Wirsberg high school

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Wirsberg high school
Main building of the Wirsberg-Gymnasium
type of school Humanistic , linguistic , scientific-technological high school
School number 0333
founding 1561
address

Am Pleidenturm 16,
97070 Würzburg

place Wurzburg
country Bavaria
Country Germany
Coordinates 49 ° 47 '16 "  N , 9 ° 55' 42"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 47 '16 "  N , 9 ° 55' 42"  E
carrier City of Würzburg
student 645 (as of 2016/17)
Teachers 64 (as of 2016/17)
management Christine Martin (since 2013)
Website wirsberg-gymnasium.de

The Wirsberg-Gymnasium , formerly also called the Altes Gymnasium , is a coeducational , humanistic, linguistic and scientific-technological high school in Würzburg . Until the implementation of the G8 in Bavaria, the grammar school took part in the European grammar school trial. The school has around 700 students and teachers, making it one of the smallest grammar schools in Würzburg. The school is the office of the ministerial representative for the grammar schools in Lower Franconia and the internship office for the grammar schools in Lower Franconia is also located on its premises. The high school is one of the Centers of Excellence for school quality. The school was founded in 1561 as Würzburg's first grammar school by Friedrich von Wirsberg and built in its current form in 1957 after the building was destroyed in the bombing raid on Würzburg on March 16, 1945 .

location

The Wirsberg-Gymnasium is located on the southern edge of the city center on the bank of the Main, approximately at the height of the Ludwigsbrücke. The back yard borders on part of the historic city wall of Würzburg. The Röntgen Gymnasium , the Hotel Walfisch and the University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt are in the immediate vicinity . The public transport connection is via the bus and tram junction Sanderring. Due to the traffic routing, it can only be reached by car through the street Am Pleidenturm.

timeline

The school opened on April 28, 1561 and lessons were held in the rooms of the vacant Augustinian monastery between Neubaustraße and Domerschulstraße. The Jesuit college was built there in 1564 and is now the home of the seminary. In 1567 the school became Gymnasialkonvikt under the direction of Jesuits . Even when the newly founded university used the rooms in 1582 , classes continued to take place there.

After 1816/17 the school was called the Königlich-Bayerisches Gymnasium and in 1829 moved into its own building, an old building in Wirsbergraße, formerly an Augustinian monastery. From then on the school was called Altes Gymnasium or Altes Pennal . The building burned down during the bombing raid on Würzburg on March 16, 1945 . On the site of the old grammar school , the new building of the (now expanded) police station was built in 1958. After December 1945, classes were temporarily continued at various locations. In 1957, construction began on today's school building on the Main, where the northern part of the long old infantry barracks used to be . Lessons began there in the 1960/61 school year.

Younger story

In 2007, encouraged by more afternoon classes as part of G8 , the construction of a cafeteria in the inner courtyard of the building was planned. The extension designed by the Würzburg architects Hetterich was inaugurated on September 24, 2007 and is now also used as a lounge for the students.

The canteen in the courtyard, which was added in 2007

In the 2007/2008 school year, the scientific and technological training course was offered for the first time with in-depth treatment of the subjects of physics, chemistry and computer science, which led to an increased 5th grade.

The school grounds

The U- shaped main wing of the school in Bauhaus style surrounds the modern cafeteria and is closed with a walkway. This is used by the teachers as a lounge, among other things, but students are not allowed to enter it due to insufficient fall protection. At the front, next to the main entrance, there is an extension with a music hall and bicycle cellar. The inner and back courtyards are surrounded by the largely historic city wall and serve as a parking lot and as a place to stay during breaks. On the other side of the street opposite the main building, the gym building with two halls is integrated into the block of houses. There are offices in the attic. When the weather is suitable, sports lessons take place at the Sanderrasen sports facility, which is almost 700 meters away , while swimming lessons are held in the Sandermare health spa next to the Sanderrasen.

A bronze statue of Orpheus adorns the teacher's parking lot in front of the school .

particularities

Maximilianeum Foundation

The school has so far provided five scholarship holders from the Maximilianeum Foundation, more than any other school in Würzburg:

  • 1969: Christian Hock
  • 1986: Paul Ziche
  • 1995: Wolfgang Behr
  • 2004: Philipp Hacker
  • 2005: Elisabeth Forster

Culture

The traditional-humanistic value awareness of the Wirsberg-Gymnasium offers pupils of all ages development opportunities that go far beyond the standardized canon of subjects of the regular high schools. Three elective courses for theater and dramatic design as well as a long tradition in music theater (opera, musical, etc.) give the grammar school an outstanding reputation by bringing modern language, humanistic and natural science lessons as well as musical education and heart formation into harmony. The Wirsberg-Gymnasium is a welcome guest at the Musikhochschule, the Kulturspeicher and the Mainfrankentheater in Würzburg. Many of the students at Wirsberg-Gymnasium are young students at the Musikhochschule. Orchestra, big band, theater orchestra, choir and vocal ensemble complete the offer. Dancing, singing and making music in music lessons are very important.

E-learning

Bayernmoodle logo

Since the Wirsberg-Gymnasium is one of six schools participating in the e-learning pilot project in Lower Franconia, a laptop class (8th grade) and, in addition to two computer rooms, a multimedia classroom were set up in the 2007/08 school year. Other classes also work with multimedia content via the BayernMoodle learning management system .

Movie

The high school for student films is known nationwide. Under the supervision of Ms. Blum-Pfingstl, a number of youth films were made as part of the film elective lessons, but also many projects outside of class. This includes both technical work and projects by younger students. The Wirsberg-Gymnasium is one of the Bavarian competence centers for video / film. The elective film course enjoys great interest and the committed students take part in many competitions with their work. Elective course participants also help organize the Long Night of the Self-Made , an evening at the cinema where student films are shown as part of the International Film Weekend .

WiHi

"WiHi" (Wirsberg Help) is a school forum project . Usually older students are placed with younger students as tutors within the school. For this purpose, at the beginning of the school year every student in the higher grades is given a form with which they can register as a tutor for a subject of their choice within this project. The prerequisite is that he achieved at least grade 2 in this subject in the previous year's report. Next, all those interested in tutoring are identified, also using distributed forms. Finally, tutors and students are brought together, who independently agree on appropriate remuneration for the "teacher".

mathematics

Mathematics events have developed over the years due to the intensive care and support provided by the Mathematics student council and the interest shown by the students. This includes an annual internal maths competition in which small groups of interested students compete against each other within the grades and work out solutions to more difficult tasks. The best are awarded prizes from the parents' council.

This also includes active and sometimes successful participation in the state mathematics competition. The Wirsberg-Gymnasium was awarded the 3rd prize for best schools in 2004.

Some students also take the opportunity to study mathematics early.

School ball

The high school has held a school ball every spring since 2006. This is organized by the school forum and takes place in the city canteen of the Würzburg student union. Many students are involved in the preparation and tasks during the event, such as the sale of drinks, the cloakroom service and entertainment.

Well-known students and teachers

Teacher

student

Oddities

From the school playground until 2013 every year on November 11th during the second break at 11:11 am the prince couple of the 1st Carnival Society Elferrat Würzburg e. V. (KaGe). The ceremony takes place in front of the shepherd's tower, which adjoins a corner of the playground. The KaGe stored many utensils in the tower.

Others

See also

literature

  • School programs of the Royal University of Würzburg for the academic years 1877 / 78-1885 / 86 . Würzburg digitized
  • Ernst-Günter Krenig, Otto Schönberger: Living tradition. 400 years of the humanistic grammar school in Würzburg. Festschrift z. 400 anniversary d. Wirsberg-Gymnasium uz 75 years. Exist d. Riemenschneider High School. Vier-Thürme, Würzburg 1961.
  • Josef Brecht (editor), 425 years old at Wirsberg-Gymnasium Würzburg. Festschrift for the founding anniversary in 1986 , Echter, Würzburg 1986
  • Josef Amon, Albrecht Kliem, Gerhard Luber (eds.): The past considered. Thinking about the next one. Festschrift for the 450th anniversary of the Wirsberg-Gymnasium Würzburg. Wirsberg-Gymnasium, Würzburg 2011.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Wirsberg-Gymnasium Würzburg on the pages of the Bavarian Ministry of Culture (km.bayern.de, accessed on October 15, 2017)
  2. ↑ BMBF: All schools in Bavaria ( Memento of the original from July 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Page 27 (PDF document). As of January 25, 2008  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ganztagsschulen.org
  3. ^ DIPF: European schools in Germany ( Memento from August 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ). As of January 22, 2008
  4. ↑ Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Culture: Press release No. 18 of February 2, 2005 ( Memento of January 3, 2006 in the Internet Archive ). As of January 22, 2008
  5. ^ Bayerischer Rundfunk: Würzburg police station renovated .
  6. ↑ Rolf-Ulrich Kunze : Würzburg 1945-2004. Reconstruction, modern city. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2 (I: From the beginnings to the outbreak of the Peasant War. 2001, ISBN 3-8062-1465-4 ; II: From the Peasant War 1525 to the transition to the Kingdom of Bavaria 1814. 2004, ISBN 3 -8062-1477-8 ; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 ), Theiss, Stuttgart 2001–2007, Volume III (2007), Pp. 318-346 and 1292-1295; here: p. 332.
  7. ↑ Wirsberg-Gymnasium: notification of the opening date of the cafeteria . As of January 22, 2008
  8. ^ Maximilianeer from the city of Würzburg
  9. ↑ The Ministerialbeauftragte for high schools in Lower Franconia: E-learning in Lower Franconia - participating schools in phase A . As of January 22, 2008
  10. ↑ Press Release No. 205 of July 28, 2004. Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Culture: archived from the original on August 20, 2004 ; Retrieved January 17, 2008 .
  11. ^ Wirsberg-Gymnasium: Information about the successfully passed exam of two early students . As of January 22, 2008