Theodorianum high school

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Theodorianum high school
Theodorianum high school
type of school high school
School number 169055
founding 799 (school building: 1612)
address

Camp 4

place Paderborn
country North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany
Coordinates 51 ° 42 ′ 58 "  N , 8 ° 45 ′ 16"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 42 ′ 58 "  N , 8 ° 45 ′ 16"  E
carrier City of Paderborn
student 723
Teachers 70
management Nicole Michaelis
Website www.theodorianum.de

The Theodorianum high school in Paderborn ( Paderborn cathedral school in the Middle Ages , Salentinianum high school in the 16th / 17th centuries ) is centrally located in the city ​​center not far from the Paderborn town hall . In the tradition of the cathedral school founded in 799, it is one of the 10 oldest schools still in existence in the German-speaking area . Locals also call the high school "das Theo" . In the 2018/19 school year, around 723 students attended the grammar school; they are taught by 70 teachers. Nicole Michaelis has been the school director since the 2017/18 school year. She followed Dorothea Frintrop-Bechthold.

history

Medieval cathedral school

The history of the Theodorianum spans a period of well over a millennium. The exact year of foundation is not documented. The establishment of the school is directly related to the construction of the Paderborn Cathedral in 777, to which a monastery serving as a mission center ("monasterium") was attached in 780 . The year 799 is commonly referred to as the year of foundation. On the occasion of the visit of Pope Leo III. Charlemagne made a donation to the monastery, which probably also included a cathedral school . The cathedral school was located near Karlsburg, first under Bishop Badurad to the north, then under Bishop Meinwerk to the west of the cathedral's cloister. The first headmaster is also known from Meinwerk's time. Altmann († 1091) later became provost of Aachen and Bishop of Passau . Reinher von Paderborn , a master's degree and headmaster, was particularly important when he published the Computus emendatus with an improved calculation of the Easter date in 1171 and used the decimal system and Indian-Arabic numerals for the first time in Western Europe. He is regarded as a "pacemaker for calendar reform and a master of modern arithmetic". Another important headmaster was the crusade driver and later Paderborn Bishop Thomas Oliver (13th century).

portal

Salentinianum high school and academic high school in the time of the prince-bishop

After a phase of loss of importance, the emerging universities reduced the influence of the cathedral schools, the school was able to renew itself in the early modern period . Even today, the school still refers to a humanistic heritage in its tradition . In the 16th century it was Prince Bishop Salentin who set new accents. Under the new headmaster Hermann Kerssenbroich , school operations were streamlined and modernized. From then on, the cathedral school was called "Gymnasium Salentinianum". With the resignation of Salentin in 1577, like the entire Paderborn bourgeoisie, Heinrich von Sachsen-Lauenburg himself became the ruling prince-bishop Lutheran . Kerssenbroich also gave way to a Protestant successor: Hermann Cappius .

Since 1580 Jesuits worked in the Protestant Paderborn . Little by little they influenced the Gymnasium Salentinianum in their denominational sense with their Catholic reform pedagogy. The first Jesuit teacher was Gottfried Broch , followed in 1583 by Arnold Lütting . The Jesuits, who were still forced to wear secular costume, were able to introduce Roman Catholic textbooks. On May 1, 1585, they finally took over the management from the Protestant Cappius. Despite the great aversion of the anti-Catholic citizenship, the now entirely Jesuit school experienced enormous popularity in the following years, growing from 140 to over 400 students in just one year, according to contemporary sources. The re-Catholicization of the school was only the beginning of the “ Counter Reformation ” in the state capital of the bishopric . With the prince-bishop of Paderborn "Theodor" von Fürstenberg elected as Dietrich IV in 1595 , a radical subjugation of Paderborn Protestantism was to begin, which was completed in 1604. From 1595 the separation of the grammar school from the spatial proximity to the cathedral began. A new Jesuit building was erected on the site of the Minorite Monastery south of Kamp , and most of the classes moved into it in 1609. One class remained at the cloister of the cathedral, which was the cathedral school until 1804. The prince-bishop described the Catholic mission of the Jesuits am Kamp with the following tasks: “Restoration, preservation, and expansion of the Catholic faith and the right teaching of the youth, the faithful instruction of the people through sermons, catechesis and pious duties, the pious distribution of the sacraments and the formation of suitable servants of the Church who are unspoiled in their soul ” .

On July 31, 1612, Prince-Bishop Dietrich IV laid the foundation stone for the study building that still exists today, today's class wing with the cross connection to the tower. Provost Walther von Brabeck and the cathedral dean Arnold von Horst donated the stairwells. In 1614 the school, now known as the “Akademisches Gymnasium” or “Theodorianisches Gymnasium”, finally moved into its current building. Above the main entrance there is still a reference to the Jesuit past of the grammar school: "COLLEGIVM SOCIETATIS IESV". The first Westphalian university was founded in the same building complex (today the Theological Faculty of Paderborn ).

After the devastating Thirty Years' War , his grammar school also flourished in the baroque style with the small imperial territory of Hochstift Paderborn . At times the grammar school was one of the largest in Westphalia, with 800–1000 students. The catchment area was not limited to the prince-bishopric, but also extended to the duchy of Westphalia and the upper monastery of Münster . Due to the standardized curricula of the Jesuits, the grammar school was part of a Catholic educational network connected across Europe. One of the successes of re-Catholicization was the opening of the school to the poor and middle classes of society, who made up about 70 percent of the students.

Prince-Bishop Ferdinand was a special sponsor of the Academic Gymnasium . He built the baroque university church, which is still used today for school services. In the 18th century, the importance of the school decreased continuously due to the sovereign princes who were far from the monastery. The most important student was the baroque master builder Johann Conrad Schlaun .

With the dissolution of the Jesuit order by Pope Clement XIV in 1773 , the school inevitably had to relate to itself. The Jesuits remained in a community similar to a monastery, but the offspring could no longer come largely from other territories. A further loss of importance followed in a social climate that was increasingly enlightened, even in Paderborn .

New humanism in Prussian times

The takeover of the school by the Prussian administration after the occupation of the country in 1802 resulted in the conversion to a neo-humanist grammar school. Students of the Protestant faith could be accepted again, for the first time also Jews. The grammar school remained in the Napoleonic Kingdom of Westphalia , but was noticeable for its backwardness, especially in newer languages. After Prussia finally took possession of the Principality of Paderborn , the Academic Gymnasium was subordinated to the Royal Consistory of the new Province of Westphalia , and in 1825 to the Provincial School College in Münster . By Friedrich Kohlrausch (1780-1865) which was re-humanistic Humboldt education reform implemented at Paderborn Gymnasium. In 1821 the school's first Abitur examination took place. The first “modern” director was Heinrich Gundolf (1828). The most important students of these years were the historian Georg Joseph Bessen (1782–1838), the poet Friedrich Wilhelm Weber (1813–1894) and the mathematician Karl Weierstrass (1815–1897). In 1838, high school students were significantly involved in the Paderborn tumult on the occasion of the Cologne turmoil . When director Johannes Ahlemeyer (1798–1863) took office in 1846, the school was called “Gymnasium Theodorianum”.

The German Revolution of 1848/1849 was largely ignored at the Theodorianum. However, when in December 1848 the higher regional court trainee and former Theodorian Franz Anton Löher , who called for tax refusal in his Westfälische Zeitung , was arrested, there were brief unrest. Under the school director Ahlemeyer, there was a significant increase in the number of students in the 1850s. In 1835 397 students attended the grammar school, in 1854 there were already 563, and in 1855 a high of 573 students was reached. The Theodorianum therefore had to divide the classes and expand the buildings. But the following year the number of pupils fell again, due to the construction of the Petrinum grammar school in Brilon and the recognition of the Progymnasium in Warburg.

On the basis of a resolution by the Ministry of Culture, the grammar school was treated as a state institution from January 1, 1874. This resulted in the separation of the Theodorianum from the church and Anton Joseph Schmidt, headmaster since 1864, was the last spiritual director. During his tenure there was again the problem of lack of space and various authorities called for the establishment of a community school . However, the mayor of the city refused this in 1882, "the city was not able to build a community school". At that time Paderborn could not guarantee the maintenance of another school from the tax revenue. Schmidt retired in 1884, and was succeeded by Adolf Hechelmann, who was born in Münster. Under Hechelmann, the question of space was finally resolved: Between 1887 and 1893, renovations and extensions were carried out, which brought the Theodorianum into the form it had before it was destroyed in 1945. At the same time, however, in 1888 Heinrich Reismann finally founded a secondary school, today's Reismann-Gymnasium Paderborn .

The Theodorianum in the 20th century

In the early 20th century, the Theodorianum presented itself as a patriotic institution in predominantly Protestant Prussia. On the occasion of the 300th birthday on Kamp in 1912, the city of Paderborn placed statues on the consoles of the east and courtyard facades. Those portrayed included Charlemagne , Kaiser Wilhelm II and previous German kings, as well as Paderborn's founders and bishops.

In 1926 the future provost Joseph Brockmann (Abitur 1911) and Ludwig Ferrari (Abitur 1889) founded the "Association of Former Theodorians". Since it was founded, the association has financially supported students in need. In addition, she maintains contact with the former students of the grammar school through circulars; after 1945 (beginning in 1950) this annually sends the "annual report of the association" to all members.

The buildings of the Theodorianum were largely destroyed in the bombing raids on Paderborn on January 17, 1945 and March 27, 1945. The school library with around 14,000 volumes was also destroyed. After the war, reconstruction based on the historical model began, and the topping-out ceremony was held in 1954. In 1962 the grammar school celebrated its 350th anniversary with a large torchlight procession. Only in 1975 did the tower regain its spire.

The introduction of the de-typed grammar school in the 20th century determines the state of the school in the present. The original boys' school opened for girls in 1971. An all-boys class remained until the 1990s.

The Theodorianum in the 21st century

In March 2020, the Theodorianum applied for the title School without Racism - School with Courage with the introduction of a general value concept that was developed by the entire school community and is intended to shape social interaction through respect, solidarity and responsibility at the Theodorianum . The project is to be sponsored by the soccer coach Steffen Baumgart . The aim of the project is to counter all forms of discrimination, mobbing and violence with moral courage and social commitment.

Key objectives

In a joint process of finding and coordinating teachers, students and parents, key objectives have been developed that are intended to form the basis of the school program. The main objectives of the Theodorianum's school program are as follows:

  1. The Theodorianum derives its educational mandate from a humanistic - Christian worldview .
  2. We lay the foundation with Latin as the starting language for a wide range of languages ​​and specifically promote intercultural learning.
  3. We focus on mathematics and science .
  4. We promote different talents and motivate commitment to special motivation .
  5. We advocate trusting and respectful cooperation between all those involved in school life.
  6. We value a diverse cultural offer.
  7. We open our school through contacts to the world of work and business .
  8. We promote media education for teachers and students using modern information and communication technologies .
  9. We put the acquisition and imparting of technical, methodological and social competence at the center of our work and promote creativity .
  10. We attach great importance to accompanying the development of our students from a personality- strengthening and health-promoting point of view and to strengthening environmental awareness .

In addition to these key objectives, there has been a value concept developed by the school community since 2019.

Language sequence

At the Theodorianum, Latin is compulsory from grade 5. Parallel to these four-hour Latin lessons, English is taught for three hours. In the differentiation area of ​​grade 8, in addition to a science-mathematics course and French, the subject Ancient Greek can also be chosen. Both classic languages ​​are also taught in basic and advanced courses in the upper level.

From grade EF / 10, another new foreign language can be taken as a basic course. The Theodorianum currently offers Spanish as a new foreign language, in cooperation with the neighboring high schools Pelizaeus and Reismann, Russian can also be taken from the EF.

Benefit evening

The Theodorianum's own student committee organizes a benefit concert every year in February or March. The proceeds will go to the Frei Alberto partner school in São Luís . The contributions to the benefit evening are varied and include a. sporting (dance), musical and literary performances. The talents are supported by an elaborate technical concept, which is a special privilege of the benefit evening. The charity evening took place for the first time in 2006, and since 2015 there have been two events on consecutive evenings due to the high number of visitors.

School partnerships

Gymnasium Theodorianum maintains or has maintained a school partnership with the following schools, which manifests itself in regular student exchanges or projects:

  • Norbertus College Roosendaal (NL)
  • Mildenhall College Academy (GB): content-related discussion of the Christmas peace in World War I, erection of a memorial in the peace village of Mesen in Belgium
  • Liboriusschule Paderborn (special school for physically handicapped children and young people)

Well-known "Theodorians"

The following persons were students of the cathedral school and the grammar school.

The roll of honor at the Theodorianum High School, Paderborn, which was renewed in 2009

Known teachers

School service

Market Church

The market church , in which the Catholic school services for the 5th and 6th grade regularly take place, is located directly at the Theodorianum. For many years, the Förderverein Baroque Altar of the Marktkirche eV , to which many former Theodorians belong, collected for the reconstruction of the baroque altar in the Marktkirche, which has now been completed.

See also

literature

  • Conrad Bade: The Theodorian Gymnasium from 1609–1773 and the later conditions of the same up to its reorganization by the Prussian government in 1819. In: Zeitschrift für vaterländische Geschichte und Altertumskunde , Volume 10 (1847), pp. 60–114 ( Google Books , special print : ULB Münster )
  • Festschrift to celebrate the three hundredth anniversary of the royal high school Theodorianum in Paderborn in 1912. Publisher: Junfermannsche Buchdruckerei. ( Paderborn University Library )
  • Festschrift for Theodorian's Day 1949 (opening ceremony of the state grammar school Theodorianum), author: Karl Lessmann.
  • The Theodorianum high school in Paderborn and its building history, authors: Segin, Leppelmann, Mensing, 1954.
  • Festschrift of the Theodorianum grammar school in Paderborn on the 350th anniversary of the laying of the foundation stone of the school building in 1962. Ed .: F.-J. Weber, F. Ostermann, E. Nitsche. Published by Westfalen Druckerei GmbH.
  • From the cathedral school to the Theodorianum Paderborn, author: Klemens Honselmann, Association for Antiquities of Westphalia, Paderborn Department, Volume 3, Bonifacius Druckerei Paderborn, 1962.
  • Student council history of the Gymnasium Theodorianum in Paderborn (Hrsg.): Gymnasium Theodorianum Paderborn 799-1612-1987 . 375 years of school building on Kamp. Self-published, Paderborn 1987.
  • Butterwegge, Hubert: Viri illustres from Paderborn: a blackboard as a visiting card for the venerable high school Theodorianum. In: Jahrbuch Westfalen 48.1994 (1993) pp. 35–38: Ill.
  • Deo et Patriae - everyday school life at the beginning of this century. Author: Fritz Schäfer. Self-published (see picture).

Web links

Commons : Theodorianum  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Letter to parents for school year 2018/19. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on September 8, 2018 .  ( 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.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.theodorianum.de  
  2. ↑ See Karl Hengst: The Archbishop's Academic Library in Paderborn. Archbishop's Academic Library Paderborn , accessed on December 5, 2010 .
  3. ↑ Cf. Student Council History of the Gymnasium Theodorianum in Paderborn (ed.): Gymnasium Theodorianum Paderborn 799-1612-1987 . 375 years of school building on Kamp. Self-published, Paderborn 1987.
  4. ↑ Quotation from the student council history of the Gymnasium Theodorianum in Paderborn (ed.): Gymnasium Theodorianum Paderborn 799-1612-1987 . 375 years of school building on Kamp. Self-published, Paderborn 1987, p. 18 .
  5. ^ Friedrich Gerhard Hohmann: From the Jesuit school to the state grammar school Theodorianum . In: From the cathedral school to the Theodorianum high school in Paderborn . Association for the History and Archeology of Westphalia, Paderborn 1962, p. 289 .
  6. ^ Friedrich Gerhard Hohmann: From the Jesuit school to the state grammar school Theodorianum . S. 294-297 .
  7. ^ Friedrich Gerhard Hohmann: From the Jesuit school to the state grammar school Theodorianum . S. 317 .
  8. ^ Friedrich Gerhard Hohmann: From the Jesuit school to the state grammar school Theodorianum . S. 326 f .
  9. ^ Friedrich Gerhard Hohmann: From the Jesuit school to the state grammar school Theodorianum . S. 331-334 .
  10. ^ Friedrich Schröder: Heinrich Reismann the founder of the Paderborn secondary school. (PDF; 360 kB) Retrieved on August 29, 2014 .
  11. ↑ Städtisches Gymnasium Theodorianum Paderborn (Hrsg.): Gymnasium Theodorianum Paderborn. Festschrift for the 400th anniversary on Kamp 1612–2012 . Paderborn 2012, p. 13 .
  12. ^ Gymnasium Theodorianum Paderborn . S. 10, 11, 186-189 .
  13. ↑ a b value concept
  14. ^ Gymnasium Theodorianum Paderborn: Steffen Baumgart at THEO - meeting with our school sponsor of the project "School without Racism, School with Courage" , accessed on April 1, 2020
  15. ↑ Languages ​​- Profile - Living and Learning - Gymnasium Theodorianum Paderborn. In: www.theodorianum.de. Retrieved March 31, 2016 .
  16. ↑ Another huge success this year - THE BENEFIT EVENING - News - The THEO - Gymnasium Theodorianum Paderborn. In: www.theodorianum.de. Retrieved March 31, 2016 .
  17. ^ Pius Wittmann:  Löher, Franz von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 52, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1906, pp. 56-62.
  18. ↑ "Theo-Export" makes a career. Retrieved October 25, 2016 .