From the Leyen high school
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| type of school | high school |
| founding | 1775 |
| address |
Schlossbergstrasse 42 |
| place | Blieskastel |
| country | Saarland |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 14 '17 " N , 7 ° 15' 17" E |
| carrier | Saarpfalz district |
| management | Christoph Kohl |
| Website | www.vdleyen.de |
The Von der Leyen-Gymnasium is a school in Blieskastel in Saarland .
history
In 1775, Count Franz Karl von der Leyen built a Latin school that lasted until the First World War . After years of efforts by the city of Blieskastel, the state secondary school was founded in 1956 to give children from Bliesgau the opportunity to attend a higher school without having to travel long distances to St. Ingbert , Homburg or Zweibrücken . To refer to the tradition of the Latin school, the school was renamed Von der Leyen-Gymnasium in 1974 . In 1992 the school administration was transferred from the state to the Saarpfalz district .
building
The school consists of the main building (lessons for grades 5, 9 and 10, specialist rooms), the music pavilion, the small castle (lessons for the upper level, computer room), the administration building, the central building (religious rooms, classrooms, lounges) and the former boarding school (Music room, art rooms, computer room, library, lessons for grades 6 to 8) and the recently renovated Haus Lott (student library, computer room , cafeteria). Excavations are currently taking place around the former boarding school. The remains of the former Blieskastel Castle are being excavated. The most modern of all school buildings is the main building, on the roof of which there are solar cells .
Language sequence
Modern language branch:
- French (from grade 5) / English (from grade 5)
- Latin (from grade 8)
- English (from grade 6) / French (from grade 6)
- Elective: Spanish, Computer Science, Philosophy (from grade 10)
Mathematical and scientific branches:
- French (from grade 5) & English (from grade 6) or
- English (from grade 5) & French (from grade 6)
- Physics as a major (from grade 8)
- Electives: Spanish, Latin, Computer Science, Philosophy (from grade 10)
Working groups
Working groups are offered for all areas of interest. From the artistic field (theater, school choir, orchestra, instrumental) to practical work (school garden, youth research, homepage, computer science), sporting activities (tennis, gymnastics, dancing, golf, chess) through to deepening teaching topics (reading club, physics, Mathematics, Delf-French). The AG-Tennis, in particular, which was under the direction of Manfred Eschenbaum for many years, produced numerous successes for the school in competitions (e.g. youth trained for the Olympics).
the school administration
The first headmaster was Oskar Uth in 1956. Under his leadership, the original Blieskastel Realprogymnasium developed (only led to the secondary school leaving certificate, so that the first 3 school years had to complete the upper school years at other grammar schools) into a nationally respected full institution, where senior primary students could take the Abitur examination for the first time in 1967. Oskar Uth retired in 1985; he was still a welcome and much applauded guest at school celebrations. He died on July 10, 2011, at the age of nearly 91.
From 1985 to 2010 Lutz Brede was head of the grammar school. His successor is currently Christoph Kohl from Blieskastel.
Graduates
- Benedikt Maria Trappen (* 1961), author
literature
- Gertraud Lamla: Latin schools in Blieskastel. In: Saarpfalz-Hefte. Sheets for history and folklore. No. 69, 2001, pp. 27-44.
