Kepler-Gymnasium Pforzheim

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Kepler-Gymnasium Pforzheim
Kepler-Gymnasium Logo.jpg
Logo of the Kepler-Gymnasium Pforzheim
type of school high school
place Pforzheim
country Baden-Württemberg
Country Germany
Coordinates 48 ° 54 '6 "  N , 8 ° 43' 21"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 54 '6 "  N , 8 ° 43' 21"  E
carrier City of Pforzheim (municipality)
student 850
Teachers 85
management Heike Reifurth
Website www.keplerweb.de

The Kepler-Gymnasium is a general education high school in the northern part of Pforzheim with a linguistic , scientific and art profile.

history

The Kepler-Gymnasium has its origins in the non-Latin citizen school founded in 1875, which, after moving in 1884 and 1911, was named Friedrich-Oberrealschule. In 1921/22, eleven of the then 38 classes were separated as an independent, six-class secondary school. In 1942 another division took place in which the Fritz Todt School was separated. During the air raid on Pforzheim on February 23, 1945, the school building was also destroyed and classes were suspended. However, the lessons of the lower classes had already been moved to Kinderlandverschickungsheim in the Black Forest ( Titisee-Neustadt , later in Plättig) in January 1945 . In 1946 classes were resumed, first in Brötzingen, then in Dillweißstein , before gradually returning to the Pforzheim core city. The grammar school was merged with the Reuchlin grammar school and placed under one direction. There it formed the modern language - mathematical - natural science high school.

On January 18, 1955, the Pforzheim municipal council decided to separate the two schools at the beginning of the 1955/56 school year.

At the suggestion of the teaching staff, the new grammar school was named after the astronomer and mathematician Johannes Kepler , who was born in Weil der Stadt , "because of its European standing" . This name was also intended to indicate the peculiarity of the school, which after separation from the old-language Reuchlin grammar school received its focus on the natural sciences.

On May 7, 1955, both grammar schools were officially reopened by Lord Mayor Johann Peter Brandenburg , but still shared a school building.

With 1,100 students, the Kepler-Gymnasium was considered the largest higher education institution in Baden-Württemberg when it started on its own, but it also had a great shortage of space and had to cope with up to 40 students per class. By 1959, the number of students increased to 1,225, which led to significant restrictions in the range of courses. To alleviate the problem, a division of the grammar school into two separate educational establishments was considered.

In 1960 it was suggested that the new school building on the Wartberg should be continued as the Kepler grammar school in order to counteract the shortage of space. The North Baden secondary school authority advocated a division according to technical aspects.

The new school building was officially inaugurated on April 29, 1963, and classes began in the new building the following day. The construction of the new Kepler grammar school cost the city of Pforzheim 7 million DM.

The modern language grammar school remained at the old location in Simmlerstrasse as the Hebel grammar school with the previous director Herbert Rothfritz , while the mathematical and scientific Kepler grammar school under Willy Härttäg as director with around 700 students moved into the new building in Redtenbacherstrasse.

building

The school building consists of a north, south and special wing. After the school building was getting on in years, the entire building was gradually refurbished starting in 2004 and equipped with a school cafeteria . Due to the increasing number of pupils, a container with additional specialist rooms was also built on the school premises, and the entire sports facility was renewed and now has two multi-purpose playing fields , an athletics facility with a 200-meter running track and facilities for long jump and shot put .

Observatory

The school has had its own observatory on the roof since 1963. The current public observatory was put into operation in 1997 and has a dome diameter of 4.20 m. It is operated by the “Astronomical Working Group Pforzheim” and is open to the public. The high school offers an astronomy group here. The observatory also adorns the school's logo.

Awards

Kepler-Gymnasium Pforzheim

The Kepler Gymnasium has been awarded the Baden-Württemberg (BoriS) seal of approval for career choices because of its extensive career orientation measures. Furthermore, the Kepler-Gymnasium was awarded a MINT- friendly school in 2012.

social commitment

From 2005 to 2014, the Kepler-Gymnasium Pforzheim supported the association "School building blocks for Gando" in Berlin, which was founded by Francis Kéré from Gando in Burkina Faso. In 2010, students from the Kepler grammar school built solar lamps from kits and brought them to Gando. In addition, the first two photovoltaic systems financed by the Kepler High School were installed in the school in 2012. At the moment two more PV systems are planned, one for the school library and one for the health station.

View of the grammar school, Redtenbacherstrasse is in the foreground

Well-known former students

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ From the Friedrich-Oberrealschule to the Kepler-Gymnasium. In: Pforzheimer Zeitung. of April 26, 1963, p. 19.
  2. ↑ The changeful path of the Kepler Gmynasium. In: Pforzheimer Zeitung. November 27, 1959, p. 9.
  3. ↑ a b c From the Reuchlin School, two separate teaching establishments emerge again: Reuchlin Gymnasium and Kepler Gymnasium. In: Pforzheimer Zeitung. January 21, 1955, p. 5.
  4. ↑ Pforzheim has a Reuchlin high school again. In: Pforzheimer Zeitung. May 9, 1955, p. 3.
  5. ↑ The step from school to seriousness in life. In: Pforzheimer Zeitung. March 24, 1956, p. 7.
  6. ↑ a b emergency conditions in the Pforzheimer high schools. In: Pforzheimer Zeitung. March 19, 1959, p. 7.
  7. ↑ The future face of the Kepler high school. In: Pforzheimer Zeitung. October 29, 1960, p. 10.
  8. ↑ Secondary school division according to subject-specific characteristics. In: Pforzheimer Zeitung. February 10, 1962, p. 3.
  9. Jump up : As the first higher education institution removed from the city center: "Oasis for reflection on the timeless values ​​in life". In: Pforzheimer Zeitung. April 30, 1963, p. 11.
  10. ↑ a b From Kepler-Gymnasium, one of the most beautiful schools in Baden-Württemberg. In: Pforzheimer Zeitung. April 26, 1963, p. 17.
  11. ↑ Once upon a time.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: keplerweb.de )@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.keplerweb.de