Ludwigsgymnasium (Munich)

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Ludwigsgymnasium Munich
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type of school high school
School number 0175
founding 1824
address

Fürstenrieder Strasse 159a
81377 Munich

place Munich
country Bavaria
Country Germany
Coordinates 48 ° 7 '20 "  N , 11 ° 30' 13"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 7 '20 "  N , 11 ° 30' 13"  E
student 681 (school year 2018/19)
Teachers 50 full-time employees (school year 2018/19)
management Lore Heinrich-Exner
Website www.ludwigsgymnasium-muenchen.de
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The Ludwigsgymnasium Munich (short: LG ) is a humanistic and modern language high school in the Munich district of Sendling-Westpark . It is the second oldest grammar school in Munich .

history

Ludwigsgymnasium and Hollandeum, seen from Ettstrasse (1908)
Ludwigsgymnasium 1824

The school was founded as the second Munich high school in 1824. To distinguish it, the name "New High School" was established, while the Wilhelmsgymnasium was called "Old High School". The two original buildings of the Ludwigsgymnasium were in the center of Munich near the Michaelskirche , in the former Carmelite monastery on Maxburgstrasse. After the Maximiliansgymnasium was founded in 1849 as the third educational institution in Munich, the "Old Gymnasium" was renamed the Wilhelmsgymnasium and the "New Gymnasium" after Ludwig I was renamed the Ludwigsgymnasium . In 1958, the humanistic Ludwigsgymnasium and the former Ludwigs-Oberrealschule , today's Erasmus-Grasser-Gymnasium , moved into the spacious school complex on Fürstenrieder Strasse , designed by architects Fred Angerer and Adolf Schnierle , which was opened on February 24, 1978 because of the space problem that had arisen The same architects designed an extension in 1973, including a tower observatory, a library, an auditorium and cafeteria as well as a sports hall that can be divided into two small halls.

Due to the increased density observed in the catchment area of ​​the school and the development of a new residential area on Westendstrasse, a significant increase in the number of pupils at both the Ludwigs- and the Erasmus-Grasser-Gymnasium can be expected. Therefore, both schools are campaigning for an extension building on the adjacent site of the former state school for the deaf. In order to make the project known to the public and to accelerate the planning, the development association Bildungscampus am Westpark was founded.

principal

Swell:

  1. Franz von Paula Hocheder (Rector 1824–1842, 1842 o. Prof. for Philology and Aesthetics at the University of Munich , * 1783, † 1844)
    For the seminar for poor students founded by Duke Albrecht V. in 1574 ( Domus Gregoriana , later renamed Hollandeum and finally Albertinum ), a school was gradually expanded at the beginning of the 19th century, leading to the establishment of the institute high school in 1817 . In 1824 this school was also opened to external students and thus became a public high school. Due to constant changes in the curriculum, high fluctuation of teachers, missed lessons and epidemics (including cholera ), the start of the new high school is initially bumpy. At that time, too, there was considerable resistance from parents, students and public figures to the humanistic canon of subjects, the usefulness of which is denied "for advancement in the world" . However, Hocheder manages to stabilize the school with drive and idealism.
  2. P. Benno Müller O.SB (Rector 1842–1847, † 1860)
    At the express request of the king, the Benedictines from Metten and later from St. Boniface took over the management and teaching of the school in 1842 .
  3. P. Gregor Höfer OSB (Rector 1848–1875, † 1875)
    To date, the longest-serving school principal. He took over the management in the troubled revolutionary year of 1848, the Maximiliansgymnasium was split off a year later as the third Munich grammar school from the old and new grammar school. The school got its current name. In 1870 the Kgl. Latin school with the LG and the Maxgymnasium moved into a separate building. Father Höfer died in office in 1875. The chronicler notes: "The grief over this unique man who is buried in Metten was general and sincere."
  4. Emil Kurz (Rector 1875-1891)
    The LG goes back into secular hands. In 1885 the LG had 24 classes. Like the school principals before him, Kurz is struggling with overcrowding. It was not until 1887 that the Luitpold grammar school was founded .
  5. Johann Fesenmair (Rector 1891–1898, Royal Councilor, * 1826; † 1904)
  6. Friedrich Ohlenschlager (Rector 1898–1909, Kgl. OStR, † 1916)
    Ohlenschlager, who is more of a scientist by type, nevertheless also takes care of structural improvements and takes care of a. with larger windows so that “ the dark hole, which is well known in Munich, to which so many of the old Ludovicianers attribute their bad eyes, disappears and Munich becomes poorer by one 'sight' ”.
  7. Josef Degenhart (Rector 1909–1919, Royal OStR, † 1933)
    Degenhart ran the high school from the end of the Prince Regent period through the First World War and the Revolution to the Weimar Republic . During the war, the building had to be shared with the Maxgymnasium again. Classes must therefore also take place in the afternoon. The war costs the lives of 51 teachers and students. From the days of the Munich Soviet Republic , Josef Hofmiller - at that time a French teacher at the LG - describes the LG students in his revolutionary diary as remarkably difficult to radicalize and passes on a joke that was common at the time about the Munich high schools: "Wilhelmsgymnasium = aristocracy , Ludwigsgymnasium = democracy , Maxgymnasium = plutocracy " Luitpoldgymnasium = ochlocracy . "
  8. Josef Flierle (1919–1924, † 1929)
    The gloomy location of the high school in the city center and its poor facilities compared to newer schools lead to a steady decline in the number of students. Flierle could not change the external circumstances, but implemented reforms in terms of content (by influencing the curriculum, introducing grade compensation for one-sided talent, less use of school penalties as a means of education). During these years, he tried to prevent a rupturing split in the student body due to political camp formation by prohibiting the wearing of badges. He fought in vain to bring the school year 1921/22 forward from autumn to Easter.
  9. Georg Lurz (1924–1928, † 1946)
    From 1924 (until 1935), on instructions from the Ministry, Protestant students were no longer allowed to be admitted to the LG, which resulted in an additional decline in the number of students. This means that parallel classes are no longer allowed to be formed in the six lower classes. Lurz is a friend and promoter of photography and introduces the appropriate projection and blackout options in every classroom. He has valuable Latin and Greek books from the library sold for financing.
  10. Andreas Wahler (1928–1930)
  11. Peter Huber (1930–1936)
    The global economic crisis also affects the LG. The poor economic situation means that needy students can no longer afford the grammar school. In 1934, of 30 high school graduates, only 14 went to university. The emerging National Socialism is also noticeable in the LG. The deputy director Georg Stang - full-time President of the Bavarian State Parliament at the time - was taken into “ protective custody ” in 1933 and later transferred to the Dachau concentration camp .
  12. Franz Schalk (1937–1945)
    In 1938 the National Socialists largely abolished the humanistic grammar school, and the LG became a "high school". The texts of the Greek writers were considered hostile to the prevailing Nazi ideology . During the war, regular lessons then become increasingly difficult. In 1942 Schalk was delegated to the Ministry of Culture, and the actual management of the school passed to Hermann Poschenrieder. In 1944 the school was hit several times by bombs during air raids on Munich and finally burned out completely. All documents are destroyed in the process. There are hardly any files on the time during the Nazi regime.
  13. Franz Thalreiter (1945–1948, † 1957)
    Resumption of school operations after the war in chaotic conditions. The lessons, which were initially only given by three teachers, take place in the Theresiengymnasium building . In 1945 the LG became a humanistic grammar school again. In 1946, just three students passed the Abitur. In 1947 the homeless LG had to move again, this time as a subtenant to the Wittelsbacher Gymnasium .
  14. Heinrich Heck (1948–1951, † 1971)
    Because of the catastrophic spatial situation, the Ministry of Culture intends to move the LG together with the Albertinum to Tegernsee . Heck and the parents' council successfully oppose the plan.
  15. Siegfried Häfner (1951–1955)
    Another move. The LG is now sitting in on the Rupprecht high school. In the Ministry of Culture, plans are being made to dissolve the LG and to distribute the students to other high schools. Häfner gives up in exasperation and lets himself be transferred to the Wilhelmsgymnasium.
  16. Karl Mayr (1955–1972, * 1907, † 1986)
    The renaissance of the LG is associated with Mayr's name. In 1955 an ancient philology seminar was established. As a defiant sign of his will to survive, he had the graduation ceremony in 1956 for the first time in the Herkulessaal of the Residenz . The new building in Munich- Neufriedenheim started in 1957 and can be moved into in 1959. In 1964 the Albertinum returned from Tegernsee and moved into a new building on the neighboring site. In 1968 an extension followed, for which Mayr also tapped the school parents' purses. He tirelessly promotes the idea of ​​the humanistic grammar school and, even after his retirement, vehemently fights against the temporary renaming by the German cultural bureaucracy to the "old-language" grammar school, which he considers a grotesque misinterpretation of the humanistic idea .
    The number of students doubles to almost 1,000 during his directorate.
    When he died in 1986 - Albert von Schirnding claims in a humorous, lyrical obituary in the Süddeutsche Zeitung (title: " Der Oberstudiendirektor ") - all the clocks in his school stopped without any external influence. Se non è vero è ben trovato ... (If it is not true, it is well made up)
  17. Gerhard Schwab (1972–1997)
    The addition of a modern language branch and the introduction of the college level in 1975 lead to the dissolution of the traditional humanistic grammar school.
  18. Ulrike Fleissner (1997-2007)
  19. Anton Bauer (2007-2013)
  20. Lore Heinrich-Exner (since 2013)

Student numbers

School year end Number of students Number of classes
1919 538 16
1929 322 9
1939 270 8th
1949 393 14th
1959 625
1969 860 30th
1980 1615 41 + college level
1990 1041 28 + college level
2000 804 24 + college level
2008 800 24 + college level
2010 887
2011 819
2012 796
2013 776
2014 721
2015 700
2016 692
2017 675
2018 674
2019 689

Until the end of the 1960s, the LG was a boys' school to which girls were only accepted in exceptional cases (e.g. when a brother was already at the school). Of the 860 students at the end of 1969, only 37 were girls. After the general opening for girls, their share rose steeply (25% of new enrollments in 1970). Since the incorporation of the modern language branch in 1971, the gender ratio has more than balanced. At the end of the 2016/2017 school year, the proportion of girls was 63%. 9.3% of the pupils had a migration background. 44% of the students started with Latin and 56% with English.

location

The Ludwigsgymnasium, which is located today together with the Erasmus-Grasser-Gymnasium in a facility to the west of the Westpark , is easy to reach by public transport.

particularities

Seminary school

The Ludwigsgymnasium is a seminar school for trainee students in the subjects of German, Ancient Greek, Latin, English, French, history and Catholic religion.

Lessons offered

  • Language offer: Instead of Latin or English, there is the possibility of learning Spanish from the 10th grade onwards "starting late" . For the 5th grade, English for Latins is offered as an optional subject .
  • Elective courses (including): choirs , orchestras , instrumental lessons , theater group, philosophy , ceramics , school medical services , school newspaper LOUIS
  • Music : choir class
  • Sports : Base school in athletics

Infrastructure

Others

The Ludwigsgymnasium has been offering open all-day care for grades 5 to 7 since the 2016/2017 school year.

In addition, the adjoining day care center for study seminars Albertinum is available for afternoon care .

In preparation for their later professional life, all students in the ninth grade complete a one-week internship, and every two years parents and alumni of the Ludoviciana study cooperative give the students insights into professional life in the form of a career information evening.

Partner and sponsorships

The high school sponsors two schools in South Africa :

There are also partnerships with

Known relatives

School management and college

  • Lorenz Englmann (1821–1881), director, classical philologist and textbook author
  • Karl Felix Halm (1809–1882), former lecturer; Classical philologist and librarian
  • Josef Hofmiller (1872–1933), essayist and critic
  • Georg Kerschensteiner (1854–1932), reform pedagogue, City School Council in Munich, professor of pedagogy, “inventor” of the dual system of vocational training
  • Albert von Schirnding (* 1935), Director of Studies i. R .; Classical philologist, writer and literary critic
  • Georg Stang (1880–1951), Deputy Headmaster 1932–1933; Politician, President of the Bavarian State Parliament
  • Eduard Stemplinger (1870–1964), writer
  • Georg von Orterer (1849–1916), former school director; Politician
  • Fritz Rudolf Wüst (1912–1993), ancient historian, professor at the Ludwig Maximilians University

student

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b Ludwigsgymnasium Munich in the school database of the Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Culture , accessed on June 18, 2020.
  2. Hubert Freilinger: Designations and structures of a realistic school ( Memento of the original from November 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dasegg.musin.de
  3. ^ Education campus Munich am Westpark
  4. Rupert Hirschenauer, overview of the history of the Ludwigsgymnasium Munich in: Festschrift for the anniversary celebration of the Ludwigsgymnasium Munich, 1949
  5. ^ Annual reports of the Ludwigsgymnasium in Munich
  6. Bosl's Bavarian Biography, Regensburg 1983, ISBN 3-7917-1162-8
  7. Oscar da Silva - Men's Basketball. Retrieved May 25, 2020 (English).