Konrad-Duden-Gymnasium Wesel
| Konrad-Duden-Gymnasium Wesel | |
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| type of school | high school |
| School number | 166121 |
| founding | First mentioned in 1342, probably 13th century |
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| place | Wesel |
| country | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 40 ′ 50 ″ N , 6 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ E |
| student | 1150 |
| management | Karen Schneider |
| Website | www.kdg-wesel.de |
The Konrad-Duden-Gymnasium Wesel is the oldest school in Wesel and is one of the oldest schools in Germany still in existence today.
Current situation
At the Konrad-Duden-Gymnasium Wesel over 1150 students are currently being taught by 80 teachers in 28 classes from grades 5 to 9 and in three upper grades (10 to 12). The Konrad-Duden-Gymnasium offers suitable and interested students the opportunity to attend the bilingual branch there (German-English). The foreign language courses also include French, Latin and Spanish. There is also a scientific branch in which the subjects chemistry, physics and biology are taught with a higher number of hours per week. Since the beginning of the 2016/17 school year, the school has had the “MINT-friendly school” certificate.
history
The Konrad-Duden-Gymnasium Wesel was first mentioned in 1342 as a municipal Latin school . The year is now considered the foundation date, although an earlier foundation (1241 or 1277) is likely. The proof that the school was already standing in 1342 is an invoice for repairs to the building; Since the city of Wesel bills from before 1342 can no longer be found in the city archive, the exact year cannot (yet) be determined.
The first school building was on Niederstrasse across from the west portal of Willibrordi Cathedral . In the 16th century, the school was called "schola christiana et reformata", with christiana meaning Protestant in Wesel since 1540 , reformata, on the other hand, stood for reform of learning content and teaching methods . Only from 1612 onwards is the term “ grammar school ” historically tangible.
In the French period at the beginning of the 19th century it was the "Collège de Wesel", in Prussian times the "United Higher Citizens School and Scholars School", from 1868 "Gymnasium and Higher Citizens School in Wesel" and from 1882 "Gymnasium and Realprogymnasium in Wesel" . On April 1, 1887, the school became the “Königliches Gymnasium zu Wesel” under state sponsorship. From 1898 it was called “Königliches Gymnasium plus Realschule zu Wesel” and from 1918 “Staatliches Gymnasium mit Realschule zu Wesel” and in the 1930s “ State high school for boys in Wesel ”. After the Second World War, it was called from 1950 "Staatliches Alt- und Modernprachliches Gymnasium Wesel", from 1977 "Städtisches Gymnasium Wesel Nord". By resolution of the City Council of May 10, 1984, it is named "Konrad-Duden-Gymnasium" in honor of Konrad Duden , who passed his Abitur there in 1846 .
A memorial plaque in honor of the teachers and students who died in the two world wars was put up in the break hall.
student
- Martin Bambauer (* 1970), church musician
- Heinz Bello (1920–1944), Catholic martyr, Heinz-Bello-Straße is named after him (Abitur 1939)
- Manfred Berg (* 1959), Professor of American History at Heidelberg University
- Wilhelm Beumer (1848–1929), teacher, representative of the interests of heavy industry, MdR
- Friedrich Bird (1791-1851), German medic
- Otto Boelitz (1876–1951), German educator and politician.
- Rudolf Borchardt (1877–1945), writer
- Franz Etzel (1902–1970), Federal Minister of Finance and Vice President of the Montan Union
- Christoph Gerwers (* 1963), Mayor of Rees
- Johannes Grevius (1584–1622), pastor, Remonstrant
- Ernst-Alfred Jauch (1920–1991), journalist; Father of the TV presenter Günther Jauch
- Matthias Jorissen (1739–1823), reformed pastor and hymn poet
- Carl Ludwig Kleine (1866–1938), lawyer and politician
- Erich Leyens (1898–2001), merchant and survivor of the Holocaust
- Max Luyken (1885–1945), MdR
- Karl Georg Maaßen (1769–1834), Prussian Finance Minister (German Customs Union)
- Michael Möllenbeck (* 1969), discus thrower
- Heinrich Niem (1906–1944, declared dead), Member of the National Socialist Party (NSDAP)
- Katharina Nocun (* 1986), politician (Pirate Party)
- August Oppenberg (1896–1971), painter
- Ernst te Peerdt (1852–1932), painter
- Alfred Post (1942–2005), legal scholar
- Egon Ramms (* 1948), General
- Gustav Sack (1885–1916), writer
- Manfred Schramm (* 1960), politician (Pirate Party)
- Hermann-Josef Tenhagen (* 1963), business journalist and editor-in-chief
- Hermann Monjé († 1849), 1836–1849 division preacher at the Düsseldorf Garrison Church
- Johann Friedrich Welsch (1796–1871), painter
It is very likely that the following students were students at this school. Both lived in Wesel in their youth and came from middle-class families, where it was common for them to attend schools even then. However, there are no more student lists from these centuries.
- Hans Lipperhey (also: Jan Lipperhey or Hans Lippershey) (1570–1619), glasses maker, inventor of the Dutch telescope ( Galileo Galilei used one)
- Peter Minuit († 1638), navigator and alleged founder of New York
Teacher and headmaster
- Alexander Hegius (1439 / 1440–1498), humanist, rector from 1469 to 1474
- Johannes Peringius , humanist, 1518–1520, 1522–1532 and 1535–1539 rector in Wesel
- Friedrich Spee von Langenfeld (1591–1635) was a German Jesuit who distinguished himself as a moral theologian, poet and writer. He became known as a witch theorist and critic of the witch trials
- Karl Straube (1873–1950), organist and choirmaster
- Rudolf Weynand (1875–1952), classical philologist, archaeologist, teacher 1912–1917, director 1917–1919