Gymnasium Hankensbüttel
Encyclopedia
The Gymnasium Hankensbüttel is a Gymnasium
in Hankensbüttel
, Lower Saxony
and the oldest one in the district of Gifhorn
.
examinations. In the years 1953/54 there were the first classes 12 and 13 lectured. 1954 the private school was acknowledged as a public school. The word Gymnasium has been used by the school since 1956. Because of the 50th years' jubilee of the school in 1997 everyone made a trip to Wurmberg (Harz)
.
Because of the increasing need of place due to the abolition of the orientation classes 5 and 6 the lessons have been held at several campuses in Hankensbüttel since school year 2004/05. In 2007 there were 1,455 students being lectured by 88 teachers.
Gymnasium (school)
A gymnasium is a type of school providing secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English grammar schools or sixth form colleges and U.S. college preparatory high schools. The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, meaning a locality for both physical and intellectual...
in Hankensbüttel
Hankensbüttel
Hankensbüttel is a municipality in the Samtgemeinde Hankensbüttel in the district of Gifhorn, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 25 km south of Uelzen, and 30 km north of Gifhorn.-History:...
, Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...
and the oldest one in the district of Gifhorn
Gifhorn (district)
-Geography:The district is located at the border of Saxony-Anhalt and extends from the southern edge of the Lüneburg Heath in the north to the suburbs of Braunschweig and Wolfsburg in the south. The Aller River enters the district in the southeast, runs through the town of Gifhorn, is joined by...
.
History
The Gymnasium Hankensbüttel was established in 1947, first as a private high school. In May 1951 it was given the right to hold mittlere ReifeMittlere Reife
The Mittlere Reife is a school leaving certificate in Germany that is roughly comparable with the American high school diploma. It is regularly awarded after ten years of schooling....
examinations. In the years 1953/54 there were the first classes 12 and 13 lectured. 1954 the private school was acknowledged as a public school. The word Gymnasium has been used by the school since 1956. Because of the 50th years' jubilee of the school in 1997 everyone made a trip to Wurmberg (Harz)
Wurmberg (Harz)
At the Wurmberg is the second highest mountain in the Harz and the highest in Lower Saxony .- Geography :The Wurmberg lies north of Braunlage, in the district of Goslar, and west of Schierke. Its summit is located due south of the Brocken and roughly 400 m south of the state border with...
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Because of the increasing need of place due to the abolition of the orientation classes 5 and 6 the lessons have been held at several campuses in Hankensbüttel since school year 2004/05. In 2007 there were 1,455 students being lectured by 88 teachers.
Success in sports
- 1987: German championship of the chessChessChess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
team (7th and 8th grade) in AltensteigAltensteigAltensteig is a town in the district of Calw, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the eastern Black Forest, 18 km southwest of Calw, and 19 km northeast of Freudenstadt.- Subdivisions :... - 1989: German championship of the girls' handballTeam handballHandball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
team in the 3rd competitions class in (BerlinBerlinBerlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
) - 2003: Lower Saxony championship of the quad scullQuad scullA quad scull, or quadruple scull in full, is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four persons who propel the boat by sculling with two oars, one in each hand....
mixed rowing team in (Hannover) - 2004: Lower Saxony championship of the quad scullQuad scullA quad scull, or quadruple scull in full, is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four persons who propel the boat by sculling with two oars, one in each hand....
rowing team in (Hannover) - 2004: Lower Saxony championship of the girls' tennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
team in (MelleMelle-Places:Belgium* Melle, Belgium, a gemeente in East Flanders, FlandersFrance* Melle, Deux-Sèvres, a commune in Poitou-Charentes* Mellé, Ille-et-Vilaine, a commune in BrittanyGermany* Melle, Germany, a Stadt in Osnabrück Landkreis, Lower Saxony...
) - 2006: German championship of the quad scull rowing team in Berlin
- 2008: Lower Saxony championship of the girls' tennis team in HelmstedtHelmstedtHelmstedt is a city located at the eastern edge of the German state of Lower Saxony. It is the capital of the District of Helmstedt. Helmstedt has 26,000 inhabitants . In former times the city was also called Helmstädt....
Headmasters
- Willy Ernst (1947–1968)
- Dietrich Korn (1968–1997)
- Ulf Bartkowiak (1997–2010)
- Martin Hille (since 2010)
Wellknown pupils
- Hans Pleschinski (* 1956), author
- Astrid Frohloff (* 1962), journalist and television presenter
- Bernd FixBernd FixBernd Fix is a German Hacker and Computer Security Expert.- Biography :After final secondary-school examination from Gymnasium Hankensbüttel in 1981, Bernd Fix studied Astrophysics and Philosophy at the universities of Göttingen and Heidelberg...
(* 1962), computer security expert - Oliver Graf (* 1981), actor and cultural manager
Twinning schools
- Senior High School, Clintonville, WisconsinClintonville, WisconsinClintonville is a city in Waupaca County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 4,736 at the 2000 census.- Geography :Clintonville is located at 44°37'27" North, 88°45'29" West ....
, USA - Collège „Philippe de ChampaignePhilippe de ChampaignePhilippe de Champaigne was a Flemish-born French Baroque era painter, a major exponent of the French school.-Early life:Born in Brussels of a poor family, Champaigne was a pupil of the landscape painter Jacques Fouquières...
“, Le Mesnil-Saint-DenisLe Mesnil-Saint-DenisLe Mesnil-Saint-Denis is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.-Demographics:-References:*...
, FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... - Kaltinėnai Aleksandras Stulginskis GymnasiumKaltinėnai Aleksandras Stulginskis GymnasiumŠilalė district Kaltinėnai Aleksandras Stulginskis Gymnasium is a day, public, co-educational school. It is located at 22 Varnių Str., Kaltinėnai, Šilalė district. It offers primary, basic, secondary and optional education programmes...
, LithuaniaLithuaniaLithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...