Volksschule Altomünster is a school (
Volksschule
The German term ''Volksschule'' generally refers to compulsory education, denoting an educational institution every person (i.e. the people, ''Volk'') is required to attend.
In Germany and Switzerland it is equivalent to a combined primary ...
) in
Altomünster
Altomünster is a municipality in the district of Dachau in Bavaria in Germany.
Geography
Geographical location
The market is located northwest of Dachau and almost in the middle of the triangle formed by the cities of Munich, Augsburg and Ingol ...
in
Bavaria
Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total l ...
(
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...
). About 37 teachers are teaching pupils in form 1 to 9.
In a stairway of the school there is an
art gallery from the
Pop-art-artist
Walter Gaudnek
Walter Gaudnek (1 July 1931 – 23 October 2022) was a modern artist and professor at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida. Gaudnek has been one of the main representatives of pop art since the 1970s. He is considered the only ar ...
who is professor at
University of Central Florida
The University of Central Florida (UCF) is a public research university whose main campus is in unincorporated Orange County, Florida. UCF also has nine smaller regional campuses throughout central Florida. It is part of the State University ...
(
College of Arts and Humanities).
Comenius-partnership
Since October 2011 the Volksschule Altomünster has a
Comenius
John Amos Comenius (; cs, Jan Amos Komenský; pl, Jan Amos Komeński; german: Johann Amos Comenius; Latinized: ''Ioannes Amos Comenius''; 28 March 1592 – 15 November 1670) was a Czech philosopher, pedagogue and theologian who is consider ...
-partnership. Declared school-partners are the „Primary School“ in
Crook (
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe ...
) and the „école primaire“ in
Flesselles (
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ...
). The project-topic is „Healthy Active Citizens Across Europe“.
Bibliography
* Reinhard Kreitmair: ''Schule und Bildung in Altomünster bis 1919''. In: Wilhelm Liebhart (Hrsg.): ''Altomünster: Kloster, Markt und Gemeinde''. 1023 S., Altomünster 1999, S.579-601, .
* Fritz Ebshäuser: ''Das moderne Schulwesen''. In: Wilhelm Liebhart (Hrsg.): ''Altomünster: Kloster, Markt und Gemeinde''. 1023 S., Altomünster 1999, S.603-626, .
External links
Volksschule Altomünster- (official site)
Schools in Bavaria
Dachau (district)
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