Otfried-von-Weißenburg-Gymnasium Dahn
| Otfried-von-Weißenburg-Gymnasium | |
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| type of school | high school |
| founding | 1958 |
| address |
Schlossstrasse 19 |
| place | Dahn |
| country | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 9 '9 " N , 7 ° 47' 19" E |
| carrier | City of Dahn |
| Teachers | about 50 |
| management | Thomas M. Neuberger |
| Website | www.owg-dahn.de |
The Otfried-von-Weißenburg-Gymnasium (OWG) is a regular school in the city of Dahn ( district of Südwestpfalz ). As a high school in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate it leads (grades 5-13) for nine years in high school or in six (5-10) for medium maturity .
Catchment area
The OWG is the only grammar school in the district of Südwestpfalz and mainly supplies its southeastern part, the Dahner Felsenland , but also the western part of the Südliche Weinstrasse district . Together with Realschule plus Dahn, it has been using a joint school building and school grounds, the Dahn school center, since 1976 .
Name and story
The grammar school was named after Otfrid von Weißenburg (* approx. 800; † after 870), whose name is sometimes also spelled with ie in literature . He was the first Old High German poet known by name and lived as a monk and scholar in the Weißenburg monastery , which was about 25 km southeast of Dahn, also on the Wieslauter river , in Wissembourg in Alsace .
In order to spare the students from the Dahn Rock Country the long way to school to Pirmasens or Landau , a Progymnasium was set up in Dahn in 1952 . In 1955 a new building was moved into, which had to be expanded in 1962. In 1958, the Progymnasium received the status of "Gymnasium" and also its current name. In the school center Dahn the OAG since 1976 is integrated.
The school motto "Orientation - Knowledge - Community" selected in 1999 is based on the initials of the namesake as well as the school name.
Educational offer
Departments
| 18 departments | ||
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Mainz study level (MSS)
At the OWG, the Mainz study level (MSS) is a reformed upper level. The course system of the MSS extends the lessons to the afternoons, the students can determine their subjects within a wide range of advanced and basic courses .
Events
Dahner Jazz Festival - since 1994 leads the OWG together with the city Dahn the Dahner Jazztage by which have become a recognized cultural event.
Sponsored Walk - Every year the students of the OWG “ walk ” donations. "Sponsors" pay an agreed amount for each kilometer covered. The previous donations have been used to support the following aid projects:
- Togo friends
- Cancer Aid
- Partner school of the OWG in Rwanda
Theater performances - every year since 1998, theater performances have taken place in the auditorium of the OWG. B .:
- 2000: Much Ado About Nothing
- 2002: The Imaginary Invalid by Molière
- 2003: Cabal and Love by Friedrich Schiller
- 2004: The House in Montevideo by Curt Goetz
- 2005: The visit of the old lady by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
- 2006: Spring Awakening by Frank Wedekind
- 2007: The Crucible by Arthur Miller
- 2007: The special life of Hillethe Jans
- 2008: The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare
- 2009: Er-Goetz-Liches
- 2009: The shoes that were danced to
- 2010: gods like you and me
- 2011: The crook opera
- 2012: Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
- 2012: No way out
- 2013: The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol W.
- 2014: Jack (criminal fantasy about Jack the Ripper) by Cornelia Wagner
- 2015: Arsenic and lace cap based on the comedy by Joseph Kesselring
- 2016: The Miser by Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (Molière)
- 2017: The coffee house of Carlo Goldoni
- 2018 The Talisman by Johann Nestroy
teacher and student
Current situation
The high school students are taught by around 50 teachers. Headmaster since 2003 headmaster Thomas M. Neuberger. His predecessor was Rolf Kilian.
Former students
| Surname | High School |
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| Stefan Baron , economist and editor-in-chief of WirtschaftsWoche | 1966 |
| Theodor Kissel , historian | 1981 |
| Ludwig Kuntz , business mathematician | 1983 |
| Christof Reichert , politician | |
| Peter Dincher , politician (CDU) | 1985 |
| Alexander Fuhr , politician (SPD) | 1988 |
Vintage archive
Former students can register in a year archive on the OWG website in order to maintain contact with the school and with each other.
Association of Friends and Supporters
The association of friends and sponsors of the OWG has set itself the goal of taking on tasks that the school authority cannot financially provide. The association helps with the acquisition of teaching aids through the receipt of contributions and donations . B. PCs , microscopes , beamers or projectors , and grants aid for school trips and school events.
Cooperations
Partner schools
| Beginning | school | city | country |
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| 1987 | Collège et Lycée Climatiques | Argelès-Gazost ( Hautes-Pyrénées department ) | France |
| 1990 | Zespół Szkół Ekonomicznych | Nowy Sącz ( Lesser Poland Voivodeship ) | Poland |
| 1996 | Coláistre Mhuire (St. Mary College) | Askeaton ( County Limerick ) | Ireland |
| 1996 | Coláistre na Trócaire (Mercy Community College) | Rathkeale, County Limerick | Ireland |
| 1999 | Secondary School of Kabirizi | Kabirizi (formerly Mugesera) | Rwanda |
| 2002 | Colexio Fingoi | Lugo ( Autonomous Region of Galicia ) | Spain |
Cross-border projects
In 1994/95 the OWG carried out a project together with the Collège Otfried from Wissembourg, at the end of which there was an exhibition on the life and work of the monk Otfried von Weißenburg.
literature
- Ulrich Ernst: Otfrid von Weißenburg . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages . tape 6 , col. 1557 ff .