Humboldt Gymnasium Karlsruhe

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Humboldt Gymnasium Karlsruhe
Humboldt Gymnasium KA Dec 2015.jpg
Humboldt-Gymnasium Karlsruhe, December 2015
type of school high school
founding 1969
place Karlsruhe
country Baden-Württemberg
Country Germany
Coordinates 49 ° 2 ′ 1 ″  N , 8 ° 22 ′ 19 ″  E Coordinates: 49 ° 2 ′ 1 ″  N , 8 ° 22 ′ 19 ″  E
carrier City of Karlsruhe
management Ulrich Hecking
Website www.humboldt-gymnasium-karlsruhe.de

The Humboldt-Gymnasium Karlsruhe (HGK) is a general education high school in the Karlsruhe district of Nordweststadt . The school was named after the brothers Wilhelm and Alexander von Humboldt . The Humboldt-Gymnasium is the only Gymnasium in Karlsruhe that is taking part in the G9 pilot project run by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Culture .

history

On September 17, 1968, the Karlsruhe municipal council decided to name the high school under construction in Karlsruhe's north-west town with the name “Humboldt-Gymnasium”. The new school was thus placed in the tradition of the Karlsruhe Realgymnasium , which existed between 1868 and 1943 and called itself the "Humboldt School" since 1908. At the beginning of the first school year 1969/1970, only 12 classrooms were available for 17 classes, as only the first, eastern building section could be occupied. With the further expansion of the school building, the lessons were given in full in 1971/1972. Since this school year, the newly built school has also had some sports facilities : a small playing field, a 100 m track and a large playing field.

The newly designed upper secondary school (NGO) with advanced and basic courses in grades 12 and 13 is introduced in the 1978/79 school year, a profound change in the grammar school. It is based on the equivalence of all subjects in the upper level. Each student chooses 2 advanced courses and basic courses within the given framework. Sport is also assessed as proof of a high school graduate's ability to study. The well-equipped sports fields and gyms of the sports club Northwest 1960 located in the neighborhood can also be used.

In the 1979/80 school year (decade after the school was founded) the Humboldt Gymnasium is the third largest gymnasium in the city of Karlsruhe. In 1997, the school director at the time, Berthold Schäufele, hit the headlines when he had a mural made inside the school removed overnight. The latter was an alienated version of the Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci , which an art course of the then twelfth grade had prepared. Instead of the head of Jesus, that of the director was placed and instead of the heads of the disciples, the various teachers. The incident caused a stir across the region; Schäufele himself received severe criticism from within the school for his approach.

In the 30th school year (1998/1999) the 2000th Abitur certificate was issued.

Since autumn 2007 it has been an all-day school . To this end, a serving kitchen with a dining room for school meals was integrated.

From the 2013/2014 school year, the grammar school will take part in the G9 model test run by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Culture : the Abitur can be obtained after nine instead of eight years. After Grade 10 or Grade 11, G8 and G9 students attend a joint course level and take the same Abitur examination together.

principal

  • Waltraut Kesenheimer (1969–1984)
  • Berthold Schäufele (1984-2001)
  • Ronald Hauser (2001-2013)
  • Ulrich Hecking (from 2013)

literature

  • Reform and tradition: from the Humboldt School to the Humboldt Gymnasium. Revised version of the lecture from October 11, 1979 on the tenth anniversary of the Humboldt-Gymnasium Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe 1979
  • Humboldt-Gymnasium Karlsruhe: Jubilee publication [1969-1994] , Humboldt-Gymnasium Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe 1994, 203 pages

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ KULTUSPORTAL-BW - G9 model schools. In: Kultusportal-Bw. Retrieved December 14, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Green-red: Karlsruhe gets G9 high school again. In: ka-news.de. January 24, 2013, accessed December 14, 2015 .