Staatliches Landschulheim Marquartstein
| Staatliches Landschulheim Marquartstein | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
|
Neues Schloss 1 Marquartstein, Bavaria, Landkreis Traunstein, 83250 Germany | |
| Coordinates | 47°45′09″N 12°28′07″E / 47.75250°N 12.46861°E |
| Information | |
| Founded | 1928 |
| Founder | Hermann Harless |
| Website | www.lsh-marquartstein.de |
Staatliches Landschulheim Marquartstein is a Gymnasium with a science and technology and a language branch. One quarter of the 850 pupils lives in the boarding school while the rest comes from the area around Marquartstein in the Chiemgau.
Hermann Harless founded the boarding school in 1928. From 1928 till 1958 the school was located in the Marquartstein castle and then moved into the new castle (Neues Schloß).[1]
History
Hermann Harless worked together with Hermann Lietz the founder of the German Landerziehungsheime für Jungen. In his concept education was not pure knowledge transfer had to deal with the pupil has a whole. Most of the Landerziehungsheime or Landschulheime were located far from the big cities to minimize the influence on the children.
Harless worked with Paul Geheeb at Odenwaldschule until 1920. Then he joined the Neuen deutschen Schule (New German School) of Alexander Sutherland Neill, who later founded the progressive Summerhill School. The Neuen deutschen Schule had been founded by Émile Jaques-Dalcroze 1910 in Hellerau. After the closure of the school in 1923, Harless opened his own school in Marquartstein with 16 pupils in 1928. The concept of mixed classes and a boarding school for girls and boys at the same location was only undertaken by a few schools in Germany, such as Landschulheim Herrlingen. Due to a rising number of pupils, Harless was allowed to hold the Abitur tests at his private school in 1940. Normally, private school pupils had to take the tests at a nearby public school.
Hermann Harless was director of the school until the forced nationalization May 1, 1943. The school's system of mixed boarding school with co-educational classes was left unchanged during the time of Nazi Germany. The boarding school for girls was closed by a ministerial decree in 1949. Due to low number of boarding pupils, the girls' branch was reopened in 1989.
Former pupils
- Lotte Tobisch (Actress); thirties
- Ilija Trojanow 1979–1981
- Peter Ramsauer –1973
- Christoph Probst 1932–1935
- Christian Ehler –1984
- Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle 1989–1995
- Peter Stevens (RAF officer) 1928–1929
References
- ↑ "Staatliches Landschulheim Marquartstein 1928-2003" (PDF). Retrieved 06-12-2008. Check date values in:
|accessdate=(help)