Landschulheim Schloss Heessen
| Landschulheim Schloss Heessen | |
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| type of school | high school |
| School number | 168040 |
| founding | 1957 |
| address |
Schlossstrasse 1 |
| place | Hamm |
| country | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 41 '55 " N , 7 ° 50' 52" E |
| carrier | Landschulheim Schloss Heessen e. V. (non-profit) |
| student | 300 |
| Teachers | about 35 |
| management | Jürgen Heimühle |
| Website | lsh-heessen.de |
The Landschulheim Schloss Heessen is a state-approved private high school with boarding school in the Hammer district of Heessen. It was founded in 1957 and is home to around 300 students. The seat of the country school home is Heessen Castle , a castle complex on the Lippe . The school has been co-educational since it opened .
Since 2018 the country school home has been called Schloss Heessen - private high school and boarding school .
General
The LSH was founded in 1957 as a co-educational private high school with boarding school. The LSH is a two-class, mandatory all-day school. The two classes of one grade in the lower and middle grades each consist of eleven to a maximum of 20 students. In the upper level (age group 10–12), eight to twelve students usually attend the individual advanced courses, with a maximum of 15 per basic course. The differentiated upper level is housed in an extension.
The school grounds cover an area of around eleven hectares.
Boarding school
The boarding school accommodates around 100 pupils at Heessen Castle. The current four quarters of the boarding school are located on the grounds of the castle in the areas of the main castle, renting facility , gatehouse and new building.
The LSH is also open on weekends. Boarding school students come from all over Germany and also from abroad, u. a. from China, Russia, Austria, Switzerland and Mexico.
The boarding school, together with the school, offers various groups and leisure activities, including a. Football, volleyball, basketball, rowing, golf, archery, fencing, fitness, swimming, diving, etc. A total of up to 30 different groups and activities are offered.
history
In 1957, the Landschulheim Schloss Heessen high school was founded by Arthur Theodor Gruelich . Arthur Theodor Gruelich, educator and author, wanted to create a school that is oriented towards reform education, but also teaches discipline and respect.
On May 2, 1957, the history of the grammar school and boarding school began with 48 boarding students. At first the school was only closed in one go. The demand for boarding school places increased from year to year, and after a short time the rooms were no longer sufficient. The remodeling of parts of the gatehouse was of little help, as the school inspectorate required "proper" classrooms for the school.
In 1961 Elisabeth Kaiser came to the Landschulheim Schloss Heessen, who reformed the school educationally. She supported the work of the house for more than 30 years. During this time the concept of the all-day school was developed, which at that time was regarded as educationally revolutionary.
On August 8, 1967, the founder and director of the school, Arthur Theodor Gruelich, died.
In the early 1970s, the school was on the verge of financial ruin due to the accumulation of debts that the country's contributions and grants could not pay. In 1971 the "Association of Friends and Patrons of the Landschulheims Schloss Heessen e. V. “was founded in order to ensure the necessary investments. In 1972 Theodor Sanders took over the management of the school and fundamentally restructured the school. The school grew and achieved a balanced budget. The 1972 school reform brought with it the differentiated upper level. In order to offer an optimal range of courses for the students, the school had to be two-class, continuously from grade 5.
In 1995 the school sponsoring association had the idea of comprehensively expanding the educational offer outside the castle. Kindergarten and elementary school should be available as day care offers. The concept envisaged accompanying a child's career from kindergarten to high school in order to prepare students for academic careers from childhood. However, negotiations with the owners about new buildings failed.
From 2000 the school had to fear for its location, as the contracts of the Ketteler-Boeselager family expired. In 2008 the Heessen location was secured for another 30 years, the location will remain in place until at least 2038. In 2013 the extension was opened as a new upper school center.
Heessen Castle
The Landschulheim Schloss Heessen is divided into five buildings. The main building, as the largest, offers a large and small dining room as well as the teachers' room, kitchen, internet room, drinks store, secretariat, classrooms and living rooms for the lower and middle grades of boys and girls, as well as the chapel.
The Rentei was converted into quarters for the boys' upper school and school rooms. The so-called "vault" located here is an in-house bar restaurant, where celebrations are also held. In addition to the girls' quarters, the gatehouse also includes other classrooms. In the school building, as the newest building, there were originally quarters, which are now used as functional and classrooms.
The upper school center houses the upper school and is located somewhat separately in front of the palace complex. This is where the boys' upper school quarter and classrooms are located on an area of 1600 m². There is also a café, a library, a staff room and various rooms where students can study and relax. The new building was inaugurated in 2013.
There is also a tea house, an island with a wooded area, a volleyball court, an Africa house (unused) and a rose garden.
carrier
The “Landschulheim Schloss Heessen e. V. “(non-profit). The school is not publicly owned. The association manages and maintains the school, the boarding school and the palace complex. The sponsoring association is largely financed through education contributions, but also through grants from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The board of the Landschulheim Schloss Heessen e. V. is the highest administrative body. Scholarships are also offered.
degrees
The Landschulheim Schloss Heessen is a state-recognized grammar school at which the German Abitur (general higher education entrance qualification) can be taken. Further qualifications at lower secondary level are: Hauptschulabschluss, Realschulabschluss, Fachoberschulreife. In the upper secondary level, the advanced technical college entrance qualification can also be taken. All degrees that are acquired at the LSH are state-recognized.
Support association
The non-profit "Association of Friends and Sponsors of the Landschulheims Schloss Heessen e. V. ”was founded in 1971 by parents and alumni to promote and support educational work and cultural life at the LSH. This happens through investments in schools and boarding schools, donations for special individual events or the assumption of scholarships for needy children worthy of support.
social commitment
The LSH supports and promotes social projects. The special commitment of the Landschulheim Schloss Heessen goes to the “Westfalia Kinderdorf” in Cieneguilla, Peru, a project of the International Association of Westfälischer Kinderdörfer e. V. (IVWK). It also supports the St. Stephanus Seniors' Foundation. Schoolchildren regularly take part in social projects.
The LSH is the first traditional boarding school to accept refugees in Germany. Since the end of September, the school has been home to 18 unaccompanied male refugees.
additional
The school has an alumni network with over 2200 students worldwide and organizes an "Altheessen meeting" approximately every five years.
The LSH offers the opportunity to acquire various international language certificates and additional qualifications. It also offers more than 30 different leisure activities and working groups as well as rhetoric seminars. A variety of trips and excursions, such as an exchange with Brisbane (Australia), are offered. RTL shot a documentary about the castle. The school maintains partnerships with the St. Peters Lutheran College and various Hammer universities (SRH, Fachhochschule Hamm Lippstadt).