of the former Triumph-Adler site in the west of Nuremberg and is located near the city limits of Fürth . Thanks to the Eberhardshof underground station , the college can be easily reached by public transport (underground line U1) from Nuremberg and Fürth.

Web links

Commons : Hermann-Kesten-Kolleg  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Culture. Retrieved July 29, 2019 .
  2. ^ About the Nürnberg-Kolleg for the Abitur , Nürnberger Stadtspiegel of October 3, 1961
  3. ↑ The former Nuremberg College is under the patronage of Hermann Kesten , Nürnberger Zeitung of May 8, 2000
  4. ^ Website of the Bavarian Ministry of Culture
  5. ^ Oskar Karl Forster scholarship