Leibniz School (Leipzig)

Leibnizschule ; Gymnasium of the city of Leipzig
type of school	high school
founding	1907, new building in 1914
address	Nordplatz 13 ; 04105 Leipzig
place	Leipzig
country	Saxony
Country	Germany
Coordinates	51 ° 21 '8 " N , 12 ° 22' 31" E Coordinates: 51 ° 21 '8 " N , 12 ° 22' 31" E
carrier	City of Leipzig
student	about 600
Teachers	52
management	Jack Schmidt
Website	www.leibniz-gymnasium-leipzig.de

The Leibniz School is a high school in the city of Leipzig near the center. As a grammar school in the state of Saxony , it leads to the Abitur in eight years (grades 5 to 12) or to secondary school in six (5 to 10) years. Under the motto “Understand the world with Leibniz”, around 600 pupils study at the Leibniz Gymnasium; the college consists of 52 teachers, including some trainee teachers. The Leibniz School focuses on languages and mathematics / natural sciences. As an “ open all-day school ” there are many different all-day offers such as the Leibnizchöre, the video group, a school newspaper and sports groups.

location

The Leibniz School with the street address Nordplatz 13 is 114 m above sea level. NHN Höhe north of the center and in the immediate vicinity of the Michaeliskirche . The grammar school is about one kilometer from the city center and the main train station .

history

In 1907, the municipal high school was founded on Nordplatz. Since the number of pupils rose sharply at this time, it was decided to build a new building. This was built from 1910 to 1914, but was initially used as a military hospital in 1914 during the First World War . The school building was inaugurated on April 19, 1919. The first rector was senior lecturer Dr. Karl Gey. In 1920 the first application for the name "Leibnizschule" was made, but the city council rejected this with 20 votes. In 1925 the school received an extension, and on September 20, 1926, the Association of Friends and Patrons of the Leibniz School was founded. The school was named "Leibniz School" on December 1, 1927 by the city parliament. After the Second World War, the building housed two schools until 1970: the 111th Polytechnic High School (POS) “Leibniz” and the Extended High School (EOS) “Leibniz”; from 1970 until the peaceful revolution only the 111th polytechnic high school “Leibniz”. In 1989 the renovation, refurbishment and reconstruction of the school building began. The students were divided between various other schools. On April 19, 1993, the Leibniz School was reopened as a grammar school after the reconstruction. In March 2007 100 years of school - 80 years of naming Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz - 15 years of high school could be celebrated.

building

The high school has an almost rectangular floor plan. It consists of a three-story building with a courtyard behind. There is a volleyball and basketball outdoor sports area as well as table tennis tables in the courtyard. The old school building with a high bell tower is characteristic. The Leibniz Gymnasium has 22 specialist classrooms, 2 course rooms and a lecture hall with 60 seats. There are also 3 computer cabinets, an auditorium with 140 seats, 2 video rooms and a library with approx. 4000 volumes. The gym, which is integrated in the building, is located under the lecture hall. There is also a fitness room.

classes

The grammar school offers English as a first foreign language (from 5th grade), French or Russian as a second foreign language (from 6th grade). For the profile selection in the 8th grade there is a natural science profile to deepen scientific knowledge and skills as well as a linguistic profile in which one learns a third foreign language. You can choose between Spanish and Polish. There are also interdisciplinary lessons, e.g. B. in class 7 the project "chocolate", sports days, excursions, school and study trips, concert visits and competitions such. B. the school's own Leibniz competition. In the 10th grade, an internship is carried out as part of the curriculum. Participation in projects such as “Genial Sozial” is also offered and an own donation run / tournament is held. The partner school is the Leibnizschule Hannover . Student exchanges are possible in Switzerland, France and Italy, among others.

Lessons take place in so-called block lessons. Two lessons are combined into one block (90 min).

Sporting successes

In addition to the linguistic and scientific profile, there is also musical and sporting support. This includes school trips in which sporting activities are in the foreground, such as the ski camp in the 7th grade and upper grades or the water camp in the 9th grade, as well as voluntary groups, volleyball tournaments and the sports day. The Leibniz School can show many sporting successes. Since 2010, students at the Leibniz School have competed in 13 state finals and in 2014 they won the regional final in competition class 1 at “Youth trained for the Olympics”. In 2012, the students also reached the national volleyball final and successfully took part in the “Leipzig Mini-Soccer World Cup”. 4 students also took part in the Saxon climbing school cup in 2013 and 2014. Leibniz School students were also able to convince in gymnastics. After a 4th place in the state finals in 2014, the gymnasts reached the state finals again in 2015 and are aiming for the podium. In 2017, in addition to the state finals in volleyball, the regional finals in apparatus gymnastics and successfully participated in the “Soccer Soccer Cup”. The cup collection of the Leibnizgymnasium shows the numerous sporting successes.

Known teachers

Martin Kießig (1907–1994), author, literary critic and publicist

Known students

Hans Salié (1902–1978), mathematician and historian of science
Kurt Meyer (1909–1998), Germanist at the Goethe Institute, high school teacher in Bremerhaven
Hans Richter (1912–1978), mathematician and university professor
Peter Merseburger (* 1928), journalist, publicist, freelance writer, holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
Siegfried Jenkner (1930–2018), GDR opposition, author and university lecturer
Dietrich Koch (1937–2020), physicist and philosopher, 1968 participant in the "poster protest"
Hans-Peter Linde (* 1937), musician, music director (Gewandhausorchester, Concentus Musicus Lipsiensis)
Eckhard Koch (* 1940), physicist, brother of Dietrich Koch
Andreas Reimann (* 1946), German poet and graphic artist
Meigl Hoffmann (* 1968), cabaret artist, singer, entertainer and restaurateur