Reuchlin-Gymnasium
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Reuchlin-Gymnasium is a general educating grammar school
of the town Pforzheim
in Germany
with one lingual
and one scientific
orientation. It was named after the humanist
Johannes Reuchlin (1455–1522).
1447 a Latin school of Pforzheim is named as previous school for the first time, whose foundation is unknown. Probably it owes its birth the institution of a collegiate at castle church St. Michael. Members of the collegiate were in all likelihood teachers, as the five years old Johannes Reuchlin entered the school. Reuchlin was taught here for ten years.
In both last decade of 15. century the Latin school in Pforzheim reached greater imporance. It grew over the Latin schools of Baden-Baden
and Ettlingen
. The Latin school in Pforzheim had competent teachers, and great men praised themselves to have received their first education at this school. Among rector Georg Simmler the school became in about 1500 from a collegiate school an urban school.
The heyday of the school took a half century. But with the death of Reuchlin the prominency of the school in Pforzheim gradudally decreased.
1692 the monastery in which the Latin school was placed through a great city fire was fully deleted. The Latin school as „Collegium Reuchlianum“ in the sacristy extension of the castle church was continued first again in 1718.
As answer to the great growth of the town in the end of the 19. century new school buildings were constructed. In this time the grammar school was built as successor to the Latin school on the bridge to Goethestraße into which was moved in 1905. It was a stately renaissance building. The highlight was, that the new school would wear the name „Reuchlin-Gymnasium“.
The shore road on the Enz at the Reuchlin-Gymnasium received the name "Simmlerstraße" in memory of the first known rector of the Latin school. Eleven years later the High Secondary School, nowadays named Hebel-Gymnasium, moved into their new house.
The town's ruination on 23 February 1945 hit the Reuchlin-Gymnasium as strong as it couldn't more be built up. But the High Secondary School (Heben-Gymnasium) was built up again and received the Reuchlin-Gymnasium and the girls's secondary school in its rooms. Twenty years along (1948–1968) the Reuchlin-Gymnasium was guest at Hebel-Gymnasium.
1955 the Reuchlin-Gymnasium received its organisatory indepedence back again in occasion of the humanist's Johannes Reuchlin 500th birthday.
Into the own house on the old water tower the Reuchlin-Gymnasium could move first on 25 October 1968. Far away the loud town traffic is located the Reuchlin-Gymnasium, but near the city and with the city bus line 7 and direct school bus links with the main station, all town districts simply available. Amid of green areas and schoolyards the four buildings of the grammar school rise up, the class room section with atrium as meeting place, communication and celebration, the music pavillon, the scientific building with sports hall, since 1970 the extension and since 1999 the „Greek Theatre“.
Currently about 900 students visit the Reuchlin-Gymnasium.
In the old lingual orinetation from the 5. class on Latin is taught four hours per week.
In the new lingual the second foreign language is French and is taught from class 6 on.
The bilingual orientation has got reinforced English lessons
(six weekly lessons instead of four in class 5 and four instead of three in class 6) and also from class 6 on French.
In class 8 every student has got the choice between Ancient Greek
and Naturwissenschaft und Technik (engl.
Sciencly and technical education). Students of all forms, which haven't still elected French for class 6, can elect it still now.
The highly gifteds's orientation, which the school has got since 2006, has got from class 5 on Latin and is done by extra educated teachers. For entering the highly giftets's orientation has to be done a test and some practise lessons have to be passed successful.
Also every student can earn the certificate „Europäisches Gymnasium“ (engl. European grammar school), if he chooses optionally as 4. foreign language Spain and now has studied two old languages (Latin and Greek) and to modern languages (English and Spain). The English lessons are cut down to two weekly lessons with election of the subject Spain.
, film
and theatre
solike learning of language
s to IT
and ambulance
.
Grammar school
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and some other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching classical languages but more recently an academically-oriented secondary school.The original purpose of mediaeval...
of the town Pforzheim
Pforzheim
Pforzheim is a town of nearly 119,000 inhabitants in the state of Baden-Württemberg, southwest Germany at the gate to the Black Forest. It is world-famous for its jewelry and watch-making industry. Until 1565 it was the home to the Margraves of Baden. Because of that it gained the nickname...
in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
with one lingual
Language
Language may refer either to the specifically human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication, or to a specific instance of such a system of complex communication...
and one scientific
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
orientation. It was named after the humanist
Humanism
Humanism is an approach in study, philosophy, world view or practice that focuses on human values and concerns. In philosophy and social science, humanism is a perspective which affirms some notion of human nature, and is contrasted with anti-humanism....
Johannes Reuchlin (1455–1522).
History
The history of Reuchlin-Gymnasium extends over since 500 years.1447 a Latin school of Pforzheim is named as previous school for the first time, whose foundation is unknown. Probably it owes its birth the institution of a collegiate at castle church St. Michael. Members of the collegiate were in all likelihood teachers, as the five years old Johannes Reuchlin entered the school. Reuchlin was taught here for ten years.
In both last decade of 15. century the Latin school in Pforzheim reached greater imporance. It grew over the Latin schools of Baden-Baden
Baden-Baden
Baden-Baden is a spa town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on the western foothills of the Black Forest, on the banks of the Oos River, in the region of Karlsruhe...
and Ettlingen
Ettlingen
Ettlingen is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, about south of the city of Karlsruhe. Ettlingen is the second largest town in the district of Karlsruhe, after Bruchsal.-Geography:...
. The Latin school in Pforzheim had competent teachers, and great men praised themselves to have received their first education at this school. Among rector Georg Simmler the school became in about 1500 from a collegiate school an urban school.
The heyday of the school took a half century. But with the death of Reuchlin the prominency of the school in Pforzheim gradudally decreased.
1692 the monastery in which the Latin school was placed through a great city fire was fully deleted. The Latin school as „Collegium Reuchlianum“ in the sacristy extension of the castle church was continued first again in 1718.
As answer to the great growth of the town in the end of the 19. century new school buildings were constructed. In this time the grammar school was built as successor to the Latin school on the bridge to Goethestraße into which was moved in 1905. It was a stately renaissance building. The highlight was, that the new school would wear the name „Reuchlin-Gymnasium“.
The shore road on the Enz at the Reuchlin-Gymnasium received the name "Simmlerstraße" in memory of the first known rector of the Latin school. Eleven years later the High Secondary School, nowadays named Hebel-Gymnasium, moved into their new house.
The town's ruination on 23 February 1945 hit the Reuchlin-Gymnasium as strong as it couldn't more be built up. But the High Secondary School (Heben-Gymnasium) was built up again and received the Reuchlin-Gymnasium and the girls's secondary school in its rooms. Twenty years along (1948–1968) the Reuchlin-Gymnasium was guest at Hebel-Gymnasium.
1955 the Reuchlin-Gymnasium received its organisatory indepedence back again in occasion of the humanist's Johannes Reuchlin 500th birthday.
Into the own house on the old water tower the Reuchlin-Gymnasium could move first on 25 October 1968. Far away the loud town traffic is located the Reuchlin-Gymnasium, but near the city and with the city bus line 7 and direct school bus links with the main station, all town districts simply available. Amid of green areas and schoolyards the four buildings of the grammar school rise up, the class room section with atrium as meeting place, communication and celebration, the music pavillon, the scientific building with sports hall, since 1970 the extension and since 1999 the „Greek Theatre“.
Currently about 900 students visit the Reuchlin-Gymnasium.
Possibilies of education
The Reuchlin-Gymnasium offers after entering the school an old lingual and a new lingual orientation like one bilingual. Especially known is the school for its highly gifteds's orientation.In the old lingual orinetation from the 5. class on Latin is taught four hours per week.
In the new lingual the second foreign language is French and is taught from class 6 on.
The bilingual orientation has got reinforced English lessons
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
(six weekly lessons instead of four in class 5 and four instead of three in class 6) and also from class 6 on French.
In class 8 every student has got the choice between Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek is the stage of the Greek language in the periods spanning the times c. 9th–6th centuries BC, , c. 5th–4th centuries BC , and the c. 3rd century BC – 6th century AD of ancient Greece and the ancient world; being predated in the 2nd millennium BC by Mycenaean Greek...
and Naturwissenschaft und Technik (engl.
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
Sciencly and technical education). Students of all forms, which haven't still elected French for class 6, can elect it still now.
The highly gifteds's orientation, which the school has got since 2006, has got from class 5 on Latin and is done by extra educated teachers. For entering the highly giftets's orientation has to be done a test and some practise lessons have to be passed successful.
Also every student can earn the certificate „Europäisches Gymnasium“ (engl. European grammar school), if he chooses optionally as 4. foreign language Spain and now has studied two old languages (Latin and Greek) and to modern languages (English and Spain). The English lessons are cut down to two weekly lessons with election of the subject Spain.
Events
- Adventsrock (Advent Rock): Yearly in the Atrium of the Reuchlin-Gymnasium on the first Friday of December takes place the Adventsrock. It is planned and organisated by the events's referents of the student councilStudent councilStudent council is a curricular or extra-curricular activity for students within elementary and secondary schools around the world. Present in most public and private K-12 school systems across the United States, Canada and Australia these bodies are alternatively entitled student council, student...
. The event took place in 2008 the 26th time and had about 1000 visitors. - Jazzabend (Jazz Eve): Regularly a jazz eve takes place also in the atrium of the Reuchlin-Gymnasium.
- Musikabend (Music Eve): Regularly on Reuchlin-Gymnasium a music eve with mostly classical presentations of students takes place. Also the String Project and the String Society play some songs.
Headmaster
The grammar school's rector is Jochen Kleppel, the representative headmaster is Claudia Schnabel.Extracurriculars
The Reuchlin-Gymnasium offers a wide pallet of extracurriculars. The topics range from sports over musicMusic
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
, film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
and theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
solike learning of language
Language
Language may refer either to the specifically human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication, or to a specific instance of such a system of complex communication...
s to IT
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
and ambulance
Ambulance
An ambulance is a vehicle for transportation of sick or injured people to, from or between places of treatment for an illness or injury, and in some instances will also provide out of hospital medical care to the patient...
.
Known formers
- Heinrich Otto Wieland (1877–1957), graduation 1896, German chemist and nobel laureates
- Erich Rothacker (1888–1965), graduation 1907, German philosopher
- Richard Ziegler (1891–1992), German painter
- Wilhelm Baur (1895–1973), German publisher
- Laura Perls (1905–1990), German psychoanalyst
- Herbert Witzenmann (1905–1988), German fabricant and philosopher
- Frithjof Rodi (* 1930), German author and professor of philosophy
- Martin Boss (* 1959), graduation 1978, German archaeologist
- Uwe Hübner (* 1961), graduation 1981, German presenter
- Nicola Thost (* 1977), graduation 1996, German snowboarder