Maria Ward School in Würzburg

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Maria Ward School in Würzburg
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type of school secondary school
founding 1866
place Wurzburg
country Bavaria
Country Germany
Coordinates 49 ° 47 '42 "  N , 9 ° 56' 44"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 47 '42 "  N , 9 ° 56' 44"  E
carrier Maria Ward Foundation Aschaffenburg
management Birgit Thum-Feige (Headmistress)
Annette Röschinger (Vice Rector)
Website www.mws-wuerzburg.de

The Mary Ward School Würzburg is a nationally recognized girls realschule administered by the Mary Ward Foundation . It was founded in 1866 by the then parent company in Aschaffenburg . As in the sister school, the Maria Ward School Aschaffenburg , the convent was dissolved in 2013 after the Congregatio Jesu (CJ) began to withdraw from educational work due to a lack of young people . The Würzburg Maria Ward School was transferred to a church foundation under public law.

history

In 1866 the institute of the English Misses was founded by the motherhouse Aschaffenburg and the opening of a secondary school for girls at Domerschulgasse 15, where the English Misses took over the Zorn'sche Institute (a private daughter's school) opposite the portal of the Old University and 3 classes for Established 120 students in 10 years of compulsory school. In 1883 the old city palace of the von Stauffenberg family was purchased . A girls 'lyceum (higher girls' school, middle school) was created in the former canon court of Maßbach in Herrngasse . After the opening of the women's technical school, training in manual labor and housekeeping began. From 1889 the Herrngasse housed the monastery, boarding school, schoolgirls' home, and until 1939 the kindergarten.

In 1930 the new school building in Annastrasse was inaugurated. In 1938 school activity was banned by the Nazi regime and the school, like that of the Ursulines, was dissolved (at Easter 1938 the city of Würzburg took over the girls' high school run by the English Misses as well as the secondary school for girls run by the poor school sisters in Heidingsfeld; including the entire private one Girls' schooling became urban. In the school year 1938/39 all denominational elementary schools were converted into community elementary schools). On March 16, 1945, the institute building in Herrngasse was completely destroyed. The escape of the 27 sisters from the institute happened through a cellar hatch, then through the burning city to Unterpleichfeld . There were no injuries or deaths among the sisters (12 of whom were sent home) and the school building on Annastraße was not destroyed either.

After the Second World War, a plot of ruins was purchased in Nikolausstrasse in 1946. 12 below the Käppele . This was followed by the reconstruction of a garden house with the help of the sisters as a kindergarten in St. Burkard. In 1949 the school started again as a three-class middle school for girls with 32 pupils and 14 pupils from home. In 1953 the school moved into the Annastraße. In July 1957 the Englische Fräulein became the sole owner again in Annastraße. In October the new house chapel was consecrated by Josef Stangl . In 1958 a day care center was established. In 1963 the kindergarten was rebuilt on the ruins of a former flower shop. In 1965 the 4-level secondary school was established. From 1970 to 1977 Immakulata Fecher was superior.

In 1972 the women's college was closed. In 1973 the institute was completely renovated during the summer holidays. In 1974 the school kindergarten opened. Leokadia Hornung was superior until 1980, then Ancilla Zienert followed. In 1980 Mediatrix Borst handed over her position to Helga Enenkel after 30 years as a headmistress. In 1981 the library was expanded and redesigned according to plans by the art teacher Mahlke. In October 1985 a star pilgrimage to Rome took place on the occasion of the 400th birthday of the founder of the Institute of the English Miss Mary Ward (1585-1645). The 238 female students from the MWS schools in Würzburg and Aschaffenburg met with 600 other MWS students from all over the world with teachers at a papal audience. In the same year the school yard and sports field were redesigned. In 1986 the boarding school, which Winfriede Schleyer had headed since 1970, had to be closed. Winfride Schleyer was superior until 1989.

In 1989 the school was renamed the Maria Ward School, Realschule of the English Miss Würzburg. Immakulata Fecher was matron until 1996. From the school year 1992/93 onwards, participation in the pilot project “six-stage secondary school” in Bavaria began. In 1993 sister Mechthild Meckl was called to Rome . After the decision of the General Congregation, the sisters chose to take off or keep the veil.

1998/99 marked the end of the pilot project and the introduction of the six-stage secondary school across Bavaria. The elective subject groups I and II were chosen from 7th grade onwards with a new elective subject group III with French as an examination subject. In February 1999 the headmistress died after a serious illness, after which Peter Schreiner took over the school management. Birgit Thum-Feige became deputy principal in 2000, as did Ludwig Schmutzler, who held this position until he left school in 2010. In 2002 Mechthild Meckl became Superior General in Rome. In 2004 the name of Institutum Beatae Virginis (IBMV) was changed to Congregatio Jesu (CJ). In 2005 Matron Ancilla was passed and Carmen Irrgang took over her office. On January 1, 2009, the school and kindergarten were handed over to the Maria Ward Foundation; the official handover of sponsorship was on May 15, 2011, when the convent was dissolved.

Between 2011 and 2016, the school was converted and a new break hall was built. In 2015, the first construction phase was completed and the school moved into the new rooms. Claudia Wührl was in charge of the school in the 2015/16 and 2016/17 school years. Birgit Thum-Feige has been responsible for running the school since the 2017/18 school year. Annette Röschinger has been vice rector since the 2018/2019 school year.

Guiding principle

The guiding principle of the school can be used as M SHARINGTIME W ege S earch be brought to the point, that is, to find ways in which every girl can be promoted through comprehensive, holistic education and strengthened and accompanied by the years of puberty and individuation.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Maria Ward Foundation Aschaffenburg
  2. ↑ a b Our school management. In: www.mws-wuerzburg.de. Retrieved October 21, 2019 .
  3. ^ Sybille Grübel: Timeline of the history of the city from 1814-2006. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2, Theiss, Stuttgart 2001-2007; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. Volume 2, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 , pp. 1225-1247; here: p. 1230.
  4. ↑ Klaus Witt City: church and state in the 20th century. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2, Theiss, Stuttgart 2001-2007; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 , pp. 453–478 and 1304 f., Here: pp. 458–463: The era of the people's and resistance bishop Matthias Ehrenfried (1924–1948). P. 462.
  5. ^ Sybille Grübel: Timeline of the history of the city from 1814-2006. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2, Theiss, Stuttgart 2001-2007; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. Volume 2, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 , pp. 1225-1247; here: p. 1239 f.
  6. ↑ http://epub.uni-regensburg.de/19989/1/Dissertation(Baik).pdf page 41/42
  7. ↑ http://www.mws-wuerzburg.de/schule/schulprofil/