Johanneum (Homburg)

Johanneum high school
type of school	high school
founding	1963
place	Homburg
country	Saarland
Country	Germany
Coordinates	49 ° 18 '14 " N , 7 ° 19' 33" E Coordinates: 49 ° 18 '14 " N , 7 ° 19' 33" E
carrier	Gymnasium Johanneum gGmbH
student	864 (as of October 2010)
Teachers	67 (as of January 2019)
management	Oliver Schales
Website	www.johanneum-homburg.de

The Johanneum grammar school in Homburg is a recognized, private, independent Catholic grammar school . The school has around 900 students (as of 2010).

history

The school was founded in 1963 by the Sacred Heart Missionaries (MSC) as a mission house and boarding school . A year later, an old-language grammar school was opened, which in 1968 was expanded to include a new-language section. At that time it was a purely high school for boys; girls have been admitted to school since 1981.

In 1994 several boarding school students from the St. Pirmin student residence in Dahn were accepted because the Dahner Haus was closed after the 1993/1994 school year. The students at the Otfried-von-Weißenburg-Gymnasium Dahn at that time were able to continue their schooling at the Johanneum in Homburg or at the Wirtschafts-Gymnasium in Saarbrücken . At the end of the 1990s the boarding school was closed as the origin of the school, but the grammar school was maintained. In 2005, the school was converted into a foundation due to a lack of young people with the order .

In June 2007 the Johanneum was the venue for the State Schoolchildren's Congress Saar 2007 (LSK-Saar'07) under the motto “If not now, then when? If not we who else? ”, Attended by students from all over the Saarland and the rest of Europe.

At the beginning of 2010 the school got into a scandal when cases of abuse against students by former Fathers became known.

management

From the school year 2008/2009 to August 2011, the school was headed by Eva Maria Wenzel-Staudt, who had previously set up and headed the first highly gifted school in Rhineland-Palatinate at the Heinrich-Heine-Gymnasium in Kaiserslautern . From the 2011/2012 school year to 2017/2018 the school was headed by Helmut Seiwert, who had been working at the school since 1985. Oliver Schales has been the headmaster since the 2018/19 school year.

Catholic orientation of the school

Despite the rating of the Catholic private school, children from both major Christian churches are taught at the school . In accordance with the school concept, great importance is attached to both mental and personal orientation and social character formation .

Additional offers

Since 2002 the Johanneum grammar school has been a "voluntary all-day school". Lunch is offered after class and in the so-called "Silentium", the students can do their homework under pedagogical supervision and experience a variety of support. There is also the opportunity to get involved in other offers (so-called AGs, working groups). For example in:

of the theater group
the band AG ("Sille-Band")
the Video-Clip-Dance-AG
of the Percussion-AG
the garden company
the robot company (programming with LEGO Mindstorms)
the chess group
and various sports offers

There are also two youth groups of the German Scouting Association Sankt Georg (DPSG) and the Catholic Student Youth (KSJ) , which are affiliated with the school.

Former students

Christoph Georg Hartmann (* 1972), politician; High school diploma in 1991
Thomas Hayo (* 1969) Creative Director, member of the jury for Germany's Next Topmodel; High school diploma in 1988
Markus Heitz (* 1971) German fantasy author; High school diploma in 1991
Jürgen Hescheler (* 1959) Professor of Neurophysiology at the University of Cologne Clinic, stem cell researcher; High school diploma 1979
Andreas Hilbert (1966–2019), Professor of Information Systems at the TU Dresden; Abitur 1985
Peter Kreuz (* 1966) bestselling author; Abitur 1985
Frank Nimsgern (* 1969), musical composer
Sebastian Omlor (* 1981) lawyer and professor at the University of Marburg; Abitur 2001
Klaus Roth (* 1963) politician; Abitur 1983
Thomas Schwartz (* 1964), theologian, Abitur 1983
Caro Thum (* 1977), director and playwright, graduated from high school in 1998
Johannes Wurtz (* 1992) football player; Abitur 2010

Web links

Individual evidence

^ College. In: Johanneum Homburg. Retrieved January 20, 2020 .
^ Johanneum wants to clear up cases of abuse Article in the Saarbrücker Zeitung from February 25, 2010
^ Father Ollertz leaves Johanneum ( Memento from March 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Article of the Palatinate Mercury from March 2, 2010
↑ a detailed press review on this topic on the website of the Initiative Former Johanneum Homburg
↑ Johanneum conjures unity . Article in the Saarbrücker Zeitung from August 20, 2011
↑ Oliver Schales becomes the new headmaster of the Johanneum . Article in the Saarbrücker Zeitung from April 13, 2018
^ School concept , accessed on April 13, 2017
↑ Prof. Dr. Omlor. Retrieved October 19, 2016 .

[1] College. In: Johanneum Homburg. Retrieved January 20, 2020 .

[2] Johanneum wants to clear up cases of abuse Article in the Saarbrücker Zeitung from February 25, 2010

[3] Father Ollertz leaves Johanneum ( Memento from March 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Article of the Palatinate Mercury from March 2, 2010

[4] tailed press review on this topic on the website of the Initiative Former Johanneum Homburg

[5] Johanneum conjures unity . Article in the Saarbrücker Zeitung from August 20, 2011

[6] Oliver Schales becomes the new headmaster of the Johanneum . Article in the Saarbrücker Zeitung from April 13, 2018

[7] School concept , accessed on April 13, 2017

[8] Prof. Dr. Omlor. Retrieved October 19, 2016 .