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 primar ...
) in
Altomünster
Altomünster is a Municipalities in Germany, municipality in the district of Dachau (district), Dachau in Bavaria in Germany.
Geography
Geographical location
The market is located northwest of Dachau and almost in the middle of the triangle form ...
in
Bavaria
Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a States of Germany, state in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the list of German states by area, largest German state by land area, comprising approximately 1/5 of the total l ...
(
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
). About 37 teachers are teaching pupils in form 1 to 9.
In a stairway of the school there is an
art gallery
An art gallery is a room or a building in which visual art is displayed. In Western cultures from the mid-15th century, a gallery was any long, narrow covered passage along a wall, first used in the sense of a place for art in the 1590s. The long ...
from the
Pop-art-artist
Walter Gaudnek who is professor at
University of Central Florida
The University of Central Florida (UCF) is a public university, public research university with its main campus in unincorporated area, unincorporated Orange County, Florida, United States. It is part of the State University System of Florida. ...
(
College of Arts and Humanities).
Comenius-partnership
Since October 2011 the Volksschule Altomünster has a
Comenius
John Amos Comenius (; ; ; ; Latinization (literature), Latinized: ''Ioannes Amos Comenius''; 28 March 1592 – 15 November 1670) was a Czech Philosophy, philosopher, Pedagogy, pedagogue and Theology, theologian who is considered the father of ...
-partnership. Declared school-partners are the „Primary School“ in
Crook (
England
England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...
) and the „école primaire“ in
Flesselles (
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
). 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, .
References
External links
Volksschule Altomünster- (official site)
Schools in Bavaria
Dachau (district)
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