St. Michael-Gymnasium (Bad Münstereifel)

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St. Michael-Gymnasium Bad Münstereifel
St. Michael high school in Bad Münstereifel (partial view)
Entrance gate
type of school high school
School number 166820
founding 1625
address

Market 11

place Bad Münstereifel
country North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany
Coordinates 50 ° 33 '13 "  N , 6 ° 45' 50"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 33 '13 "  N , 6 ° 45' 50"  E
carrier City of Bad Münstereifel
student about 780
Teachers about 60
management Annett Schorrlepp
Website [1]

The St. Michael-Gymnasium is a high school in Bad Münstereifel . Along with the Archbishop's St. Angela Gymnasium, it is one of the two high schools in the city. The school, which was founded by the Jesuits in 1625 , is sponsored by the city of Bad Münstereifel.

history

The founding leaflet of September 29, 1625, Michaelmas Day, dates the school's foundation.

The Jesuit order only supported the higher education system. Since the lessons were free of charge, the school was dependent on strong financial support. The school received mainly endowments, gifts and bequests.

An expensive building was built with financial support. The building was completed in 1726 and has remained largely unchanged to this day. Due to the large amount of financial resources, there was also an extensive library. In 1773, the college's assets included a town plot, nine estates and farms, two pastures, five forests, five leases, five pensions, six local taxes and many minor claims.

The only subject of instruction was classical writers and their writings. The language of instruction was Latin. The teachers integrated all the contents of today's subjects such as German, history, geography and mathematics into the explanation of the Latin texts. Thus the teachers had to use existing sources in the school library to convey teaching content; an extensive school library was therefore important. The Jesuit school organization lasted until about the second half of the 18th century. The number of students in 1750 was about 200 boys. Girls were not taught.

With the repeal of the Jesuit order by Pope Clement XIV in 1773, ownership changed. By decree of the Reichshofrat in Vienna, the school and its goods were subordinated to the respective sovereign administration. Elector Karl Theodor , Duke of Jülich-Berg , entrusted the administration and maintenance of the school to the city of Münstereifel. Due to the dependence on the city and its limited financial means, the school became smaller. Between 1795 and 1814 the school was almost penniless. During this time teachers taught free of charge. With the transfer of the Duchy of Jülich to the Kingdom of Prussia (1815), the school received more money again. The number of pupils, which was only 18 in the autumn of 1800, grew to 123 in 1820.

After the Second World War, the school was run by the state authorities. So it became a state high school. Since January 1974 the school has been urban again.

Exchange programs

Every year there is a student exchange with schools in Bad Münstereifel's partner cities. The participating German students spend about 10 days in an English or French family and the exchange partners from France or England spend about the same time in Bad Münstereifel. The partner schools are:

Facilities

  • Jesuit library: The oldest books in this historical library of the grammar school date from the 15th century.
  • Work library: Here, students can prepare for presentations or do other school tasks in a quiet working atmosphere. The library contains around 20,000 works.
  • Student library: This library has novels and non-fiction books, especially for a younger audience.
  • Theater basement: In this school theater, groups of pupils put on plays. It has space for 80 spectators.
  • Café Böhnchen: In this school café run by parents, schoolchildren can spend time with music, drinks, games and snacks during breaks and free hours.
  • School kitchen: Here z. B. Class celebrations take place.

particularities

Jesuit library

The oldest books in the Jesuit library

By the Jesuit -scale library includes, 23 bound manuscripts and 80 incunabula dating from before 1500. The oldest documents Sheet music from the 11th to the 13th century, so-called neumes . It also contains numerous writings from the 16th and 17th centuries on the witch problem, in particular an edition of The Witch's Hammer .

Bilingual branch

Since 1994, students in the bilingual branch have been increasingly taught English. In the seventh grade geography and politics, in the eighth grade history and differentiated geography and from the ninth grade onwards social sciences are also taught in English. The bilingual Abitur prescribes English as an advanced course and geography English as a third or fourth Abitur subject.

Mini research

Since 1986 pupils of the grammar school have taken part in youth research , pupils experiment and other competitions every year . In the period 1986–2015, 241 groups took part in the competitions and won a total of 470 prizes. During this period, 83 groups took part in the state competition and 19 groups made it to the national competition.

High school students have won the national youth research competition three times: in 2004, the production and verification of nanotubes was awarded the interdisciplinary national victory. In 2008 and 2010, the production and investigation of graphs was rewarded with the national victory for the most original work and the national victory for the best interdisciplinary work. In 2013, a student also won the Siemens Stiftung European competition with experiments on water protection.

Also in 2010 the school received the “Jugend forscht Schule 2010” award from the Conference of Ministers of Education.

Known teachers and students (by year of birth)

literature

  • Gymnasium in Bad Münstereifel (Ed.): Examen publicum in Gymnasio Monasterio-Eifliaco . Coloniae 1825, urn : nbn: de: hbz: 061: 1-313026 .
  • Gymnasium zu Bad Münstereifel (Ed.): Program for the examination and closing ceremony, which are held at the Gymnasium zu Münstereifel ... and to which the sponsors and friends of the Gymnasium hereby sincerely invite . Georgi, Bonn, urn : nbn: de: hbz: 061: 1-314133 (1839–1854; 1857–1861).
  • Gymnasium zu Bad Münstereifel (Ed.): Program for the closing ceremony, which will take place at the Gymnasium zu Münstereifel ... and to which the sponsors and friends of the Gymnasium herewith sincerely invite you . Schmitz, Cologne, urn : nbn: de: hbz: 061: 1-321450 (1855–1856).
  • Gymnasium zu Bad Münstereifel (Ed.): Program for the final exams, which are held at the Gymnasium zu Münstereifel ... and to which the sponsors and friends of the Gymnasium herewith sincerely invite you . Georgi, Bonn 1862, urn : nbn: de: hbz: 061: 1-314153 .
  • Königliches Gymnasium zu Münstereifel (Ed.): Program of the Königliches Gymnasium zu Münstereifel . Bonn, urn : nbn: de: hbz: 061: 1-314741 (1863–1890).
  • Königliches Gymnasium zu Münstereifel (Ed.): Report on the school year . Bonn, urn : nbn: de: hbz: 061: 1-299505 (1891–1915).
  • Harald Bongart, Peter Ismar, Marius Schulten (eds.): Place of special treasures. The Jesuit library in Bad Münstereifel . Cologne 2016, ISBN 978-3-00-054626-6 .

Web links

Commons : St. Michael-Gymnasium  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ School homepage: School history (accessed on November 5, 2017)
  2. ^ A b Paul Georg Neft: Jesuit Library . St. Michael-Gymnasium, 2007; Retrieved January 30, 2011.
  3. ^ A b Edeltraud Kretschmer: Working library . St. Michael-Gymnasium, undated; Retrieved January 30, 2011.
  4. ^ A b Paul Georg Neft: School program . St. Michael-Gymnasium, undated; Retrieved January 30, 2011.
  5. ^ Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs awards special prize "Jugend forscht Schule 2010" . Conference of Ministers of Education , May 16, 2010; Retrieved January 30, 2011.