Otto Pankok School

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Otto Pankok School
Otto Pankok School Logo.png
type of school high school
School number 165128
founding 1852
address

Von-Bock-Strasse 81

place Mülheim an der Ruhr
country North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany
Coordinates 51 ° 25 '34 "  N , 6 ° 53' 42"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 25 '34 "  N , 6 ° 53' 42"  E
carrier City of Mülheim an der Ruhr
student 868 (as of June 2018)
Teachers 73 (as of June 2018)
management Ulrich Stockem
Website otto-pankok-schule.de

The Otto-Pankok-Schule (short OP , colloquially often Otto-Pankok-Gymnasium ) is a high school in the city of Mülheim an der Ruhr . It got its current name in 1974 after Otto Pankok , a well-known painter , draftsman and sculptor born in Mülheim .

The Otto Pankok School has 868 students and 73 teachers (as of June 28, 2018).

history

The school has its roots in the "Higher Citizens School" opened in 1852. This date is also regarded as the founding year of the Otto Pankok School and was last celebrated in 2002 - the 150th anniversary of its existence. In 1911 the institution was divided into the state “Royal High School with Realgymnasium” (today's Otto Pankok School) and the municipal “Oberrealschule” (today's Karl Ziegler School ). The first director of the newly founded state grammar school was Adolf Stamm.

After the end of the First World War it was called the Staatliches Gymnasium . Since the Städtisches Gymnasium continued the tradition of the Realgymnasium with an emphasis on the natural sciences, after the reorganization of the school system after the time of National Socialism, the character of the Gymnasium could be read in the name of Staatliches Gymnasium Mülheim ad Ruhr (Old Language and New Language High School) . The input language was Latin. After English as a second foreign language, either ancient Greek or French was added in the middle school. The old-language branch of the boys' grammar school at that time was even allowed to be visited by individual women if they wanted or should continue their Greek courses. But also the arts subjects were particularly encouraged. At the end of the 1950s, the auditorium was given one by Hugo Stinnes jun. Donated organ, for the inauguration of which in October 1959 Albert Schweitzer was won over, who was visiting the city to visit the Stinnes family, who were friends with him. The little-used organ was transferred to the new school building. The music teacher Heuken could even be heard on the radio with his open chants , which he organized with the school community.

After the city of Mülheim an der Ruhr took over the school sponsorship on January 1, 1974, the city council decided that Otto Pankok should become the namesake. The Otto Pankok School was given its current name on August 1st.

On April 7, 1978, the German rock band Grobschnitt recorded the first live album, Solar Music - Live , in the school's forum .

From February 5, 2014 to February 18 of the same year, the school building was closed for classes due to acute structural defects. The deficiencies, the non-storm-proof outer facade, were discovered as part of fire protection measures. The building has been refurbished since then.

School structure, special features

  • Latin can be chosen as the first foreign language, plus two hours of English. This continues the tradition of the humanistic grammar school.
  • In the upper level, a differentiated range of courses is made possible through cooperation with the other five secondary schools in the city. Ancient Greek is offered as a study group from the 10th grade onwards.
  • The school rowing club, which was founded in 1898 and still exists today, is one of the oldest in the country. He owns his own boathouse on the Ruhr in Menden .

Actions and Achievements

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  • In 2005 the grammar school was NRW champion in school hockey ; this title could be won in the final against a school from Dortmund in the Harbecke sports hall in Mülheim. Numerous successes have been recorded in the sporting sector (e.g. through the school's own rowing team).
  • The cabaret group “Die OPtiker” of the literature course in grade 12 achieved national fame. Their program has often been recognized by critics of the Ruhr area newspaper WAZ .
  • The Otto Pankok Big Band OPas Band also contributes to the high school's international fame through numerous appearances outside of Mülheim. This year the young musicians could be seen and heard for the third time at the Mülheim Jazz Festival.
  • Every year around 16 students, accompanied by two teachers, travel to Mülheim's twin town, Darlington . There they visit the partner school of the Otto Pankok School, the Longfield School or the Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College. A reception by the Mayor of Darlington and a tour of the Railway Museum in Darlington on the world's first railway line, the Stockton and Darlington Railway , are on the agenda. Depending on how the trip is organized, the students live with families of students from Longfield School or at the Arts Center in Darlington. The students stay in Darlington for a week.
  • In 2011 the school published a non-fiction book about its namesake in cooperation with the Broich Realschule and sponsors from the Mülheim economy.

Partner schools

Partner schools are the Carl-Goerdeler-Gymnasium in Leipzig and the Longfield School in Mülheim's twin town Darlington .

Well-known former students

Before 1911

After 1911

literature

  • Gymnasium, Realgymnasium i. E. and Realschule, Mülheim (Ruhr) (Hrsg.): Report on the school years 1908 - 1910. Digitized
  • Heinrich Monzel and Theo Schröter (eds.): Hundred years of high school in Mülheim ad Ruhr: State high school (old language and new language high school), Von-Bock-Straße 81 . Festschrift for the anniversary from September 25 to 29, 1952.
  • blinklichter 2002 - Special edition for the 150th birthday of the Otto Pankok School . Festschrift for the 150th anniversary of the Otto Pankok School. Edited by the yearbook editors of the Otto Pankok School. Mülheim an der Ruhr, 2002.
  • Otto Pankok School - A project by the Otto Pankok School and Broich Realschule . Book, edited by the Otto Pankok School. Mülheim an der Ruhr, 2011.

Other sources

  • City archive Mülheim an der Ruhr, inventory 1204 (State High School)
  • City archive Mülheim an der Ruhr, inventory 2003 (State High School / Otto Pankok School)

Web links


Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The history of the Mülheim schools. City of Mülheim an der Ruhr, December 15, 2014, accessed on September 16, 2015 .
  2. ^ Solar Music Live. Retrieved December 6, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Serious construction defects - Otto Pankok School closes. WAZ.de, February 5, 2014, accessed on February 5, 2014 .
  4. ↑ Pankok Big Band brings freshness to the jazz cellar - Mülheim. In: derwesten.de. October 23, 2016. Retrieved January 21, 2017 .
  5. ^ Darlington Town Twinning & International Association. In: darlingtontowntwinning.co.uk. September 20, 2016, accessed January 21, 2017 .
  6. ↑ WAZ article "The Otto Pankok book is ready" on the school's website
  7. ^ Article in the city archives about Günther Smend