As of: February 9, 2024, 8:26 a.m
By: Ulrike Osman
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This is what the new building of the Rhabanus-Maurus-Gymnasium in St. Ottilien should look like.
Two new buildings are to be built: on the one hand the school (right) and an event building (left) including a gym, cafeteria and music rooms.
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St. Ottilien - The new construction of the Rhabanus-Maurus-Gymnasium in St. Ottilien could actually start soon.
But the monument protection agency seems to have concerns.
A good two years ago, the school organization of the Diocese of Augsburg presented its concept for the new building of the Rhabanus-Maurus-Gymnasium (RMG) in St. Ottilien for the first time.
The planning has now been completed.
The building application is pending approval at the Landsberg district office.
However, the project may not be implemented exactly as planned.
The reason is monument protection.
The plans include two new buildings: the school itself and an event building with a double sports hall, cafeteria and music rooms.
It will be built in two phases – first the new school building, then the event building.
A total of 5,300 square meters of usable space (excluding the sports hall) is planned for the three-class high school with 700 students.
The ballroom, previously the venue for concerts, theater performances and the annual graduation ceremony, will be deleted without replacement.
All of this will take place in the event building in the future.
No containers
Operations in the existing building will continue until the move to the new premises.
The aim is to avoid the use of containers as much as possible.
An interim hall should only be built for physical education classes.
The first step planned was to demolish the oldest part of the building next winter.
This is the day care center, which is housed in the over 120-year-old building of the former St. Catherine's Monastery.
But that of all things could now be placed under monument protection.
The vestibule, the adjoining cloister and the St. Michael seminar church are also said to be affected.
Representatives of the State Office for Monument Preservation (LfD) are said to have been on site several times to inspect the buildings.
There is no official confirmation of this from either the Schulwerk or the monastery.
When asked, the LfD simply said that it was “in good discussions” with the school.
No details can be provided at this time.
In full rhythm+
Regardless of whether and to what extent replanning of the 47 million euro project is necessary - the new RMG will also break new ground in terms of education.
Teaching and learning then takes place according to the GanzTakt+ all-day concept developed by Schulwerk, to which the structural concept was also tailored.
Instead of classrooms lined up in hallways, so-called clusters should be created, consisting of rooms for frontal teaching and open learning areas.
Here content should be developed independently and group work should take place.
Compulsory full-day lessons are planned twice a week.
On the three remaining days, individual afternoon activities can be used as part of the open all-day school.