Otto Glöckel School Linz

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Otto Glöckel School Linz
Otto Glöckel School
type of school Elementary School and New Middle School
founding 1902
place Linz
state Upper Austria
Country Austria
Coordinates 48 ° 17 '13 "  N , 14 ° 17' 58"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 17 '13 "  N , 14 ° 17' 58"  E
carrier City of Linz
student 210 (VS12) and 270 (NMS 5)
management VD Elsa Springer (VS12) and MA Martina Rabl (NMS 5)
Website www.nms5linz.at

The Otto-Glöckel-Schule Linz is an elementary school and former secondary school and since 2011 a new middle school in the city of Linz in Upper Austria . The school building was named after the social democratic politician Otto Glöckel .

history

Between 1899 and 1902 a boys 'and girls' elementary school named after Adolf Dürnberger was built on the school premises according to plans by Gustav Steinberger . For the extension to include a boys 'community school , two more buildings were built in 1910/11 according to plans by Julius Schulte and named Waldegg boys' community school. With the involvement of the Waldegg and Raimundstrasse elementary schools , an ensemble consisting of several school buildings was created.

Starting in 1927, the community school gradually became the secondary school for boys and girls, known as the Waldegg school . During the Second World War , a women's vocational school was also housed there.

In autumn 1944, almost all of the Dürnbergerschule and two thirds of the school building complex were destroyed in an air raid, with 41 people killed. A statue in the courtyard by Josef Thorak in 1955 reminds of this.

The reconstruction took place between 1946 and 1954 and 1968 in several stages. In 1951, the name Otto Glöckel School was first used for a part and later for the entire school complex.

This photo shows the Waldegg boys' community school (around 1913)
The Dürnberg School was added in 1913 from today's Pillweinstrasse

Dürnbergerschule (double elementary school for boys and girls)

This photo shows the double elementary school, also known as the Dürnbergerschule from today's Wienerstrasse. The photo is from 1903.

The population growth in the Linz suburbs of Waldegg and Lustenau made the establishment of a primary school an urgent need. A resolution to this effect was passed in a popular assembly in the Gasthaus Zur Stadt Salzburg . On October 13, 1900, the kuk Landesschulrat approved the establishment of a boys 'and girls' elementary school with the name Dürrnbergerschule. The double elementary school was built from 1899 to 1902 according to plans by master builder Gustav Steinberger .

This school building on Dürnbergerstrasse had a street wing and side wings. The building had late historical forms and an elaborately decorated facade. The street wing was equipped with a facade with a central projection. This building was almost completely destroyed in an air raid on October 16, 1944 during the Second World War.

Dürnbergerschule (boys' citizen school)

This photo shows a classroom in the boys' school. This photo was taken on May 3, 1911.

In the Linz municipal council on March 4, 1908, chaired by councilor Hans Hornik, the need to establish a fourth Linz boys 'school in the Waldegg district was documented and on April 14, 2009, the kuk state school board in the Upper Austrian state parliament decided to build another Linz boys' school for 260 pupils and seven grade levels.

The realization from June 27, 1910 took place under Mayor Franz Dinghofer according to plans by Julius Schulte in two projects. On the one hand, a building was erected next to the Waldegg elementary school in Vienna's Reichsstrasse. The building was equipped with six classrooms and various ancillary rooms and contained an apartment for the school servants. The second building was attached to the girls' elementary school in Raimundstrasse. In 1911 the side wing that directly adjoined the primary school on Wienerstraße was completed. Construction on the gymnasium wing in Pillweinstrasse began in 1911. It was a monumental structure with a temple-front risalit and Doric half-columns facing Wienerstrasse. The gymnasium of the elementary school was connected to the citizen school with the help of a connecting corridor, as this was to be used by both schools.

Alois Pfenninger was appointed the first director on July 22, 1911. The school was expanded from July 1913 to March 1914. On September 28, 1926, the electric light was switched on.

Waldeggschule (secondary school for boys and girls)

On August 2, 1927, the law on the establishment of secondary schools was passed and, at the beginning of the school year 1927/28, a secondary school class was set up in 2 trains in addition to 7 civil school classes. Thus, the boys' bourgeois school had a total of 8 school levels.

The school in the time of National Socialism

Between March 10 and 30, 1938, the school housed parts of the 95th Infantry Regiment . Lessons had to be held temporarily in the girls' secondary school. On April 30, 1938, the boys' main school had 10 classes with 385 students, 117 of them were “not organized” (268 were members of the HJ or DJ). The school year 1938/39 should have started on September 12th, but there were too many teachers at the 10th party congress of the NSDAP in Nuremberg . Therefore the beginning was postponed to October 10th. The beginning of the school year 1939/40 was also delayed by a week due to “previous, eventful and highly political days”. During the vacation months, from July to August 1940, the school again served as the quarters of the German Wehrmacht . After that, the gym floor was so badly damaged that it had to be closed for gymnastics lessons. Two classrooms and four adjoining rooms were given to the newly founded women's vocational school.

On October 16, 1944, the school was badly damaged by bombs. The aim of the bombing was to destroy the main train station in Linz . At around 10:30 am, four bombs fell on the school. They killed 31 students from the women's vocational school, a teacher and nine people nurses.

Reconstruction and reopening of the school

Two thirds of the complex were destroyed. The ruin was then almost completely demolished. The remaining intact parts were not demolished due to economic considerations. These were used for teaching purposes until the renovation was completed. The building as it stands today was reconstructed in four major construction stages, namely in the years 1946 to 1947, 1950 to 1951, 1953 to 1954 and 1968 according to the plans of the design office of the Linz City Building Office. In July 1946 construction began on the first section. This comprised the reconstruction of the Dürnberger School or a part of the former complex in Dürnbergerstrasse and was completed in September 1947. The division of the building was also reflected in the later wings. From the planning reports of the former Dürnbergerschule it can be seen that the planners wanted the building to be modernized. A central cloakroom was set up on each floor, although this had an area for each class. After completion of this construction phase, the school had eight classrooms, a girls' handicrafts room and one room each for the management, teacher and caretaker. There were new toilets, central heating that heated all rooms, a hot water system, running water in all rooms, a telephone system, announcement systems in every classroom, a clock and a break signal system. All remaining windows, doors, stairs and floor coverings have been replaced.

The two gyms were repaired and equipped with cloakrooms, toilet facilities, washrooms with showers and teachers' rooms.

The old, still preserved neo-renaissance facade was completely removed and redesigned with a clear, simple high-grade plaster facade.

In 1951 the rest of the wing was built. This part used to be the Waldegg School. The name “Otto Glöckel School” is used for the first time. Later the whole complex will bear this name. Due to the fact that the builders want to integrate this part into the previous complex without any visible transition, the external dimensions such as total height and depth remain the same. Instead of three floors, this part has four floors. The level differences are compensated for by difference stairs.

The construction of the reinforced concrete skeleton is decisive for the exterior architecture. The subdivision for the individual window axes is made up of artificial stone pillars. The entire front, i.e. both the first and second construction phases, was designed uniformly and equipped with pivoting sash windows. This dissolved pillar architecture is subordinate to the building mass and thus forms the same unit despite the different number of floors compared to the adjoining Dürnberg School, so that no transition is visible. With this construction phase, 9 more classrooms with adjoining cloakrooms, which also function as central aisle lighting, have been added. In addition, a physics room, a drawing room, a boy's handicraft room with associated cabinets, one room each for the director and teacher, a student library, two school waiting rooms, a break hall or ballroom, a dining room with adjoining canteen and a student shower facility. The entire complex is centrally heated. The ballroom and the school shower system are artificially ventilated. There are now two apartments that can be accessed separately from the school.

The wing in Wienerstraße, which was built in 1954, was constructed in a similar way to the section from 1951.

School concepts over time

Originally the school housed an elementary school for boys and girls. Today there is a primary school (VS12 Linz) and a new middle school (NMS 5 Linz) in it.

Elementary school (since 1901)

The basic concept of an elementary school was no different than it is today. Only the number of subjects and the teaching methods differ from then.

Boys' Civic School (1911–1945)

At that time there was the concept of a “boy citizenship school” (grades 1–8) and that of a “higher boy citizenship school” (grades 9–12). There was only a simple boys' bourgeois school with eight classes each. A school corresponded to the wishes of the bourgeoisie at the time for a school that - unlike the existing grammar school - did not train future scholars and clergy, but gave future tradespeople and business people the necessary practical knowledge.

secondary schools

The Hauptschule had the most changes in its history. Most of the time, it didn't necessarily depend on progress, but on the government.

Epoch and year Innovations
Secondary school in the time of the 1st Republic (1927–1938) In 1927 Parliament passed the Secondary School Act, which was introduced by the then Minister of Education Schmitz . The new law brought about the conversion of the three-class citizen school into a four-class secondary school.
Anschluss and World War II (1938–1945) Physical education became the central subject. The assessment was now based on a six-point scale.
Reorganization and two-tier secondary school (1946–1984) From now on, the secondary school was to be run in ascending order. The first class train was characterized by increased requirements compared to the second class train. The performance groups were born.

The 1967/68 school year brought a precise definition of the compulsory school districts of the secondary schools. The grading was now based on a five-stage system.

"New Secondary School" (1985-2009)

The division of the students into three ability groups was new, namely in the subjects German, English and mathematics.

The current concepts of the Otto-Glöckel elementary and new middle school

Both the elementary school and the secondary school are known for their high proportion of students with foreign origins due to their location in Waldegg, adjacent to the Makart district and the Andreas-Hofer-Platz district. But it is precisely this multicultural situation that the school takes advantage of to raise awareness among its students. This is also shown by the many programs that the two schools run every year.

Elementary school

EULE is the additional name of elementary school 12. The abbreviation means “experiment, examine, learn and discover”. Since the school has a natural science focus, this motto fits the concept very well.

This elementary school is the only one in the Linz area with its own laboratory. Here the children have the opportunity to research independently and make discoveries for themselves. The laboratory room and the associated laboratory equipment and themed boxes were realized through corporate sponsorship. Twice a year, experiment days are carried out here in cooperation with students from the University of Applied Sciences and students from the Diocese University of Education.

Some of the lessons are based on the "EVA" principle. The abbreviation stands for "independent work". The students have method training, communication training, team development training during the class, so they not only learn it, but also implement this knowledge immediately. Most of the lessons are also computer-aided.

In line with the international nature of the school, there are also programs for students whose mother tongue is not German. The Arcobaleno “Clever Foxes” project is there to give children whose mother tongue is not German the opportunity to get additional German lessons. In addition, there is the possibility for these students to attend native language lessons for the languages ​​Albanian, Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian, Turkish, Persian.

To make it easier to learn to read, many children have a tandem reading lesson once a week. A mentor takes on a reading sponsor for one semester and takes care of or learns to read with him.

Other offers that are available include swimming lessons in the indoor pool with a swimming trainer, singing school and guitar lessons by teachers from the Linz State Music School and the “Healthy Jause” that takes place every Friday, for which the students and their teachers prepare a healthy school snack.

New middle school

Since the school year 2011/12, the former secondary school has been a new middle school. Classes are based on the AHS curriculum, and there are no longer any ability groups. This also gives you the opportunity to transfer to a middle / higher school without an entrance exam. Through the application of new learning methods (EVA, presentation techniques), the increased use of IT media in the classroom and the preparation for the European Computer Driving License (ECDL), the pupils are prepared for both an apprenticeship and a further educational path. The specialty of this school is the cooperation with the HTL1 in the subjects German, mathematics and computer science. There is team teaching in all NMS classes and an attempt is made to achieve optimal support for each individual child.

A special feature here are the "open language classes". These are classes that have been introduced for children with no or very poor knowledge of German. First, the current level of knowledge is determined and then individual support plans are created, with the lessons being held in small groups. The focus is on acquiring the German language, which is why there are special writing and reading courses if required. On probation, the pupil is transferred to the regular class.

Visual arts

Marble relief girl nude by Josef Thorak
  • In 1955 the marble statue of the Nude Girl by Josef Thorak , also known as the Dying Girl , was placed in the courtyard in memory of the victims of the bombing on October 16, 1944.

The text stone says:

Death's shadow fell on your bright eyes early,
blooming in the eternal, you unforgotten,
cared for by our grief
as victims of the bombing war
,
31 students from the women's vocational school and
1 teacher from the elementary school
and 9 people nurses died here on October 16, 1944 in
their memory. Thorak this statue

Bronze relief human by Fritz Wotruba
  • A bronze relief with the subject Human by Fritz Wotruba , which was put up in 1955, hangs above the entrance gate on Wienerstraße .
Mosaic We are the World Detail beginning on the left with artist Mamadou Alimou
  • We are the world. An extensive mosaic project was created in 2005 in the corridor on the ground floor of today's NMS 5. This project alludes, among other things, to the numerous nations from which the students come. The artist Mamadou Alimou worked on the work of art with the students. The mosaic has a total area of ​​54 m². It consists of four parts, three of which merge into one another.

The main motif is the "tree of life", which holds a globe. The “river of life” flows past it. This is washed around by the “river of life”. This river flows into four symbols that represent the four continents (Europe, Asia, America and Africa). The flags of the home countries from which the pupils come are integrated into this river. The pupils designed these flags themselves in a mosaic workshop. The coat of arms of Upper Austria and the city coat of arms of the city of Linz are on each side of the river. The river flows above the management in the symbol of the hands, which is supposed to symbolize the cohesion of the students with one another. A representation of a sun is mounted above the entrance to the conference room.

See also

literature

  • Walter Schuster, Anneliese Schweiger, Maximilian Schimböck (eds.): National Socialism. Dispute in Linz. 60 years of the Second Republic. Archive of the City of Linz, Linz 2005, ISBN 3-900388-84-9 , p. 113 f.
  • Herfried Thaler, Willibald Katzinger , Ulrike Steiner u. a .: The profane architectural and art monuments of the city of Linz. 3rd part. Outside areas, Urfahr, Ebelsberg. Bundesdenkmalamt , Berger Verlag, Horn 2001, ISBN 3-85028-301-1 .
  • Building project register (1946), building project Dürnbergerschule, Linz City Administration.
  • Building project register (1950), building project Otto-Glöckel-Schule, Magistrat Linz.

Web links

Commons : Otto-Glöckel-Schule Linz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Friederike Haller: Thaler, Herfried; Prokisch, Bernhard; u. a. Federal Monuments Office Austria “The secular architectural and art monuments of the city of Linz III. Part “ In: Thaler, Herfried; Prokisch, Bernhard; u. a. Bundesdenkmalamt Österreich (Ed.), (2001) The secular architectural and art monuments of the city of Linz III. Part, Berger Verlag Horn p. 67 f.
  2. ^ Otto Glöckl elementary and secondary school. City of Linz, accessed on July 28, 2013 .
  3. ^ Friederike Haller: Schuster, Walter; Schweiger, Anneliese; Schimböck, Maximilian "National Socialism: Confrontation in Linz In: Schuster, Walter; Schweiger, Anneliese; Schimböck, Maximilian (eds.). National Socialism Confrontation in Linz, Archive Linz, 2005 p. 113f.
  4. Magistrat Linz: Letter of assignment for the 1946 construction project for the Dürnberg School in Linz In: Construction project register of the city of Linz, year 1946, p. 32 f.
  5. Magistrat Linz: Letter of assignment for the 1950 building project of the Otto Glöckel School in Linz In: Building project register of the city of Linz year 1950 p. 43 f.
  6. Richard Krings: From the Trier boys' community school to the Max Planck grammar school. In: mpg-trier.de. MPG Trier, 1997, accessed on December 3, 2017 .
  7. ^ School chronicle. In: nmslangenlois.ac.at. Lower Austrian Middle School Langenlois, accessed on January 29, 2018 .
  8. EULE VS12: Focus on natural science In: Archived copy ( Memento of the original from September 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been 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 / vs12eule.wordpress.com
  9. EULE VS12: Offers In: http://vs12eule.wordpress.com/angebote/
  10. The Multi-Kulti-Schule von Linz In: http://www.nachrichten.at/oberoesterreich/Die-Multi-Kulti-Schule-von-Linz;art4,711146
  11. Friederike Haller: Final thesis on the course “Pedagogy in Memory Places” In: http://www.erinnern.at/bundeslaender/oberoesterreich/lehrgang-padagogik-an-gedachtnisorten/verbindungen/Haller_Abschlussarbeit_Spurensuche.pdf p. 22 f.
  12. ^ Mamadou Alimou: Mosaic Art on Public Buildings. In: Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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. , P. 22 f. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / mosaik-art.heimat.eu