Kepler High School in Tübingen

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Kepler High School in Tübingen
Kepler-Gymnasium Tübingen 2007.jpg
type of school high school
founding 1823
address

Uhlandstrasse 30

place Tübingen
country Baden-Württemberg
Country Germany
Coordinates 48 ° 31 '1 "  N , 9 ° 3' 4"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 31 '1 "  N , 9 ° 3' 4"  E
student around 1020
Teachers about 100
management Ulrike Schönthal (Headmaster)
Markus Herr (Deputy Headmaster)
Website www.kepi.de

The Kepler-Gymnasium is a high school with a mathematical and scientific profile in Tübingen , Baden-Württemberg .

At the Kepler Gymnasium, around 1,000 students from grades 5 to 12 are taught in four to five parallel classes by around 100 teachers. The grammar school is named after Johannes Kepler .

history

Up until the end of the 18th century there were only Latin schools in Württemberg . In 1793, Duke Ludwig Eugen issued a general rescript for the improvement of the Latin school system, in which he recommended the cities to set up secondary schools that were to teach in German. The city of Tübingen decided to set up such a school in 1822. For financial reasons, however, the founding of an independent school was abandoned and in 1823 they contented themselves with opening real classes for at least 11-year-old pupils who were also pupils at the Lyceum or at the German boys' school. This date is still considered to be the year the current grammar school was founded. The school was located in the former granary (the current seat of the city museum). The Realschule became partially independent in 1833 when its students no longer belonged to the Lyceum or the boys' school. In December 1837 an upper class for 14 to 16 year old students was established. In 1842, when an elementary class was created for students from 6 to 8 years of age, the school became completely independent. French lessons have been introduced for students from the age of 8. The school years lasted from 6 to 16 years of age. In 1845 physical education and in 1847 English lessons were introduced as an elective in the senior class.

Building of the girls' school at the collegiate church in Tübingen, demolished in 1862 (pencil drawing by Carl Wüst after Carl Baumann , 1864)

The mathematician Ferdinand Kommerell , who was its director from 1852 to 1872, helped it to flourish for the first time in the 19th century . During this time the school moved twice: in 1853 to the building of the former girls' school (demolished in 1862) on the south side of the collegiate church , in 1861 to the building of the Schola anatolica on the Schulberg. English became a compulsory subject in 1872 (until 1882). In 1878 an extension was opened on the Schulberg. In 1909 a ninth grade was introduced. This fulfilled the conditions for the school to be able to take the secondary school leaving examination. Since the school suffered from limited space, a new building was built in the former acacia avenue between 1908 and 1910 according to plans by the architect Martin Elsaesser . This was therefore expanded to extend Uhlandstrasse . On May 7, 1910, the new building (now called the old building) was opened. After the secondary school had moved, the first Abitur examination took place in the summer of 1910, in which 15 boys and 3 girls took part. In May 1937 the school was given the uniform designation "High School for Boys" and the schooling period was shortened to eight years. On November 2nd, 1937 it was renamed “Kepler-Oberschule” at the suggestion of Kuno Fladt, and in 1954 it was renamed Kepler-Gymnasium. Since the Tübingen town hall was damaged after 1945, the building of the Kepler high school served as the seat of the city administration, the people's kitchen and the people's education center, as well as the municipal council meetings took place here. In 1958 the new building in Uhlandstrasse was opened.

building

The almost 200 meter long building is located directly on the southern bank of the Neckar at the level of the plane tree avenue. As a young architect, Martin Elsaesser designed today's old building in 1910, in which the classrooms face north and west. The old building was supplemented by the new building and extension in 1958. The assembly hall, which was also added during the expansion between the old and the new building, was replaced by the Uhlandstrasse cafeteria in 2007/2008. The energetic renovation of the new building and extension should be completed by May 2011. The new building mainly houses the science rooms.

Course offer

The range of courses focuses on natural science and language. In the bilingual train, the lessons are partly held in French; in addition to the Abitur, the French Baccalauréat is a possible completion of this train. The AbiBac class works with the Lycée Henri Meck in Molsheim as a partner.

In the natural science profile, computer science has been offered as a four-hour specialty subject in the upper level since the 2008/2009 school year.

Board members (school principals)

  • 1823–1842 Wilhelm Matthäus
  • 1842–1852 Gottlob Friedrich Kieß
  • 1852–1872 Ferdinand Kommerell
  • 1872-1894 Friedrich Ramsler
  • 1894–1898 Karl Fink
  • 1898 (April - September) Otto Krimmel
  • 1898–1900 Jakob Wilhelm Beißwanger
  • 1900–1903 Friedrich Haag
  • 1903–1924 Eugen Krimmel
  • 1924–1933 Victor Kommerell
  • 1933–1945 Kuno Fladt
  • 1945–1948 Martin Brunnenmiller (acting)
  • 1948 (January - August) Hornung (acting)
  • 1948–1954 Eugen Bückle
  • 1954–1966 Wilhelm Schweizer
  • 1966–1974 Walther Klumpp
  • 1974–1988 Franz Schlichte
  • 1988-2006 Gerhard Oehme
  • 2007–2007 Ingeborg Höhne-Mack (provisional)
  • 2007–2015 Elke Bleier-Staudt
  • since 2015 Ulrike Schönthal

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Administration. In: kepiserver.de. Retrieved October 26, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b History of the Kepler High School
  3. ^ Otto Kommerell: Family Chronicle Kommerell. Family tree with 79 pictures and 15 tables set up between 1915–1942. Kramer, Frankfurt am Main 1943, p. 143.
  4. ^ Wolfram Hauer: Local school development and urban living environment . 2003.
  5. ^ Karl Moersch; Reinhold Weber: The time after the war ... , 2008, p. 88.
  6. ↑ See also Ulla Hanselmann: A bit of Word. In: “Die Zeit”, February 19, 2009.
  7. ↑ Ute Kaiser: The Kepler high school graduate Reimar Lenz receives the technology Oscar. In: tagblatt.de . February 4, 2010, accessed December 27, 2010 .
  8. ↑ foerderverein-peenemuende.de

literature

Web links

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