Cantonal School of Graubünden

The Graubünden Cantonal School (Romansh Scola chantunala grischuna, Italian Scuola cantonale Grigione, the main building also known as Canton School heap ) in Chur is the largest middle school in the canton of Grisons. It is located on the Old Schanfiggerstrasse / Arosastrasse 2 in close proximity to the Theological College Chur.

History

The Graubünden canton school was created in 1850 from the two founded in 1804 the Catholic and Protestant canton schools. First principal of the latter was the reformed clergy Peter Saluz. The two denominations uniting Kantonsschule referred in 1850 a new building.

According to your name aligns the Grisons canton school, according to their educational mission to the whole canton and is committed as Switzerland 's only trilingual. Are taught nearly 1250 students (as of 2012) in the three departments school, vocational school and business school. Good 150 teachers are employed.

Line

Rector 's Gion Lechmann. When choosing the Conrector ( Otmaro Lardi ) and the vice-rectors ( Cristina arrowroot, Philippe Benguerel and Dieter Hasse ) is always taken to ensure that all speech groups and sub-regions of the canton are represented.

Weinberg stairs

After the former teacher training college of the district school had been transferred, students and teachers, the good 200 meters distance between the building at the Plessur and 30 meters higher schoolhouse heap on the narrow and busy St. Luzi Street had often several times a day to cope. In order to create a safe and shorter captivity, a competition was announced in 2009 by the two Zürich architects Philip Stephan Esch and Sintzel won.

They realized a covered, 161 -step stairway with inclined lift for the disabled, the pierces the retaining wall of the St. Luzi - road as well as the underlying rock and opens up to the vineyard and the ancients Schanfiggerstrasse. This highly acclaimed project, Esch and Sintzel against well-known local competition like Bearth & Deplazes, youth & Hagmann or Corinna Menn were able to prevail.

Varia

Under the resting place of the Grisons Canton school is archaeologically significant Stephan chapel.