Hilda-Gymnasium Pforzheim
| Hilda-Gymnasium Pforzheim | |
|---|---|
| type of school | high school |
| founding | 1849 (as high school for girls ) 1908 (as "Hildaschule") 1962 (as high school) |
| place | Pforzheim |
| country | Baden-Württemberg |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 53 '36 " N , 8 ° 41' 55" E |
| carrier | City of Pforzheim (municipality) |
| student | 1053 |
| management | Edith Drescher |
| Website | www.hilda-pforzheim.net |
The Hilda-Gymnasium Pforzheim is a high school in Pforzheim in Baden-Württemberg . The high school goes back to the city's high school for girls, which was founded in 1849.
history
Early women's education initiatives
As in other southwestern German cities, there were various initiatives in Pforzheim in the early 19th century to create higher educational opportunities for women and girls. The Köhler daughter institute was opened in 1825 for the daughters of wealthy families . In 1834 the establishment of a higher subsidiary for larger sections of the population initially failed.
Higher daughter school from 1849
After various negotiations, a secondary school for girls was set up in the rooms of the Reuchlin School in 1849 . Initially, 56 students attended four classes. The main teacher and director of the school was Johann Georg Friedrich Pflüger (1818–1869), under whose management the initially private school developed well, so that in 1859 a new building attached to the previous school was built in Rosenstrasse. In 1860 the school was converted into a public school. At that time there were already 176 female students. Pflüger headed the school until 1862 and was then appointed to the high school office in Karlsruhe. His successor was Director Fees, who founded a private boys' boarding school in 1873. Rector Bauer came in for Fees in 1874 and became a district school councilor in 1882. He was followed again by Fees until 1904.
The number of 200 female students was exceeded for the first time in 1870. In the following years the number of pupils fluctuated greatly and was between 182 and 332. In the 1880s, criticism was made about the location of the school on Rosenstrasse, which was already plagued by traffic, but the city gave preference to the new town hall instead of a new school building. Rector Fees also initially failed with the proposals to incorporate a preschool for girls or to convert the school from a secondary school for girls to a secondary school for girls (middle school). It was only in 1905 that his successor, Ziegler, succeeded in converting the school into a ten-class high school for girls. In addition, the city had acquired a property on Luisenplatz in 1904 for the construction of a new school, but initially used the existing house as an apartment for the principal for a short time. In 1906 Fritz Faith came to the school as director. The completion of the new school building on Luisenplatz falls into his early term of office.
New school building on Luisenplatz
Originally a building in the neo-renaissance style with rich architectural decorations was planned. The building that was then realized corresponded to the original plans in terms of cubature and division, but had a much simpler facade and a simpler roof and gable landscape for cost reasons. Nonetheless, the building was representative and well-dimensioned, with an embossed base, the facade structured by pilasters , a small vestibule accessible through three arched portals, with a large volute gable with a clock in the central wing as well as figure and amphora decorations, the roof with horizontal dormers .
The new building was named Hildaschule, Pforzheim Higher Girls' School after Grand Duchess Hilda and was inaugurated on July 30, 1908 by Mayor Habermehl. The school experienced a great increase in the number of pupils, so that the classes had to be divided, later on into thirds. The attic had to be expanded as early as 1909, and an extension was built on Luisenstrasse from 1913 to 1915. At the same time, the traffic around the school increased and there were always plans for industrial buildings in the immediate vicinity, which made the location on Luisenplatz anything but attractive. The new rooms in the extension did not provide any more space at first, as some elementary schools, which in turn served as military hospitals or for other military purposes, moved into the building when the First World War broke out . The war years were also crisis years for the Hilda School, as many teachers were drafted into the military and the school was shut down several times because of epidemics.
In the years after the First World War, school operations were quieter. Director Faith was followed by Prof. Thoma in 1925 and Prof. Dr. Violinist. In 1927 the school was expanded into a high school for girls, and in 1929 the school was able to take an Abitur examination for the first time. In the Great Depression of the late 1920s, the number of pupils fell, meanwhile the Hilda School was affiliated with a domestic school for women.
At the time of National Socialism , the directors of the school changed frequently at first. In 1933 Kinkel was headmaster, he was succeeded by director Gundel in 1935 and, after his transfer to Freiburg, again by Kinkel. The Jewish teacher Fritzmartin Ascher was given leave of absence in 1935 due to his parentage. The National Socialists expanded the housekeeping train of the school and eliminated the second foreign language in order to shape the education at the school in line with the National Socialist image of women. In 1942 Director Kinkel was transferred to Strasbourg, followed by Director Laube.
In 1944 the school was closed. The older schoolgirls were obliged to produce armaments, some classes with younger schoolgirls were relocated to alternative quarters in the southern Black Forest. The school building was completely destroyed in the air raid on Pforzheim on February 23, 1945.
New beginning after the Second World War
In 1946 provisional lessons began at the Pforzheimer schools in the elementary schools of Brötzingen and Dillstein under the overall direction of the director Reinhard. In 1947 the schools were separated again from an organizational point of view, with the girls' secondary school temporarily being housed in the Brötzinger elementary school. In 1948 Erich Rex was appointed acting director. From 1951 to 1953, the school building was rebuilt in several construction phases, starting with the south wing in Kiehnlestrasse. The school was given an outwardly simple building, which in its location followed the destroyed previous building. As a reminiscence of the destroyed old building, the facade of the central wing had two pilaster strips as a vertical structure and a small covered vestibule in the place of the previous one. The interior of the school building was decorated with four fountains by Vera Joho and wall decorations by Ludwig Kappis .
After around 800 female pupils attended school in the 1950s, this number fell to around 700 as more schools were rebuilt. In 1962 the school was converted into a modern language grammar school. In 1963 the previous deputy headmistress Elisabeth Rast succeeded the retired director Rex in office.
In the 1960s, it was once again the traffic situation around the school that prompted the need for a new building, which, however, had to be postponed for the time being because of the city's ongoing school building program. In 1969 it became apparent that no new building would be possible for the time being, so the school was extensively renovated in the years that followed. Nevertheless, the school remained unattractive due to its location, so that the number of pupils continued to decline and the closure of the school was temporarily under discussion. Ultimately, the school management, teaching staff and parents' representatives decided to introduce co-education , which meant that boys were accepted for the first time in the 1971/72 school year. Gertrud Heinrich came as the new headmistress in 1973, who also ran the school on the 75th anniversary in 1982.
Hilda high school today
In 2012 the school moved into a new building on Kiehnlestrasse. In the 2015/16 school year, over 1000 students attended the school.
Known teachers
- Johann Georg Friedrich Pflüger (1818–1869), author of school and history books
- Fritzmartin Ascher (1895–1975), teacher and local politician
- Hans-Ulrich Rülke (* 1961), chairman of the FDP / DVP parliamentary group in the state parliament of Baden-Württemberg
Known students
- Bertha Benz (1849–1944), automobile pioneer, wife of Carl Benz
- Else Mayer (1891–1963), founder of the order
- Elisabeth Erdmann (* 1942), history didactic and ancient historian
- Christel Augenstein (* 1949), Lord Mayor of the City of Pforzheim from 2001 to 2009
- Gert Hager (* 1962), Lord Mayor of the City of Pforzheim from 2009 to 2017
- René Dantes (* 1962), artist
- Hilke Turré , artist
- Erik Schweickert (* 1972), Professor of International Wine Economics at Geisenheim University
- Fred Hilke (* 1985), moderator
literature
- Hilda-Gymnasium Pforzheim (Hrsg.): 75 years Hilda-Schule Pforzheim 1907–1982 , Pforzheim 1982
- Heide Hammel: Johann Georg Friedrich Pflüger and the upbringing of the higher daughters in Pforzheim . In: Badische Heimat , Heft 3, 1995, pp. 383–392.