Ratsgymnasium (Wolfsburg)
| Council high school | |
|---|---|
| type of school | high school |
| founding | 1942 |
| address |
Pestalozziallee 2 |
| place | Wolfsburg |
| country | Lower Saxony |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 25 '13 " N , 10 ° 47' 21" E |
| carrier | City of Wolfsburg |
| student | 800 (2015/16) |
| Teachers | 90 |
| management | Jennifer Yavuz |
| Website | www.ratsgymnasium-wolfsburg.de |
The Ratsgymnasium (internal RGW for Ratsgymnasium Wolfsburg) is a grammar school in the center of Wolfsburg . It is the first grammar school founded in Wolfsburg.
history
In 1942, four years after the city of the KdF-Wagons was founded (renamed Wolfsburg in 1945), the city's first secondary school (renamed Ratsgymnasium in 1958) was founded. It is thus the oldest grammar school in Wolfsburg and later formed the starting point for other schools to be founded. Initially housed in barracks south of Ludendorffstrasse (today Heinrich-Heine-Strasse), the school later moved to elementary school barracks southeast of Heßlingen . After school lessons were stopped due to the war, lessons were resumed on October 1, 1945, this was announced in the city by loudspeaker announcements.
For the construction of a new secondary school, Professor Friedrich Wilhelm Kraemer from Braunschweig received first prize on July 21, 1950 as part of a first architectural competition in Wolfsburg. The new school was built on the site of the barrack church, consecrated in 1947, which was torn down again in 1951 and rebuilt nearby as the Christ Church . On May 28, 1951, classes began for some classes in the first wing of the newly built school building south of today's Pestalozziallee; most classes initially stayed in the school barracks. On December 9, 1955, the school was inaugurated after the final construction phase , which included the auditorium and gymnasium. In 2011, the fundamental modernization of the school building began and on September 3, 2012 the first extension for the 5th and 6th grades was officially opened. A total of eight new or modernized classrooms, a redesigned outdoor area and an open zone with break and group areas were created in this innovative building. On May 18, 2015, the groundbreaking ceremony took place for a new science wing and two gyms. This wing S for STEM and sport was put into operation for schools on October 16, 2017. In the next step, the main building on Pestalozziallee will be replaced by a new building. On May 4, 2017, the winning design of the architecture competition for the new construction of the main building was presented at a public award ceremony in the town hall's community hall. The upper level classes will take place during the new building in the nearby former Porsche Realschule - now Ratsgymnasium Trakt K.
As part of a model test, the Ratsgymnasium became the central location of a Dietz Computer Systems computer system as early as 1978 , which was used by all Wolfsburg high schools, vocational schools and the adult education center for computer science lessons until 1980. In addition to the Ratsgymnasium, there are now four other state high schools in Wolfsburg, including the Theodor-Heuss-Gymnasium , with which the Ratsgymnasium cooperates in the upper level. The cooperation results in an individual focus for the student body, which means a high degree of choice of subject combinations within the framework of the upper level profile.
The school has three profiles: a musical and cultural profile with the subject performing games in the upper level and theater groups in every year, wind classes with the Brazz project, a European profile with the offer of four foreign languages, European events, European School partnerships, the Comenius project and English as the working language in secondary school and a MINT profile (mathematics, computer science, natural sciences, technology) as a multi-certified MINT-EC school. Since April 15, 2011, the Ratsgymnasium has had the title " School without Racism - School with Courage ".
Exchange programs
The Ratsgymnasium Wolfsburg maintains long-term contacts with schools mainly in neighboring European countries. School exchanges and school trips take place there regularly .
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Roskilde High School, Roskilde
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Collège de La Binquenais in Rennes
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Carlforsska High School, Västerås
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Hinchley Wood School , Secondary School, Surrey
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CEIPS MONCAYO, Fuenlabrada
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ZŠ Doctrina, Liberec
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Internship abroad in Portugal, France and Sweden.
The school participated in the Comenius program in 2010–2012 and 2012–2014 .
Awards
- Already four times the Ratsgymnasium represented the country Lower Saxony in the school theater of the countries . In 2007 the school hosted the annual competition.
- The Ratsgymnasium has been one of the 262 MINT-EC schools in Germany since September 2001 and was certified as such for the sixth time by the Association of Mathematical and Scientific Excellence Centers in Schools in December 2017 .
- Between 2003 and 2007, the Ratsgymnasium was awarded the Globe Germany School annually and is one of the eleven most active schools in the world.
- Since May 12, 2004 the Ratsgymnasium has been called the European School .
- On September 6, 2017, the Ratsgymnasium was recognized for the sixth time in a row since September 2007 as an environmental school in Europe and for the fourth time in a row as an "International Agenda 21 School".
- In November 2008 the Ratsgymnasium received the employer award for education endowed with 10,000 euros.
Commitment to environmental protection
The Ratsgymnasium promotes an increased awareness of the school community for the environment and climate. Projects with this objective were, in addition to the Globe AG, for example the appointment of "energy managers" in the individual classes. Today, participation in various competitions on the subject of environmental protection and climate change, such as participation in the VCD FahrRad campaign , the fll competition Climate Connections and the PowerPakt energy saving campaign sponsored by dena are part of school life. In class, this interest is reflected in the establishment of seminar courses on the social and scientific problems of climate change.
Another environmentally friendly initiative was the school's own photovoltaic system, which was installed in 1998 and produced a yield of over 9240 kWh. The proportion of energy it provided for the school's total electricity consumption was, however, relatively small due to its small dimensions.
Well-known former students
- Sheila Arnold is an internationally known concert pianist and was appointed professor at the Cologne University of Music and Dance in 2006 .
- Burkhard Göke was Medical Director of the University of Munich Hospital until 2013 and is now Medical Director and Chairman of the Board of Management of the Hamburg-Eppendorf University Hospital .
- Peter-Jürgen Hofer is a concert pianist, was a professor at the University of Music and Theater in Hamburg and lecturer in piano courses at the Institute for New Music and Music Education in Darmstadt.
- Carsten Jenß was dramaturge at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and is head dramaturge at the State Theater in Mainz.
- Dirk Kügler is head of the DLR Institute for Flight Guidance in Braunschweig .
- Bernhard Mattes (high school graduate born in 1975) was Chairman of the Management Board of Ford-Werke GmbH and President of the Association of the Automotive Industry until the end of 2019 .
- Margit Müller is a former German national hockey player and teacher at the Ratsgymnasium until 2009.
- Gottfried Munzenberg is a physicist and was instrumental in the discovery of the chemical elements 107 to 112.
- Until his retirement in 1998, Wolfgang Perschel was a full professor of political science and public law at the University of Siegen with a focus on education law, fundamental rights, legal policy, international law, and mediation.
- Rolf-Dieter Postlep , economist and since 2000 President of the University of Kassel
- Kai Rannenberg has held a professorship for business administration, business informatics, in particular mobile business & multilateral security, at Goethe University Frankfurt a. M.
- Lena Rudkowski became the youngest junior professor of law in Germany in 2011 at the age of 25.
- Anna-Katharina Samsel is a three-time roller skating world champion and actress.
- Günzel Graf von der Schulenburg-Wolfsburg was a farmer and forester, entrepreneur as well as equestrian and sports official.
- David Steffen is a German film actor.
- Christoph Stolz is a German long jumper.
- Peter Weise is a German economist.
- Irina Szodruch has been a dramaturge at the Berlin Schaubühne since 2006 .
- Volker Tresp is a scientist in the field of machine learning and has been a professor in computer science at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich since 2011.
literature
- Ratsgymnasium Wolfsburg (Hrsg.): Festschrift for the school anniversary. 75 years of the Ratsgymnasium Wolfsburg. Wolfsburg 2017.
- Adolf Köhler: Wolfsburg. A chronicle. 1938-1948. Wolfsburg 1974. pp. 67/68.
- Adolf Köhler: Wolfsburg. Building a city. 1948-1968. Wolfsburg, undated (around 1976). Pp. 68/69.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ City of Wolfsburg (ed.): Wolfsburg 1938–1988. Wolfsburg 1988, p. 63.
- ↑ Federal Association of German Employers' Associations : Bahn and BDA honor MINT engagement ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , November 4, 2008
- ↑ As of September 2008
- ^ Vita Bernhard Mattes on Munzinger.
