Karl Ziegler School
| Karl-Ziegler-Schule, all-day high school in the city of Mülheim an der Ruhr | |
|---|---|
| type of school | Municipal high school |
| School number | 165098 |
| founding | 1852 |
| address |
Schulstrasse 2-6 |
| place | Mülheim an der Ruhr |
| country | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 25 '23 " N , 6 ° 52' 54" E |
| carrier | City of Mülheim an der Ruhr |
| student | 855 |
| management | Simone Reuen (acting) |
| Website | www.karlzieglerschule.de |
The Karl-Ziegler-Schule ( KZS for short , in colloquial language KZ ) is a grammar school in the city of Mülheim an der Ruhr. It received its current name in 1974 after the chemist and Nobel Prize winner Karl Ziegler , who headed the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research in Mülheim an der Ruhr from 1943 to 1969 .
School history
The Karl Ziegler School has its roots in the “Higher Citizens School”, which was founded in 1852 by Mülheim dignitaries . This date is regarded as the year of foundation and was last celebrated in 2002 on the occasion of its 150th anniversary. The large influx of students led to the division of the educational establishment in 1911. The city of Mülheim remained the sponsor of the secondary school branch , while the state of Prussia took over the sponsorship of the humanistic-oriented branch of education. From then on there were two high schools for boys in Mülheim: the "Städtische Oberrealschule" (today's Karl-Ziegler-Schule) and the "Königliche Gymnasium mit Realgymnasium" (today's Otto Pankok School ).
In 1937, the secondary school time was shortened to five years, so that after a total of eight school years, the Abitur examination took place. In the same year the school was renamed Kirdorfschule (after Emil Kirdorf , the large industrialist based in Mülheim and a sponsor of Adolf Hitler ).
After the Second World War, the Kirdorf School first became the "Municipal Mathematical and Scientific Gymnasium", and in 1974 it was given its current name "Karl Ziegler School". The namesake was the Nobel Prize winner Karl Ziegler, who headed the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute (today: Max Planck Institute) for coal research in Mülheim from 1943 to 1969. Karl Ziegler developed a special polymerization process for ethylene and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1963 together with Giulio Natta .
With the reform of the upper level in the 1973/74 school year, coeducation was introduced at the Karl Ziegler School. From 2010 to 2013 the building was completely renovated.
School profile
In the spirit of the namesake Karl Ziegler, who was not only an important scientist but also a great art lover, the natural sciences and the arts are particularly emphasized. At the local level there are collaborations with the Siemens company , the Theater an der Ruhr , the Mülheim an der Ruhr Art Museum and the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research.
Well-known former students (before 1911)
- Franz Haniel junior (1842–1916), entrepreneur
- August Bungert (1845–1915), composer, poet
- Robert Rheinen (1844–1920), art collector, local researcher
- Hugo Baedeker (1846–1879), bookseller
- Wilhelm Kufferath (1853-1936), cellist
- Hubert Engels (1854–1945), hydraulic engineer
- Friedrich Thyssen junior (1854–1916), brother of the company's founder August Thyssen
- Walter Hammerstein (1862–1944), banker, founder of Broich-Speldorfer Wald- und Gartenstadt AG
- Gerhard Küchen (1861–1932), councilor, grandson of Mathias Stinnes
- Karl Deicke (1863–1943), magistrate, local history researcher
- Heinrich Stinnes (1867–1932), councilor, art collector
- Karl Schmitz-Scholl senior (1868–1933), wholesale merchant, partner in Tengelmann
- Hugo Stinnes (1870–1924), industrialist, founder of a global corporation
- Otto Müller (1870–1944), Catholic priest, resistance fighter
- Ferdinand Sauerbruch (1875–1951), doctor, surgeon
- Jean Baptiste Coupienne junior (1877–1838), leather manufacturer, builder of the Urge house
- Karl Haniel (1877–1944), German entrepreneur
- Ernst Oberfohren (1881–1933), politician ( DNVP ), member of the Reichstag, chairman of the parliamentary group
Well-known former students (after 1911)
- Fritz Thyssen (1873–1951), industrialist, son of August Thyssen
- Fritz Buchloh (1909–1998), soccer player (goalkeeper), member of the German national soccer team
- Edgar Reinhardt (1914–1985), field handball player, gold medalist at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin
- Kurt Gies (1921–1943), tennis player, German champion (1941)
- Dieter aus dem Siepen (1922–1982), Mayor of Mülheim from 1974 to 1982
- Friedrich Engelhardt (1913–1994), chemist, namesake of the Kölbel-Engelhardt synthesis
- Jürgen Sundermann (* 1940), football coach
- Arnd Wiedemann (* 1962), professor of business administration at the University of Siegen
literature
- Heinrich Nöcker and Georg Westrup (eds.): Commemorative pamphlet for the centenary of the municipal natural science high school . Mülheim an der Ruhr, 1952.
- Alfred Adamczak u. a. (Red.): Karl Ziegler School 1852-1977 . Festschrift for the 125th anniversary. Mülheim an der Ruhr, 1977.
- 150 years of the Karl Ziegler School . Festschrift. Mülheim an der Ruhr, 2002.
Other sources
- City archive Mülheim an der Ruhr, inventory 1203 (municipal high school)
- City archive Mülheim an der Ruhr, inventory 2002 (municipal high school / Karl-Ziegler-Schule)