The Sankt-Ansgar-Schule (common abbreviation: SAS) is a private

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. It was founded in 1946 as the only boys' school by the

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, an

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of the

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, in the State of Hamburg. The school was named after

Saint Ansgar Ansgar (8 September 801 – 3 February 865), also known as Anskar, Saint Ansgar, Saint Anschar or Oscar, was Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen in the northern part of the Kingdom of the East Franks. Ansgar became known as the "Apostle of the North" b ...

who

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in the 9th century. The motto of the SAS is: which is engraved above the official main entrance. In 1978, it became a

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school. The Jesuits gave up running the school in 1993 themselves but the Sankt-Ansgar-Schule has remained a member of the association of Jesuit schools and still follows all of the order's rules for their educational institutions. Currently, the

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formerly runs the school.Homepage
of the SAS on the website of the Archbishoppric of Hamburg; retrieved on 11 August 2020.

History

In 1917, the first plans were made to found a Jesuit school in Hamburg. For many reasons like

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, the following

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, and the period of

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, they could not be implemented. Right after

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, the Catholic church started to negotiate with the

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occupation authorities as well as the Senate as the city civil government again. The plans for a new secondary school were approved and the SAS was founded on 4 May 1946.Sankt-Ansgar-Schule (Ed.): ''Sankt-Ansgar-Schule Hamburg. 1946–1971.'' Sator-Verlag, Hamburg, 1971. Chapter "The Beginning", pp. 3—5. Today, the Sankt-Ansgar-Schule is regarded as an example for a typical German ''Gymnasium'' by the

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.GND
for the Sankt-Ansgar-Schule; retrieved on 10 August 2020.

Education

The Leitmotif at the SAS is based on the educational concepts according to

Ignatius of Loyola Ignatius of Loyola, Society of Jesus, S.J. (born Íñigo López de Oñaz y Loyola; eu, Ignazio Loiolakoa; es, Ignacio de Loyola; la, Ignatius de Loyola; – 31 July 1556), venerated as Saint Ignatius of Loyola, was a Spain, Spanish Catholic ...

(1491-1556), founder of the Society of Jesus. His ''

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'' of 1598 sets the theoretical basis of Ignatian pedagogy up to modern times. The publication emphasizes three pillars:

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, and

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on one's own deeds. The SAS follows all rules and regulations made by the state for all public schools in Hamburg. Therefore, despite the fact that, for example, Catholic religion is an obligatory subject,

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is taught in

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and not

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Location and Buildings

The school lies in the Hamburg district of

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, near the city center and the

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lake. The

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of the SAS at the Bürgerweide street used to be home for an

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which was destroyed during the

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, a massive bombing in 1943 by the

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. The building which is today known as the (literally: the old building) was erected in 1952/1953, based on plans of the

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Gerhard Kamps. Since 1968, it is listed in the official register () of the

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of the state of Hamburg.''Denkmalliste''
(Official cultural heritage record) of the State of Hamburg (ID 14820, p. 971); retrieved on 10 August 2020. In 1970–1971, an extension building alongside the adjacent was built and opened. In 2010, it was expanded with six new

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s and an

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Notable alumni

Ansgar Beckermann Ansgar Beckermann (born 29 June 1945, in Hamburg) is a German philosopher who deals primarily with philosophy of mind and epistemology. He is professor for philosophy at the University of Bielefeld and was the president of the "Gesellschaft für an ...

Brun-Otto Bryde Brun-Otto Bryde (born 1 February 1943) is a German legal scholar and a former judge of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany. Life Bryde was born in Hamburg on 12 January 1943. Following his first state exam in law 1966 and his second one ...

Milka Loff Fernandes Milka Loff Fernandes (born 19 June 1980 in Hamburg) is a German TV presenter and actress of Cape Verdean descent. Fernandes was, from 1999 until 2004, VJ for the television channel Viva and in 2002 recorded the song ''Girl for a day'' with Band ...

Godehard Giese Godehard Giese (born 1972) is a German actor, known for his roles in ''Deutschland 83''. and ''Babylon Berlin''. Life Giese attended Sankt-Ansgar-Schule in Hamburg in his childhood. He studied at Berlin University of the Arts from 1997 to 20 ...

* Klaus Grawe *

Iveta Mukuchyan Iveta Mukuchyan ( hy, Իվետա Մուկուչյան, ; born 14 October 1986) is an Armenian singer. Born in Yerevan, Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, she moved to Hamburg, Germany, in 1992. Mukuchyan returned to Armenia in 2009 and placed ...

Alexander-Martin Sardina Alexander-Martin Sardina (born 15 September 1973; , ) is a former member of parliament for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU). Biography Sardina was born and raised in Hamburg, Germany.

* Christoph de Vries *

Michael Weikath Michael Ingo Joachim "Weiki" Weikath (born 7 August 1962) is a German musician, best known as a founding member and one of the guitarists of pioneering power metal band Helloween. Biography Weikath was born in Hamburg and was musical from a ...

References

Publications by the school

* Sankt-Ansgar-Schule (Ed.): ''Bericht Sankt-Ansgar-Schule''. Hamburg, 1955. * Sankt-Ansgar-Schule, Pater Hans Hartmann SJ: ''Sankt-Ansgar-Schule Hamburg. 1960–1964.'' Hamburg, 1964. * Sankt-Ansgar-Schule (Ed.): ''Sankt-Ansgar-Schule Hamburg. 1946–1971.'' Hamburg, 1971. * Sankt-Ansgar-Schule, Christoph Disselhoff (Ed.): ''40 Jahre Sankt-Ansgar-Schule. 1946–1986.'' Hamburg, 1986. * Sankt-Ansgar-Schule, Andreas Oettel, Helge Sturm (Ed.): ''50 Jahre Sankt-Ansgar-Schule. 1946–1996.'' Publication with a CD-ROM (19 pieces of the SAS Band). Hamburg, 1996. * Sankt-Ansgar-Schule (Ed.): ''So beten wir! Gebete von Jugendlichen der 10. Klassen der Sankt-Ansgar-Schule in Hamburg.'' Hamburg, 1999. * Sankt-Ansgar-Schule, Richard Lutz (Ed.): ''Borgfelde – Damals und heute. 1880–2012.'' Bildband zum Schülerprojekt zum 70. Jahrestag der Zerstörung des Stadtteils und der Einweihung des Schulgebäudes vor 60 Jahren. Hamburg, 2013.

External links

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Official Website of the Sankt-Ansgar-Schule

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