Gymnasium Hankensbüttel
| Gymnasium Hankensbüttel | |
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| Location | |
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| Coordinates | 52°43′48″N 10°36′36″E / 52.73000°N 10.61000°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Gymnasium |
| Established | 1947 |
| School district | Gifhorn district |
| Principal | Martin Hille |
| Faculty | 88 |
| Grades | 5–13 |
| Enrollment | 1,455 (as of 2007–08) |
| Information | 0049-58 32-98 40-10 |
| Website | School web site |
The Gymnasium Hankensbüttel is a Gymnasium in Hankensbüttel, Lower Saxony and the oldest one in the district of Gifhorn.[1]
History
The Gymnasium Hankensbüttel was established in 1947, first as a private high school.[1] In May 1951 it was given the right to hold mittlere Reife examinations. In the years 1953/54 there were the first classes 12 and 13 lectured. 1954 the private school was acknowledged as a public school. The word Gymnasium has been used by the school since 1956. Because of the 50th years' jubilee of the school in 1997 everyone made a trip to Wurmberg (Harz).
Because of the increasing need of place due to the abolition of the orientation classes 5 and 6 the lessons have been held at several campuses in Hankensbüttel since school year 2004/05. In 2007 there were 1,455 students being lectured by 88 teachers.[2]
Success in sports
- 1987: German championship of the chess team (7th and 8th grade) in Altensteig
- 1989: German championship of the girls' handball team in the 3rd competitions class in (Berlin)
- 2003: Lower Saxony championship of the quad scull mixed rowing team in (Hannover)
- 2004: Lower Saxony championship of the quad scull rowing team in (Hannover)
- 2004: Lower Saxony championship of the girls' tennis team in (Melle)
- 2006: German championship of the quad scull rowing team in Berlin [2][3][4]
- 2008: Lower Saxony championship of the girls' tennis team in Helmstedt [5]
Headmasters
- Willy Ernst (1947–1968)
- Dietrich Korn (1968–1997)
- Ulf Bartkowiak (1997–2010)
- Martin Hille (since 2010)
Wellknown pupils
- Hans Pleschinski (* 1956), author
- Astrid Frohloff (* 1962), journalist and television presenter
- Bernd Fix (* 1962), computer security expert
- Oliver Graf (* 1981), actor and cultural manager
Twinning schools
- Senior High School, Clintonville, Wisconsin, USA
- Collège „Philippe de Champaigne“, Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, France
- Kaltinėnai Aleksandras Stulginskis Gymnasium, Lithuania