The Goethe-Gymnasium is a gymnasium and secondary school in Dortmund,

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inha ...

, Germany. It was founded as a school for girls in 1867, as the first school offering higher education to girls in the city. It was later named after

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as t ...

. It has been a NRW Sportschule, focused on sports, from 2009.

History

The school was founded as the first school of higher education for girls in Dortmund in 1867, then called Evangelische städtische höhere Mädchenschule (Protestant municipal higher school for girls). It was the first school of higher education in Dortmund, one of the first in the Ruhr region. The limitation by denomination was dropped in 1877 when the school became the Städtische höhere Mädchenschule. With rising numbers of pupils, the school was moved to Dortmund-Hörde in 1879. In the 1890s, the aspect of school education as preparation for a future job was added, providing the girls mainly with skills to become teachers. In 1908, education for girls was reformed in Prussia, accepting the schools of higher education for girls (Lyceum) as sufficient for admission to academic studies. A reference to

appeared first in 1918, and became an official name in 1928, Städtisches Goethe-Oberlyzeum zu Dortmund (Municipal Goethe upper

lyceum The lyceum is a category of educational institution defined within the education system of many countries, mainly in Europe. The definition varies among countries; usually it is a type of secondary school. Generally in that type of school the t ...

at Dortmund). It moved to a new building at Skellstraße in 1960. The complex of three buildings connected by covered corridors was designed by three architects from Dortmund, , Werner Lehmann and Wolfram Schlote. The school was moved again to the present building in Stettiner Straße in 1983. The school was approved in 2008 as a NRW , a school with a focus on competitive sports in

. A new hall for sports was built, and opened in 2013. It offers up to 199 seats for spectators, and is open also for other regular users such as the teams of the TV Hörde for

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...

and

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

References

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