Luisenburg Gymnasium Wunsiedel
| Luisenburg Gymnasium Wunsiedel | |
|---|---|
| type of school | high school |
| address |
Burggraf-Friedrich-Str. 9 |
| place | Wunsiedel |
| country | Bavaria |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 2 '8 " N , 12 ° 0' 11" E |
| student | 700 |
| Website | www.lugy.de |
The Luisenburg Gymnasium Wunsiedel is a high school in the district of Wunsiedel in the Fichtel Mountains . In 2015 it had around 700 students and is the oldest secondary school in the Fichtelgebirge. Its existence can be traced back to 1530. The Luisenburg-Gymnasium used to be a secondary school and was converted into a gymnasium .
history
From secondary school to high school
In March 1947 the Abitur examination could be held for the first time in Wunsiedel . Before that, what was then the "Oberrealschule Wunsiedel" was a six-class teaching institution; eight classes would have been necessary for a matriculation examination. From January 1944 onwards there was no longer any question of regular teaching due to the war . When the students returned home after the war in 1945 with an invalid maturity mark in their pockets, they were faced with the task of obtaining a valid diploma as quickly as possible. The decisive step towards the “Abitur in Wunsiedel” then took place in February 1946. Heinrich Benno Schäffler traveled to the Ministry of Culture in Munich with the recklessness of an eighteen-year-old . He had a letter with him asking for admission to a high school graduate course at the upper secondary school in Wunsiedel. This request was supported by a corresponding letter from Mayor Georg Herrmann and District Administrator Benno Timper, but not from his then Director Bleisch. He said that although the young people's activities were commendable, their proposal was not feasible. Surprisingly, the responsible clerk at the ministry , Dr. Karenbaum, but let Schäffler convince them. He listened to his rather eloquent story and then said: "So, now go home and order your director a nice greeting from me, he should set up a seventh and eighth grade in Wunsiedel." Success suddenly came without any major formalities set. This set the course and the Wunsiedler school was able to lead its students up to the secondary school leaving certificate. Before that, you had to transfer to Hof , Bayreuth or Marktredwitz after completing secondary school . With the letter of April 10, 1946, the Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Culture approved the establishment of a 7th and 8th grade at the Oberrealschule for boys in Wunsiedel, which can be revoked at any time, if a sufficient number of students register for this. The required teachers have been assigned. A mathematician and a Germanist were referred each . Registration for the 8th grade: 26 students, for the 7th grade: 15 students. Both classes at the upper level could thus be opened. The 8th grade students had to undergo a trial period. After the spatial problems had been solved - for a time the students were accommodated in an office of the tax office in Sonnenstrasse - nothing stood in the way of the 8th grade facility, which led to the 1st school leaving examination in 1947. Nine boys and six girls took part in the first Abitur examination. The written exams included German, English, Latin , mathematics, physics and chemistry . It must be assumed that the majority of the examination questions were communicated via the board address.
The building
The old school building was built in 1878/79, the symmetrical layout with the dominating central building is striking . The exterior of the school building remained unchanged for almost eight decades, but the steadily growing number of students left no more space in the long run. As a result, lessons could only be maintained in 1935 through the formation of traveling classes. The plans for an extension to the west were delayed in 1955/56. Construction began on October 30, 1956, and the topping-out ceremony took place on December 14, 1956.
With this extension, the school building gained two more classrooms, plus a library room , a physics preparation room and a collection room . The expanded basement brought a physics room. The rich material from the biology collection was effectively housed in the attic . A cleaning room was also created to store cleaning agents.
During the construction work on the extension and in the following years, the modernization of the old building, which began in the early fifties, was quickly continued. Sinks were installed in the classrooms, central heating systems were connected and the street entrance was redesigned.
In 1969 the modernization of the old building was continued. The school yard was paved and the outer facade was newly plastered. Due to the increasing number of students and the non-expandable attic, the need for a further extension became urgent. This should be done to the east. Dr. Petschelt was able to obtain approval from the state to build a caretaker's apartment and thus remove one of the obstacles that had hindered an agreement between the Free State of Bavaria and the district of Wunsiedel on the scope of the construction work and the distribution of the loads.
Construction began on July 29, 1968 and ended with major delays on April 30, 1969. At the beginning of the new school year, the extension could be moved into. There were now ten new classrooms available, a large music hall with an adjoining room for instruments, two working spaces for the school, a learning tool collection, a handicraft room, a language laboratory, a student reading library, a Biologiesammlungs- and exercise room, a photo lab, a geography collection , a work space , two outside rooms, a TV room, an adjoining room each for the cleaning ladies and the caretaker.
In the meantime, work had not rested in the old building either. After some rooms had been redesigned, ten more classrooms were available. There was also a larger staff room, a preparation room for art teachers, a room for the school doctor , a parents' consultation room , a new directorate, a cloakroom for teachers , a biology classroom, a chemistry and another biology collection room . The school was thus relieved of all spatial concerns for a long time ; each class had its own classroom.
The euphoric mood prevailing in 1970 lasted until the 1972/73 school year. Then it was said that the only simply existing specialist rooms (physics, chemistry, art and music) were fully utilized. As the number of pupils had also increased, a new extension and a second gym became necessary. This was needed more urgently than ever because the proportion of girls had risen sharply. In this extension there is a second gymnasium, a physics hall and two physics practice rooms, several classrooms and the school auditorium.
From 1998 a new extension was started. There are also two art halls, a second auditorium and further classrooms, which are mainly used by the upper school, in this extension.
In the years after 2005 the entire school was renovated.
Chronicle from 1945
On January 8, 1946, classes were resumed with six classes and 294 students. On April 10, 1946, the ministry approved the introduction of 7th and 8th grades. On February 21, 1947, the school was recognized as Oberrealschule . In March 1947, three schoolgirls and two schoolchildren passed their first school leaving examination. From the school year 1952/1953, the upper secondary school pupils are taught in two foreign languages. In the 1st grade you start with English, in the 3rd grade you can choose between Latin or French. This eliminates the separation into two branches.
In 1957 the new building was inaugurated. This added two classrooms, a library room, a physics preparation room and a collection room. The gymnasium was opened on October 22, 1960 and can also be used as a meeting, celebration and theater room. At the same time, the atrium courtyard was presented as a connection to the gym. In the school year 1965/1966 the school got a new name due to the agreement of the federal states for the standardization of the school system . State mathematical and natural science high school . The class names also changed from 1–9 to 5-13. For the first time in school history, class trips were held (to Paris and Vienna). The school reform brought innovations in the way of teaching: In order to facilitate the transition to the grammar school for the 5th grade, they receive supplementary lessons as optional lessons. The subjects of history, geography and social studies were coordinated in the overarching subject area of social studies. In 1967 there was the first school exchange with the Craigholme School in Glasgow.
In 1967/1968 the number of students was higher than 500 for the first time. The 13th grade's application for a say in determining and shaping the topics of the study days was granted. These then dealt with the 1968 revolution. The “School Forum”, a committee of students, parents and teachers, was created and advocated a ban on smoking in the school area. The topping-out ceremony for the extension took place on April 30, 1969. The introduction of a 5th modern language branch was approved for the 1969/1970 school year. The extension building was inaugurated on November 7, 1969. The school received ten new classrooms, a music room, two work rooms for the upper level, a learning material collection, a handicraft room, a language laboratory with 20 places, a student reading library, a biology collection and practice room, a photo laboratory, a geography collection, a work room, two outside rooms, one Traffic education and TV room and a milk cellar. The SMV started its program with film events in the afternoon. The jazz club was, thanks to the own school band, a great success. In 1970/1971 the number of classes rose to 21.
In 1973/1974 the 13th grade was run in three classes for the first time. With more than 700 pupils, the capacity of the school complex is once again used to the utmost. On June 3, 1975, the school was included in the college level trial. The last traditional Abitur took place in 1977. At the same time, the course phase of the college level began for the first time with advanced courses in German, English, Latin, physics, chemistry and economics / law. The first college level Abitur followed in the 1977/78 school year. In 1979/1980 the extension was started. On July 1, 1981, a group of students from the "Collège Henri Bourillon" attended high school, which initiated an exchange with the French school. The actual school partnership began in 1982. On December 23, 1981, the extension building was approved. It offers space for eight classes and includes an additional physics wing and a new gym. At the same time, the "old building 1878" was completely closed for renovation work. On December 8, 1983, the old school building was released. In 1986/1987 a school garden was built behind the gym. B. old grains were bred.
The renovated gymnasium was handed over on June 24, 1988. In 1987/1988 computer science was introduced as a new elective. The great demand led to eleven elective courses. A new framework plan for ITG (Information Technology Basic Education) is intended to supplement the subjects of German, mathematics and economics and law in their traditional learning objectives, which marked the beginning of the computer age at school. For the first time, four entry classes were formed. In 1988/1989 the "Association of Friends and Supporters of the Wunsiedel High School" was founded. A delegation from EOS Schwarzenberg / Bertolt Brecht visited Wunsiedel for the first time. In the year of upheaval in the German question, contacts were also made with the Czech partner Ostrov. In 1993/1994 four classes were relocated to a building in Hornschuchstraße due to a renewed lack of space.
On October 4, 1994 the school was given a new name: Luisenburg-Gymnasium Wunsiedel . The high school graduate Florian Meyer was accepted into the Maximilianeum Foundation as one of three Bavarian high school students . Head of Studies Kappl became the ministerial representative for the grammar schools in Upper Franconia. In 1996/1997 the number of students exceeded 900. On June 20, 1997 the Luisenburg-Gymnasium celebrated 50 years of Abitur with all of its high school graduates. In the spring of 1998, another extension began south of the city wall.
In 2010/2011 a wind class was introduced at "LuGy". In 2014 the school was awarded the MINT-EC certificate. In 2015/2016 a theater class was introduced in cooperation with the Luisenburg Festival .
Others
The Mummy
The mummy has only been in the basement of the Luisenburg Gymnasium since 1985, but it has been in the school's possession for a long time. The mummy was a gift from the merchant Christian Hess, grandfather of the Nazi war criminal Rudolf Hess . Christian Hess was living in Egypt at the time and sent the mummy as a gift in 1883 on the occasion of the anniversary of his school, which he had attended from 1848 to 1850. The mummy was a man who lived in Ptolemaic times and died more than 2000 years ago.
Until 1945 this mummy lay in the attic of the grammar school, which was converted into a US military hospital during the Second World War . Allied soldiers found the mummy there, threw it out the window in the school yard and shot it in the head and chest. The ancient Egyptian broke both feet when he fell. After a number of examinations and restorations, experts determined that this was a "luxury mummy", that is, the body was embalmed for 40 days and therefore could not rot.
The mummy has been housed in the school's basement since May 1985 and is occasionally viewed by visitors to the school festival or by students in biology and history classes.
The school association "Absolvia"
Since 1880 there has been a color-bearing and non-striking student association under the name "Absolvia" at the former Wunsiedler Realschule, as it is today at the Luisenburg Gymnasium . The colors of the connection are white-green-white, the Fuxen colors white-green, each with a silver percussion , with a green student cap being worn. Today, the Absolvia Wunsiedel student association from 1911 in the FAC includes around 135 old men and around 25 high school students and students. In its long history, the Absolvia belonged and still belong to several senior directors of the grammar school and several honorary citizens of the festival city of Wunsiedel.
The head of the school
- 1833–1867 Friedrich Landgrave
- 1868–1869 Max Förderreuther
- 1869–1883 Erhardt Zahn
- 1884–1903 Caspar Schlumberger
- 1904–1920 Dr. Otto Clauss
- 1920–1922 Franz Paul Wimmer
- 1922–1932 Alfons Wolf
- 1932–1945 Dr. Fritz Fleischmann
- 1946–1953 Franz Bleisch
- 1953–1958 Dr. Otto Deiml
- 1958–1965 Dr. Christian Theusner
- 1965–1975 Dr. Karl Koegler
- 1975–1984 Kurt Richter
- 1984–1989 Dr. Helmut Reinel
- 1989–1996 Gerhard Kappl
- 1996–2009 Bruno Kraus
- since 2009 Joachim Zembsch
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Absolvia Wunsiedel | Student association from 1911 in the FAC. In: www.absolvia-wunsiedel.de. Retrieved June 11, 2016 .
- ↑ Absolvia Wunsiedel | Student association from 1911 in the FAC. In: www.absolvia-wunsiedel.de. Retrieved June 11, 2016 .
- ↑ Bavarian Bibliography. In: www.bayerische-bibliographie.de. Retrieved June 11, 2016 .