Stiftung Louisenlund

Foundation Louisenlund

The Louisenlund Foundation has been awarded the nationally recognized school with Louisenlund in Schleswig -Holstein. Louisenlund lies behind the MATCHING forest on the Great Ostseearms width of the loop between Schleswig and Eckernförde in the municipality of Gueby. The foundation, the school went from a previous outline Good nobles whose center is the Louisenlund castle.

The school was founded in 1949 by Frederick of Schleswig -Holstein. The educator Kurt Hahn advised and supported the founding family during the establishment phase. According to the conditions laid down in the Articles of Association objectives the students should discover and hone their skills in service to the community.

Castle

The Louisenlund castle was built from 1772 to 1776 by ​​Hermann von Motz on the estate Tegel Have ( Ziegelhofstraße ), which had been in the possession of the family of Sehestedt since 1530. 1563 bought Duke Adolf of Schleswig -Holstein - Gottorp the estate.

The early -classical building was once the summer home of Gottorfer governor of the Kingdom of Denmark, Landgrave Carl of Hesse, and his wife Louise. She was the daughter of the Danish King Frederick V 's sister and heir, Christian VII, whose family has owned the estate had passed. According to it, the brick building was named with a slate roof. The park was created by Johann Caspar Bechstedt.

Built in 1790, the active Freemason Carl von Hessen in the park of the mansion a " Masonic Tower ", held in the meetings and alchemical experiments, were, among others, Saint Germain, carried out.

Later the castle was taken over by the present owners, the family of the ducal line of Schleswig -Holstein -Sonderburg- Glücksburg. After 1850 the building was remodeled several times. During the Second World War, the Navy Louisenlund confiscated. End of the war refugees were housed therein. In May 1945, British troops occupied the area and used it until 1947; Norwegian units followed. In 1949 Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig -Holstein the mansion of Louis Lund Foundation as a boarding school and sailors boarding available. The part of the municipality Winnemark Good Carl Burg took from 1951 to 1988 the pupils of 5th - 8th Class.

The castle is not open to the public, but is a walking path around the grounds.

School

The Louisenlund Foundation is an accredited boarding school in free sponsorship. It consists of two complexes: the court and the castle area. The yard area is about 600 meters from the castle area removed. The school is one of about 360 students ( in the lock area about 290 students in the yard about 90 ) to the most famous boarding schools in Germany.

On the farm, the students in grades 5 to live up to and including 8 In small classes with a maximum of 20 children an intensive feeding of young students is possible. In the field of natural sciences, the subject " NaWi " was introduced here recently. Here are the subjects of biology, chemistry and physics are summarized and approached with a variety of projects to the students. Also, musical and athletic ability are encouraged. An example of this is taking place in the context of the fifth and sixth class sailing lessons on the nearby loop. Since 2005 the Court has its own gym. The living and working areas on the farm are housed in the dairy, the avenue and willow house, the cow house and in the barn.

In the castle area, the students in grades 9 live to 13 as residential buildings are ( completely or partially ), among others, the castle, the Cavaliers and bell house, the forester, the maple, birch, guild, the ash house, the nursery and the melon garden used.

In 2006, the gym was originally built in 1966 has been extended to the sports and cultural center. In addition, the boarding tennis courts, a golf course, a fire station and a sailing port available.

Louis Lund is a member of the Round Square Conference, an international association of boarding schools. These schools undertake joint projects and maintain their student exchange on all continents. The school is also a member of the boarding schools association.

Louis Lund is also a base for the volunteer fire department and the Agency for Technical Relief (THW ).

Former

With school and families of the Schleswig- Holstein Foundation Uradels are connected like the Rantzaus. The painter Ingeborg zu Schleswig -Holstein visited the school and is chairman of the foundation board. She is the daughter of the founder. Among the graduates heard Philip Duke of Württemberg, Germany representative of the auction house Sotheby's, as well as Donatus Prince of Hesse, owner of Panker. The school also visited Enno Freiherr von Ruffin, the former husband of the singer Vicky Leandros and owner of Basthorst, the entrepreneur Albert Darboven, the shipowner Nicholas W. Schües ( b. 1936 ), the Hamburg banker Max Warburg M. (* 1955), Dirk Lindenau, owner of the Lindenau shipyard in Kiel, as well as actors Oliver Mommsen and Hans Hass junior.