Lily-Braun-Gymnasium
| Lily-Braun-Gymnasium | |
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| type of school | high school |
| School number | 05Y05 |
| founding | 1862 |
| address |
Münsingerstraße 2 |
| place | Berlin-Spandau |
| country | Berlin |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 32 '18 " N , 13 ° 11' 57" E |
| carrier | State of Berlin |
| student | 667 (2017/2018) |
| Teachers | 60 + 7 trainees (2017/2018) |
| management | Ulrike Kaufmann |
| Website | www.lily-braun-gymnasium.de |
The Lily-Braun-Gymnasium is a high school in the Berlin district of Spandau . The school was founded in 1862 as a high school for girls. Today around 700 pupils are taught co-educational at it. The school has been named after the women's rights activist Lily Braun since 1947 .
history
The origin of the Lily-Braun-Gymnasium is a “ Higher Töchterschule ” founded in 1862 by the Spandau magistrate . Classes initially took place in the afternoon in the house of a boys' school, until in 1875 they could move into their own school building on Spandau Reformationsplatz at the foot of the Nikolaikirche .
The school had a “pre-school” from which the pupils could be taken on immediately after the 2nd grade, but not yet an upper level . It was not until 1912 that the school was allowed to set up such an upper level and to call itself " Lyceum ". In addition, a college was set up to train young teachers . 20 women graduated from high school in 1916.
By 1912 the number of pupils had grown from 160 to 440 at the beginning. The old school building on Reformationsplatz became too small and no longer met the teaching and structural requirements. The magistrate commissioned the building of a new large school building on the edge of the old town in Münsingerstraße, which the company moved into in 1916. When moving in, the school was named " Cecilie School" after the wife of the Prussian Crown Prince Cecilie zu Mecklenburg .
With the transition to the Weimar Republic , the preschool was abolished. The name "Cecilienschule" was also deleted in 1927. Until 1938 the school was called "Municipal Lyceum with Study Institute". The school was particularly committed to sport in these years: sports and games festivals were held, and the rowing team grew so much that the school was able to build its own boathouse in 1927 for the boats it had bought from its own resources.
With the arrival of the National Socialist dictatorship in 1933, there were changes in personnel, content and organization. For example, the dismissal of the deputy headmistress Ms. Panten, who is oriented towards reform pedagogy, is documented, whereas the headmistress Dr. Pick was able to remain in office until 1946. By decree of 1937, the upper level was redesigned. In addition to a linguistic branch, there was also a domestic branch - the so-called “pudding diploma”. Somewhat surprisingly for students as faculty, a new in 1938, the school namesake imposed on: the writer Ina Seidel .
The Second World War began for the school with a two-week absence of lessons because from August 26, 1939 soldiers were billeted in preparation for the attack on Poland . Because of the increasingly violent air raids by the Allies on Berlin , classes were completely suspended in September 1943. In November, the school with 250 pupils and teaching staff was evacuated to Silesia as a so-called “ Kinderlandverschickung ”. In one place on the Vistula they lived in confiscated hotels and holiday homes and were taught by teachers who moved from house to house. In January 1945 the students and teachers fled the approaching Eastern Front in a several-week flight to Bavaria , which had just become part of the American zone of occupation . In Bavaria, the students stayed at various locations for over a year, as Berlin was not ready for a long time due to the destruction and the critical supply situation. It was not until June 1946 that the students and the teaching staff were allowed to return to Berlin.
| year | School name | additive |
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| 1862 | Girls high school | |
| 1912 | Municipal Lyceum and Upper Lyceum | |
| 1916 | Cecilia School | |
| 1927 | Lyceum with university | |
| 1937 | High school for girls | |
| 1938 | Ina Seidel School | High school for girls |
| 1947 | Lily Braun School | Scientific advanced level the single school Spandau |
| 1952 | Lily Braun School | High school science branch |
| 1974 | Lily Braun High School | (High school) |
| 2013 | Lily-Braun-Gymnasium |
| year | principal |
|---|---|
| 1862-1887 | Mr. Baldamus |
| 1887-1912 | Robert Schulz |
| 1912-1946 | Dr. E. Pick |
| 1945-1946 | Erika Basdeck (acting) |
| 1946-1951 | Dr. Fritz Franzmeyer |
| 1951-1966 | Margarete Tobiank |
| 1966-1976 | Paul Dallmann |
| 1976-1992 | Arnold Kloeck |
| 1994-1999 | Peter Tussing |
| 1999-2002 | Michael Pohl (acting) |
| 2002-2009 | Michael Klose |
| Since 2009 | Ulrike Kaufmann |
In Berlin, in June 1945, in the absence of the school management and large parts of the teachers and students, the makeshift restoration of the schoolhouse, which had been damaged by air and artillery attacks, began. Initially, two teachers, Ms. Frost and Ms. Basdeck, temporarily ran the school, then from 1946 to 1951 Dr. Franzmeyer. In 1947 the school was renamed again. The social democratic women's rights activist Lily Braun (1865–1916) was chosen as the namesake.
In October 1951 Ms. Tobiank became the first “official” female headmistress. She headed the school until 1965. In the same year, the Siemensstadt branch was spun off and became an independent grammar school. Mrs. Tobiank modernized the school operation by opening the school gates from 1952 also for boys ( coeducation ). In 1961 the hall wing with gym and auditorium, which was badly damaged during the war, was restored and inaugurated.
In 1974/75 the course system was introduced for the upper school . The 1970s are characterized by the baby boom, the so-called “Schülerberg”. Up to 8 parallel classes were set up. The lessons took place at times in several branches; the number of students in 1980 exceeded the thousand. From the mid- 1980s onwards, the situation eased a little. The number of pupils fell to approx. 850 pupils in 1985. The rear part of the school building was finally available for the school (“upper level wing”). A garden shed created additional space. The school's striking gable painting in 1981 - a project by the former Lily Braun student Christian Kuhnow - also fell during this period.
Since the 1990s , the listed school building has undergone a whole series of modernization measures. Three large computer rooms were set up in which computer science and ITG are taught. As part of the “eEducation Berlin Masterplan” and “Berlin becomes chalk-free - chalk-free school” projects, the classrooms are increasingly being equipped with projectors , media islands , networked computers and whiteboards .
With the elimination of the 11th grade as part of the school structure reform in Berlin in 2010, the number of pupils fell to around 700 in the following years. The “alternative sales” created and operated by parents in 1991, which offered healthy snacks and environmentally friendly school supplies, was replaced in 2010 by a newly built cafeteria with professional management. Ms. Ulrike Kaufmann has been the school director since 2009.
The school has lively partnerships with schools in France, Great Britain and China through mutual visits. There is an annual sports exchange with the Spandau twin town Siegen . The grammar school works closely with the Spandauer Jugendkunstschule . She also took part in the international Comenius program and is involved in the project " School without Racism - School with Courage ".
Lessons offered
The Lily-Braun-Gymnasium starts with grade 7 and leads to the Abitur at the end of grade 12. With the completion of the 10th grade the middle school certificate (MSA) is acquired.
The pupils bring English as their first foreign language from primary school . From grade 7 onwards, they are taught in French as a second foreign language . Additional language modules are offered in a special language class per year: selected teaching units in subjects such as biology, history, ethics, music and geography are taught in English or French. In the 8th grade there is the option of choosing Latin or Chinese as a third foreign language .
In one choir class per year, the emphasis in music lessons is on conveying the lesson content through singing. In addition, participation in the choir group is compulsory.
In physical education , the 3rd physical lesson is taught in groups of inclinations.
Special educational approaches :
- Block lessons (lessons in double lessons if possible)
- Rhythmization of the school day through long, large breaks
- In grades 7 and 8:
- Class teacher teams
- Class lesson
- Working with the logbook
- Basic information technology training (ITG), coupled with geography lessons
- Learning to play the guitar in music
Elective subjects and courses
- Elective subjects must be taken from year 8 onwards. In addition to Latin or Chinese, you can choose from the fine arts, biology or chemistry. Latin or Chinese are continued up to the 10th grade and can also be taken in the upper grades.
- In the 9th grade, in addition to Latin and Chinese, the elective subjects visual arts, biology, music and geography are available.
- In the 10th grade you can choose between the compulsory elective subjects biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, computer science, music, art, social sciences and literature.
The school participates in the Berlin program for in-depth professional orientation (BvBO) and offers its students support in professional orientation and career choice.
The following advanced courses can be selected in the upper level: German, music, art, English, French, political science, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology
Working groups exist for:
| languages | music | Sports | Mathematics / natural sciences | Others |
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| Ancient Greek | rowing | Experiment | Hof AG | |
| Chinese | Choir | volleyball | Puzzle math | Homepage |
| Spanish | orchestra | Batmation | Mathematics for study | Reading friends |
| Soccer | Math station (preparation MSA) | theatre | ||
| robot |
Cooperations :
- Youth Art School Spandau ("Art Bastion")
- Artistic workshops of the Spandau schools
- Arkona rowing club
- TSV 1860 Spandau
- Students go to school
- Educational mentors
- School without racism - school with courage
Regular events :
- Winter and summer concerts
- Theatrical performance
- Internship (grade 9)
- Career information day for the upper level
- Training by “ Students make school ” as part of the MSA and the 5th examination component of the Abitur
- Open house (in January)
Well-known graduates
- Ingrid Below-Lezinsky
- Kim Raisner
- Raed Saleh
- Kordula Schulz ash
- Diane Weigmann
- Kuro Salehi Takhasomi
literature
- Festschrift for the 75th anniversary of the secondary school for girls (Cecilienschule) Berlin-Spandau from March 29, 1938 (in the school archive)
- 100 years of the Lily Braun School 1862 - 1962 . - 1962 (in the school archive)
- 125 years of the Lily Braun High School 1862 - 1987 . - 1987 (in the school archive)
- 150 years of the Lily Braun High School 1862 - 2012 . (Festschrift for the 2012 school anniversary; not in bookshops)
- Lily-Braun-Oberschule (grammar school) . - Info flyer 2013 (PDF file)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Lily-Braun-Gymnasium. In: berlin.de. Senate Department for Education, Youth and Family, September 19, 2008, accessed on March 23, 2018 .
- ^ Berliner Morgenpost- Berlin: Lily-Braun-Oberschule. June 17, 2012, accessed on September 18, 2019 (German).