Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums
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The Johanneum - specifically the Gelehrtenschule of Johanneums - is a humanistic Gymnasium in Hamburg, which was founded in 1529 by Johannes Bugenhagen. This makes it the oldest high school in Hamburg.
History
The Johanneum was founded by Johannes Bugenhagen, the spiritual messengers of the reformer Martin Luther. In 1528, he came to Hamburg to give the city an Evangelical Lutheran church order, the city Erbarn Hamborch Christlike Order Inge. On May 24, 1529 the Johanneum first opened in the building of a secularized old St. John's monastery on the site of today's town hall market as " Latinsche Schole " its doors. The actual classrooms were in half-timbered buildings in the courtyard of the monastery. Initially, the Johanneum was a grammar school. Later it was dedicated to a second branch of the public school, and the education of sons of merchants and traders.
New building at Speersort
1826 was issued the order for the new school, but the lack of money at first could not be implemented. From 1838 to 1840, finally came to the new building at Speersort on the site of the demolished Cathedral in 1806, where was once the nucleus of Hamburg, called Hammaburg. At the same time the medieval St. John's monastery was demolished. The imposing neo-classical construction to designs by Carl Ludwig Wimmel (* 1786, † 1845) and Franz Gustav Forsmann (* 1795, † 1878) to enter from the south through the main entrance, had two wings, which for today's Domstraße out by arcades were interconnected. Its construction were competing designs by Alexis de Chateauneuf; based and Carl Ludwig Wimmel (* 1799 † 1853).
In Johanneum the patricians of the city-state of Hamburg was a humanist educated, eminent scholars and writers of the early Enlightenment worked here ( Hermann Samuel Reimarus, Barthold Heinrich Brockes, Michael Richey, Johann Albert Fabricius and others), Georg Philipp Telemann and Philipp Emanuel Bach were here cantors, and this instigated a lasting tradition and reputation. The Johanneum survived the Great Fire of 1842, which made all around go up in the flames many buildings.
New Mary - Louise Street
1914 pulled the Johanneum in today, designed by Fritz Schumacher building complex in which Mary - Louise Street, while the old building was now used all of the State and University Library Hamburg. The old building was destroyed in 1943 for the most part in the bombing raids on Hamburg, the remains (including arcade ) were eliminated in 1955 for road widenings (2005 the foundations for archaeological excavations in the Cathedral Square were re- exposed ). The overall design of the Johanneums in Maria- Louise - road with the Schumacher- buildings is since 1979 under monument protection. The brainchild of Engelbert Peiffer Bugenhagen monument in the yard since 1958 is already a protected monument.
1948, three years after the end of World War II, visited a group of students Johanneums London. Frederick Wilkinson, the headmaster of Latymer Upper School, was the conviction that only mutual understanding of young people can bring about understanding, reconciliation and thereby a lasting peace in Europe. In this spirit, he initiated the student exchange, which takes place every year since then. Later Godolphin and Latymer School came about. Moreover, in young tradition of exchanging with pupils from Greece is operated. There is also a band exchange with the two London partner schools. Since 1982 there is also a hockey exchange with the Magdalen College, Oxford. 1989 has built one of the first schools in Hamburg a school exchange with Poland the Johanneum.
Always well- endowed, it houses today an important historical library, which is the research also accessible. In incisive competition with the only 250-year Christianeum that came with the Altona Hamburg in 1937, it upheld high standards. It represents still a humanist- educated middle-class claim and can still or you have to take his A-levels here in the ancient languages Latin or ancient Greek. The study trips during the school year of the baccalaureate must lead to ancient sites.
The coeducation began late in the Johanneum. Although individual girls have previously been added to the upper classes, but only in 1977 the first girls were enrolled in the sixth grade.
In Johanneum there are currently two active theater AGs who will present their pieces mostly in the first half of the calendar year. Furthermore concerts of orchestras and choirs are held twice a year, summer and Christmas concerts. Since 2004, the Johanneum had again a school newspaper, " The Chauffeur ", which has since been published in its 5th edition. The " driver " does not appear for several years but also for the end of 2011 is the new student newspaper published Humanist Manifesto.
Forum Johanneum
The Johanneum received by the million donation from a patron a large new building. It is a three-storey building with a total area of 2,200 square meters, the art and music rooms, a cafeteria, a theater rehearsal room and a sports hall contains. The Forum Johanneum was opened on 24 May 2007 solemnly as a new building.
Johannes Bugenhagen. Monument originally erected in 1885 in the courtyard of the old Johanneums. Of Engelbert Peiffer ( Pfeiffer)
Patio The inscription on the stone base is: JOHANNEO Pietatis CAUSA: Discipuli AMICI ET. MDCCCCXXIX. The statue was the Johanneum 1929 400th anniversary donated by former students. sculptor: Richard Kuöhl
The new forum Johanneum on the day of inauguration.
Cantors
The cantor of Johanneums been since the foundation not only a teacher of the school, but also responsible for the music at the Hamburg churches. The students of Johanneums were obliged to chant. The first roll -known Cantor Johannine was Eberhard Decker, who held the office from 1580 to 1605. He was followed until 1822, when the office was abolished, after seven cantors. The best known among them were Georg Philipp Telemann, the place had held 46 years, and his successor, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach.
Library
The main library of the school includes more than 55,000 volumes with a significant old stock. The oldest book is a Latin Bible incunabula from 1491, the old library is divided into two areas.:
- An academic library. The base was established by foundations and donations from well-known Hamburg-based private scholar with a wealth of first-class spending and commentaries of Greek and Latin authors. Some authors are represented by the incunabula of humanism to the present day in unbroken series.
- A literary library. The basis is the Greek and Latin literature; comes to the German with emphasis on Weimar Classicism. The Weimar edition of Goethe is available as well as the National edition of Schiller's works. Also, first editions or editions last hand of Herder, Wieland and Jean Paul are also included. The English, French, Italian literature - each in translation as in the original editions - has a strong presence.
The library was under renovation until summer 2008 because the library should be accessible to students even more - so far she was only available to high school students. Since October 2007, the old library as well as an old art room in the new library were rebuilt. The building has now been completed after several delays and was inaugurated on 11 November 2008.
In the so-called new library now find manuals for all subjects, plus the following reference works are expected: the real encyclopedia of classical studies, the Encyclopædia Britannica, the French Encyclopedia of Diderot and d' Alembert, the General German Biography, the Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages, the German dictionary of the Brothers Grimm, the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae or Kindler's new Glossary literature.
Forum Johanneum
Based on the forums in the Roman Empire Forum Johanneum is the name of a continuous series of lectures at the Johanneum, which has also included many famous people have appeared as speakers, including:
- Susan Elbow, former Consul General of the USA in Hamburg
- Ralph Giordano (* 1923), journalist, writer and director
- Ulrich Greiner (* 1945), journalist and literary critic ( Literature chief of Die Zeit)
- Henning Voscherau (* 1941), notary and politician ( former Mayor of Hamburg )
- Reinhard Kahl ( * 1948 ), journalist and author
- Udo Robel (* 1950), journalist and author (former BILD editor in chief )
- Shimon Stein ( b. 1948 ), Israeli Ambassador