Stiftisches Humanistic Gymnasium Mönchengladbach

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Stiftisches Humanistic Gymnasium Mönchengladbach
type of school high school
School number 165062
founding (1800) / 1877
address

Abteistrasse 17

place Mönchengladbach
country North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany
Coordinates 51 ° 11 '35 "  N , 6 ° 25' 4"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 11 '35 "  N , 6 ° 25' 4"  E
carrier City of Mönchengladbach
student about 900
management Thomas Hollkott
Website huma-gym.de
Seal mark high school - M. Gladbach

The Stiftisches Humanistische Gymnasium Mönchengladbach (colloquially known as "Huma") was opened at the end of April 1877 under its current name. It is a municipal high school with secondary levels 1 and 2.

history

After a training facility of the Abbey of Gladbach was mentioned for the first time in 1315, which is also occasionally verifiable in the following years, a Latin school is documented for the first time in 1618 . Under Napoleonic rule, in the course of secularization, the monastery and its school were closed and re-established in 1806 as école latine et française . Between 1828 and 1829 the school had to close due to financial difficulties, but was soon reopened thanks to a donation from the mayor. In the following years the school partly had the status of a Progymnasium .

After changes in the city's school landscape, the Stiftisches Humanist Gymnasium Mönchengladbach was founded in 1877 . Lessons were held in two buildings, on Fliescherberg and on Lüpertzenderstraße. Conversions and extensions in 1892 and 1926/27 were followed by the destruction of the school buildings during World War II. The Fliescherberg building could be used again in 1948.

In 1977 a new school building at the Abteiberg site was approved - the school community then moved to the building in the nearby Berggarten, which is now the adult education center. The new building could begin in 1981, the move into the new building took place on August 13, 1984. The school celebrated its 125th anniversary in the summer of 2002.

List of Headmasters:

  • 1829–1841: Wilhelm Schmitz
  • 1841–1874: Johannes Wilhelm Hoeges
  • 1874–1878: Wilhelm Hoerling (interim)
  • 1878–1906: Ernst Schweikert
  • 1907-1910: Max Siebourg
  • 1910–1911: Peter Eschbach
  • 1912–1924: Wilhelm Schurz (brother of Carl Schurz )
  • 1924–1925: Albert Werth
  • 1925–1942: Wilhelm Giesing (1938 on leave)
  • 1938–1939: Oskar Thermann
  • 1946–1950: Heinrich Heckschen
  • 1950–1955: Gottfried Rick
  • 1955–1965: Josef Brüser
  • 1965–1987: Theodor Bolzenius
  • 1987–1994: Antje Hellwig
  • 1994-2006: Bodo Assert
  • 2006–2016: Heinz-Theo Jacobs
  • since 2016: Thomas Hollkott

organization

The grammar school is attended by around 900 students. They are taught by 58 teachers.

particularities

Until 1970, Latin was the only first foreign language, which is due to the humanistic character of the school. However, English quickly established itself and French was later added to the offer. However, until 1999, the second foreign language had to be Latin when starting with English. The humanistic character is also noticeable in the humanities, practical philosophy was adopted early on.

School library

The school library contains over 30,000 volumes and is based on the holdings of the previous schools on the Abteiberg. The school library is one of the oldest in North Rhine-Westphalia, it was saved from destruction in the Second World War. Valuable books, which are assigned to different subject areas, are accessible to the students.

School exchange

The Stiftisch-Humanistische Gymnasium has made some, meanwhile traditional, contacts all over the world:

Netherlands

Every year there is a one-day exchange with the Bishopelijk College Weert ( Weert , Netherlands ). “Huma” pupils visit the school in Weert and a week later the Dutch partners come to Mönchengladbach to exchange ideas.

France

A one -week exchange takes place with a school in Orléans for the eighth grade, in which the knowledge of the French language and culture can be deepened. Before 1998 there was a connection with the Lycée Maxence van der Meersch in the northern French city of Roubaix .

Like the contact with students from Weert, this exchange is aimed particularly at the image of the school in European cohesion.

United States

However, partnerships also exist outside of Europe:

For students in the tenth or eleventh grade there is the possibility of a three-week stay in the USA . There is contact with Titusville High School in Florida , which also includes excursions to the US state of Georgia .

Known students

During the Nazi era, the Jewish primary school student Alfred Katzenstein had to leave school before graduating from high school.

High school graduates

Web links

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  1. ^ Heinrich Heckschen: Review in the commemorative publication on the 75th anniversary of the school. 1952
  2. Festschrift for the 125th anniversary of the school
  3. Festschriften for the 75th and 125th anniversary of the school