Norbertinum (Magdeburg)

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The Norbertinum Magdeburg - also Norbertuswerk - was a training facility sponsored by the Catholic Church, a so-called late career seminar , which enabled men in the GDR to graduate from high school with the sole aim of completing a theological-philosophical degree at the faculty in Erfurt .

history

The Norbertuswerk existed from April 1952 to July 1999. The necessity arose after the Second World War, initially with regard to the displaced persons who, due to the turmoil of the war and post-war conditions, had insufficient school education or could not afford a higher education for financial reasons . Political aspects were added later. The regulated education system of the GDR blocked some people, regardless of their performance, the way to study. In addition, males of trades that are a priest appointed felt, get the chance to study.

The initially 4-year, from 1967 with the introduction of the 10-class school 3-year training was based on the Prussian school regulations of 1923 (revision 1951), so that it could be seen as a humanistic Abitur with the ancient languages ​​Greek and Latin , which are in the GDR was not recognized, but it was in the west of the country. From 1952 to the 1988/89 school year, 1009 men began their training in 38 years. About half were ordained priests.

The turning point brought the recognition of the Norbertuswerk, the opening for all high school graduates and at the same time the renaming to Kolleg Norbertinum . Declining admission numbers led to the closure on July 10, 1999.

With the help of the Bonifatiuswerk , the operation of the Konviktes in Magdeburg's Sieverstorstrasse 51 was ensured, where the theology aspirants lived and learned at the same time. From 1952 to 1970, the future Bishop Johannes Braun directed the fortunes of the house as rector, for which a diplomatic procedure was necessary in cooperation with the state power of the GDR.

Well-known Norbertines

Further proseminars in the GDR

literature

  • Clemens Brodkorb: Finale Norbertinum. Lively memory of 47 years of Norbertuswerk Leipzig: St. Benno 1999, 110 pp. ISBN 3-7462-1333-9
  • Daniel Lorek: Pastoral care faces new tasks. Catholic training centers in the Archbishop's Commissariat in Magdeburg in: Rainer Bendel (Ed.): Displaced persons find a home in the church. Integration processes in divided Germany after 1945, Cologne; Weimar; Vienna: Böhlau 2008, 669 pp. ISBN 978-3-412-20142-5

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