St. Ursula School (Würzburg)

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St. Ursula School
St. Ursula School Würzburg.jpg
type of school Linguistic, economic and social science high school ; secondary school
founding 1712
address

Augustinerstrasse 17

place Wurzburg
country Bavaria
Country Germany
Coordinates 49 ° 47 '26 "  N , 9 ° 55' 46"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 47 '26 "  N , 9 ° 55' 46"  E
carrier Ursuline monastery in Würzburg
student 1354 (as of: 2018/2019)
Teachers 97 full-time employees (as of 2018/2019)
management Sr. Katharina Merz
Website st-ursula-schule-wuerzburg.de

The St. Ursula School is a linguistic, economic and social science girls 'high school as well as a girls ' secondary school run by the Ursulines in Würzburg . The school has around 1,400 students, making it the largest school in Würzburg. It is centrally located in the old town.

history

The Catholic private school goes back to the order of the Ursulines, the "Nova compagnia di Santa Orsola di Brescia", which later became a so-called school order. Angela Merici founded the order in November 1535 in Brescia, Italy . To this day the Ursulines live according to the rule of Angela Merici. One of her main concerns is the education of girls and the communication of their religious ideas. The work for the socially disadvantaged is also integrated into the school routine. Superior sister Katharina Merz heads the two schools (grammar school and secondary school) of the Ursuline convent in Augustinerstrasse in Würzburg.

The Antoniterkirche is also located on the site. It is named after the Antonite monks who lived here since the end of the 13th century. They mainly devoted themselves to nursing. The French nobleman Gaston is said to have founded the men's order as a thank you for healing his son from the “Antonius fire”, a contagious disease that spread throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. In 1545 the Antonite monastery was closed. Over a century later, Countess Hatzfeld brought French Ursulines from Metz to Kitzingen to educate the daughters of the Lower Franconian nobility and founded a monastery with a boarding school there. From here the plans to found a monastery in Würzburg soon matured. On March 25, 1712, the Kitzingen Ursulines received the approval of Prince Bishop Johann Philipp von Greifenclau to settle in his royal seat. Seven sisters began modestly in Dominikanergasse to set up a monastery with a chapel. It was called the Convent of the Ursulines from the Annunciation . In addition to some “Kostfräulein” (home students), girls from the city attended the “outer school”, a free elementary school. Ten years later the community was able to support itself financially, also through the dowries of the often aristocratic sisters. The convent bought the abandoned Antonite monastery from private ownership, which also includes a small church (Antoniterkirche). In 1725 the ceremonial move to the property in Augustinerstrasse took place. The sisters had the Antoniterkirche renovated, expanded and solemnly consecrated in the baroque style.

Under Prince-Bishop Friedrich Karl von Schönborn , the old, partly ailing complex was demolished. The new construction of the monastery was directed by Balthasar Neumann . The cloister and stairwells with stone ornamental railings still bear witness to this today. Tiles from the former laundry room can still be found on the floor of the reception hall of the Marientrakt. They were provided with ornaments by hand. On March 16, 1945, the day the Würzburg was bombed, the Ursuline monastery was also destroyed. A few years later it was rebuilt and school operations could continue. The chronicle of the Würzburg Ursulines, which begins in 1712, was saved in the crypt about the Second World War . In 1950, with the permission of Bishop Julius Döpfner , a Protestant pupil was admitted to the Ursuline Middle School for the first time (today's Realschule ).

52 sisters lived in the Ursuline monastery before the Second World War, 36 sisters in 1982 and today there are 11. More than 100 teachers support the school. Over 1400 schoolgirls attend the St. Ursula School, around 30 percent of whom come from the city and 70 percent from the Würzburg district and neighboring regions.

The school gained notoriety through various campaigns, including the street children campaign “Heaven sends us” or the rise of colorful balloons in July 2013 to be considered a “ school without racism - school with courage ”.

Training directions

foreign languages

  • English from year 5 at both types of schools
  • French or Latin from the 6th grade at the Gymnasium and French from the 7th grade at the Realschule
  • French from the 8th grade at the Gymnasium, if the linguistic branch was chosen, or from the 6th grade, if the social science branch was chosen
  • Spanish as a late-beginning foreign language from the 10th grade at the grammar school in both directions

high school

The grammar school offers two different courses:

  • Linguistic high school (SG)
  • Social Science High School (WSG-S)

After passing the final exam, the grammar school awards the Abitur at the end of the twelfth grade .

secondary school

All elective subject groups are offered at the Realschule :

  • I = mathematical and scientific branch
  • II = economic branch
  • IIIa = linguistic branch ( French )
  • IIIb = household branch ( household and nutrition )

The Realschule imparts after passing the final exam at the end of tenth grade high school .

particularities

Bilingual geography lessons

The St. Ursula Realschule has been participating in the “Bilingual Train” pilot project since the 2011/12 school year. This train can be chosen independently of the elective subject group and means an additional qualification for the students. Sixth grade students can choose to be taught geography in English from seventh to ninth grade. This also means that three instead of the usual two hours per week have to be completed in geography.

The grammar school also offers bilingual geography lessons in the 10th grade. Lessons are mainly held in English; difficult topics are dealt with in German. Impromptu assignments are also written in English. Grammatical errors are corrected, but not counted.

E class

The St. Ursula School has been offering an E-class since the 2013/14 school year . Which at the St. Ursula Realschule or a student Central , economic or junior high school, the high school have acquired that can E-Class of St Ursula Grammar School visit to after their successful completion of the qualification phase Q11 and Q12 to go through to graduation. The E-class is a special form of the tenth grade at the grammar school, which prepares pupils with an intermediate level of education for the whole range of the grammar school subjects. It specifically encourages the pupils in a second foreign language in which they have little or no previous knowledge. However , it is not possible to repeat the E-Class .

MATHEGYM

With the financial support of the parents' council, the St. Ursula School was able to acquire a school license for the MATHEGYM internet learning platform. This is based on the mathematics curriculum at Bavarian grammar schools (G8) or secondary schools. On the learning platform, the pupils can solve tasks at an individual level and, if necessary, receive tips because there are videos in which mathematical content is explained. There are also solutions to the tasks.

MINT program

The St. Ursula School takes part in the nationwide MINT-EC 300 program , in which 300 pupils from all over Germany who are gifted in scientific thinking are given special support.

Open all-day school

The afternoon care of the St. Ursula School is an institution in the sense of the open all-day schools in Bavaria. She is visited by high school and secondary school students. On the basis of Christian values, which shape the school in its orientation, the pupils receive holistic support. The focus is on introducing people to responsible and independent learning and working in the various learning groups (homework time) as well as building up and strengthening social interaction with cross-group offers.

Student exchange

There is a regular school exchange with France , which aims to break down prejudices and make the country more interesting for the girls. The grammar school is a Catholic private school ( Brissac-Quincé in the Maine-et-Loire department ) with around 400 students. The secondary school of the St. Ursula School has been organizing the student exchange since the 2018/19 school year with the Collège Sainte-Ursule - Louise de Bettignies in Paris , which is sponsored by the Ursulines of the Roman Union and has 650 students.

School laboratory

In the course of 2014, a completely new natural science area will be created at the St. Ursula School. New chemistry and physics halls are occupied.

Elective courses

A variety of elective courses are offered at the St. Ursula School. They generally take place in the afternoon, after the compulsory morning lessons.

Others

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ St. Ursula School of the Ursulines Würzburg - Gymnasium - in the school database of the Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Culture , accessed on May 19, 2020.
  2. ↑ St. Ursula School of the Ursulines Würzburg - Girls' Realschule - in the school database of the Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Culture , accessed on May 19, 2020.
  3. ^ Sybille Grübel: Timeline of the history of the city from 1814-2006. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2, Theiss, Stuttgart 2001-2007; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. Volume 2, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 , pp. 1225-1247; here: p. 1242.
  4. ↑ Klaus Witt City: church and state in the 20th century. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2, Theiss, Stuttgart 2001-2007; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 , pp. 453–478 and 1304 f., Here: pp. 463–469: Under the sign of reconstruction - Julius Döpfner's time as Bishop of Würzburg (1948–1957). P. 469.
  5. ↑ br.de Heaven sends us ( memento from March 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on February 24, 2014
  6. ↑ pow.bistum-wuerzburg.de Colorful balloons advertise tolerance, accessed on February 24, 2014