Reuchlin-Gymnasium
The Reuchlin -Gymnasium is a general education high school of the city of Pforzheim with a language and a scientific orientation. It was named after the humanist Johannes Reuchlin ( 1455-1522 ).
History
The history of the Reuchlin -Gymnasium dates back over 500 years. 1447 Pforzheimer a Latin school was first mentioned as a predecessor school, whose foundation is in the dark. They probably owe their existence to the establishment of the collegiate church of St. Michael at the castle. Members of the pen have been the teacher, as the five -year-old Johannes Reuchlin joined the school in all likelihood. Ten years Reuchlin was taught here.
In the last two decades of the 15th century the Latin School of Pforzheim gained greater importance. She grew up on the Latin school in Baden -Baden and the addition in Ettlingen. The Latin school in Pforzheim had efficient teachers, and great men boast that they have received at this school in Pforzheim their first knowledge. Under Rector Georg Simmler the school in 1500 by the canon's school for urban school was.
A half century took the heyday of the school. With the death of Reuchlin but decreased gradually the importance of Pforzheim Latin School.
1692 was the Dominican monastery, in which the Latin school was housed, totally destroyed by a great fire. The Latin School as " Collegium Reuchlinianum " in the sacristy cultivation of the Castle Church was only in 1718 continued.
The rapid growth of the city at the end of the 19th century corresponded with the construction of new school buildings. During this time the school was built as a successor of the Latin school at the bridge in the Goethe Street, which in 1905 was based. It was a handsome Renaissance building. The highlight was the announcement that the new school will bear the name " Reuchlin -Gymnasium ".
The quayside at the Enz at the Reuchlin -Gymnasium was named Simmlerstraße commemorating the first known rector of the Latin School. Eleven years later moved into the secondary school, today's lever -Gymnasium, in the immediate vicinity of the Reuchlin -Gymnasium their new home.
The destruction of the city on February 23, 1945 met the Reuchlin -Gymnasium in building material so strong that it was not rebuilt. In contrast, the secondary school ( lever -Gymnasium ) was rebuilt, which took up the Reuchlin -Gymnasium and the girls grammar school in their rooms. For twenty years (1948-1968) the Reuchlin -Gymnasium was a guest at the lever -Gymnasium.
In 1955 the Reuchlin -Gymnasium to mark the 500th birthday of the humanist Johannes Reuchlin his organizational independence.
But in their own house at the old water tower, Reuchlin -Gymnasium was able to move only on 25 October 1968. Far away from the noisy traffic of the city, yet close to town and local bus number 7 and direct school bus connections to the main train station, all districts within easy reach, is the Reuchlin -Gymnasium. Surrounded by parks and schoolyards rise the four buildings of the high school, the classroom wing with the atrium as a place of encounter, communication and celebration, the bandstand, the scientific construction of the sports hall, since 1970, the extension and since 1999 the "Greek Theatre ". At present, nearly 900 students visit the Reuchlin -Gymnasium.
Educational opportunities
The Reuchlin -Gymnasium offers after school entry an old and a modern languages as well as a train bilingual. Particularly well known is the school for their Hochbegabtenzug.
In the classical languages train is taught from grade 5 Latin four periods per week.
In modern languages , French is the second language and is taught from class 6.
The bilingual train has reinforced English lessons ( six hours a week instead of four in Class 5 and four instead of three in class 6 ) and also from grade 6 French.
In Grade 8 each student has the choice between Greek and science and technology. The students of all grades who have not yet had French in 6th grade, it can also now choose yet taken Greek or science and technology.
The Hochbegabtenzug, the school has since 2006, has taught from the 5th grade Latin and is used by specially trained teachers. To be included in the Hochbegabtenzug, a test and sample lessons must be passed.
In addition, each student can acquire the certificate " European School " if he chooses to in class 10 Spanish as a fourth foreign language and has thus learned two old (Latin and Greek) and two modern languages (English and Spanish). The English classes will be shortened in the choice of the subject Spanish on two hours per week.
Events
- Advent Rock: Every year takes place always on the first Friday in December the Advent rock in the atrium of the Reuchlin -Gymnasium. This is planned by the speakers at the event SMV and organized. The event was held in 2008 for the 26th time and had about 1000 visitors.
- Jazz Evening: Regularly takes a jazz evening also held in the atrium of the Reuchlin -Gymnasium.
- Musical evening: Regularly held a music evening with mostly classical performances by students at the Reuchlin -Gymnasium. Also, the strings and the strings project -AG have always represent some pieces
Line
The Rector of the Gymnasium is Jochen Kleppel, the deputy headmistress Claudia Schnabel.
Working Communities
The Reuchlin -Gymnasium Pforzheim offers a wide range of working groups. The topics range from sports and film about music and theater as well as the learning of foreign languages to computer science and first aid.
Film team
The film crew ( proper name Reuchlin film ) is an informal working group at the school, at the moment about five active student and a teacher who informed with self-created news programs always before start of holiday according to their own research, the school community about events and the like. The team also documented on film the creation of the master plan for the city of Pforzheim and accompanied the environmental action.
Known Former
- Heinrich Wieland (1877-1957), High School in 1896, German chemist and Nobel laureate
- Erich Rothacker (1888-1965), High School in 1907, German philosopher
- Richard Ziegler (1891-1992), German painter
- Wilhelm Baur (1895-1973), German publisher
- Laura Perls (1905-1990), German psychoanalyst
- Herbert joke man (1905-1988), German industrialist and philosopher
- Frithjof Rodi ( born 1930 ), German writer and professor of philosophy
- Götz Wörner ( born 1959 ), music producer
- Boss Martin (* 1959), high school in 1978, German archaeologist
- Uwe Hübner ( * 1961), High School in 1981, German Moderator
- Nicola Thost ( b. 1977 ), High School in 1996, German snowboarder