Gymnasium Hankensbüttel

The Gymnasium Hankensbüttel is a Gymnasium in Hankensbüttel, Lower Saxony and the oldest one in the district of Gifhorn.[1]

Gymnasium Hankensbüttel
Location
Amtsweg 11
29386 Hankensbüttel, Lower Saxony

Germany
Coordinates52°43′48″N 10°36′36″E
Information
TypeGymnasium
Established1947
School districtGifhorn district
PrincipalMartin Hille
Faculty88
Grades5–13
Enrollment1,455 (as of 2007–08)
Information0049-58 32-98 40-10
WebsiteSchool web site

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
sign at the entry of the Gymnasium
  • 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)

Well known pupils
  • Hans Pleschinski (born 1956), author
  • Astrid Frohloff (born 1962), journalist and television presenter
  • Bernd Fix (born 1962), computer security expert
  • Oliver Graf (born 1981), actor and cultural manager

Twinning schools

References
  1. "Establishing the school". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-09-17.
  2. History of the school Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Rowing club of the Gymnasium
  4. "Quad scull rowing team as German champion in 2006" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-09-17.
  5. Result of the semifinal of the German championship 2008, p. 15
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