Johann Sebastian Bach High School (Mannheim-Neckarau)
| Johann Sebastian Bach High School | |
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| type of school | high school |
| founding | 1956 |
| address |
Luisenstrasse 27 |
| place | Mannheim |
| country | Baden-Württemberg |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 27 '17 " N , 8 ° 29' 19" E |
| carrier | School foundation of the Evangelical Church of Baden |
| management | Heike Frauenknecht |
| Website | bachgymnasium.de |
The Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Gymnasium in Mannheim-Neckarau was founded in 1956 by Pastor Erich Otto Kühn as a private evangelical high school . In 1957 the “Ott-Heinrich-Stift” boarding school for boys with 70 to 75 places was founded. Today the Johann Sebastian Bach Grammar School is the largest private grammar school in Germany that is run by Protestants.
Founding motives of Pastor Kühn
In the essay "School under God's Word in the Congregation - The musical Johann Sebastian Bach Gymnasium in Mannheim-Neckarau" by Erich Kühn, the founder describes his thoughts and motivations that led to the establishment of the grammar school:
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I. The humanistic-Christian ideal of education in modern industrial society
“The formation of attitudes cannot be exclusively a matter of the environment. (…) The tradition of the parental home should by no means be neglected, but if it is to be preserved for the sake of ambition without regard to the gifts and powers of the child, then the aim and help of education have been perverted. "
II. The Protestant ideal of education
1. Gospel and free Christian personality
The necessities of school life in Mannheim forced the beginning. The lack of classrooms, shift lessons and long ways to school from the suburbs to the schools that were only centralized in the inner city called for remedial action, as did the lack of intellectual accentuation within the schools administered by the pluralistic state. (...) Parents and school have to move closer together. (…) But the community is the guarantee that the school will not be overcome by the demons of today's mass. (...) To be a member of the body of Christ, also in the exemplary circle of the school work, means to live responsibly and personally testify that the kingdom of God is a reality. (…) The impulse of faith cannot be demanded, and certainly not commanded. (Eph. 6, verse 4)
2. The musical principle
The question arises as to the design of freedom. (...) The musical principle must support the entire lesson. The design and presentation of the subject matter should be done in a creative way by teachers and students.
3. Faith and achievement
Each school has three tasks: education, instruction and selection. (...) The school is neither a race track nor a statutory pre-reading for life, nor does it have to bring everyone to the same standard of living. We prefer freedom over equality. The school is the space of the future shaping of life within the possibilities given by creation.
4. School in the community
The connections between school and community are numerous, from the service of charity to the elderly and the sick, from the service of the organist as music teacher, from the service of the music teacher as head of the church choir, from the service of the choir in church services to the participation of the school in community celebrations and vice versa, etc.
history
The high school was founded in 1956 with an attached boarding school. During the construction period, the number of students rose sharply, but at the same time the proportion of boarding school students did not develop as hoped. As early as 1970, a large extension was opened on the site of the old rectory, in which classrooms, a language laboratory and a small gym were set up. In 1974, however, the girls' boarding school had to be closed due to lack of demand. In his building, the Martin-Bucer-Haus, an upper level library and testing of the reformed upper level was set up in 1976, one year before the official introduction in Baden-Württemberg.
The boys' boarding school also had to be closed in 1983, although the number of students had risen sharply in the meantime and the decision was made to limit the number of students to 1,000. In this way, space for art, works and technology is gained in the Ott-Heinrich-Stift. In 1985, a computer room was set up for the first time in the old language laboratory. In 1989 the new, large gymnasium was completed.
Entrance area
School yard
Back from the Schulstrasse perspective
Former students (selection)
- Horst Hamann (* 1958), photographer
- Christian Specht (* 1966), First Mayor of Mannheim
- Massimo Sinató (* 1980), professional dancer
- Timo Staffeldt (* 1984), professional soccer player
- Giulia Enders (* 1990), author and doctor
- Pascal Groß (* 1991), professional footballer
Individual evidence
- ↑ Neckarauer Hefte No. 7, Evangelischer Verlag Jakob Comtesse, Heidelberg, 1960
- ↑ Web pages Bach-Gymnasium, Geschichte
- ↑ https://www.morgenweb.de/schwetzinger-zeitung_artikel,-schwetzingen-horst-hamanns-perspektiven-des-parks-_arid,715474.html
- ↑ Mannheimer Morgen , June 30, 2009