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41-545: Thomas Mann Gymnasium may refer to the following schools: Thomas Mann Gymnasium (Budapest) , Hungary Thomas Mann Gymnasium (Munich)  [ de ] , Germany, on Boschetsrieder Straße Thomas Mann Gymnasium (Stutensee) , Germany, in Stutensee [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about schools, colleges, or other educational institutions which are associated with

82-471: A graduation rate of virtually 100% and one of the highest university admission rates (95%) in the country. The primary language of instruction is German with some classes taught in Hungarian, depending on the student's academic program. Given the limited German knowledge of the majority of the Hungarian pupils, teaching is more and more moving into bilingual set-up. Given the multicultural student body,

123-424: A contemporary, purpose-built building. Apart from several specialty classrooms for the art and science classes, there is a computer room, a library with over 7,000 books, a gym and a professionally equipped theater. The outdoor facilities include a playground, a basketball and a soccer court, and a running track . All classrooms are equipped with Smart Boards . For class trips, project excursions and training camps

164-515: A larger cafeteria. The new two-decked parking lot has already been completed. Each year the school offers a wide variety of extracurricular activities: from intramurals and club sports to arts , music and science . The drama and musical clubs put on plays suitable for different ages. In the past, famous Broadway productions such as Hair and Cats , as well as student-written pieces have been showcased. The Lego Robotics club has participated in national and international competitions. The DSB

205-488: A prestigious institution for about 500 students, with a Primary School from Grade 1 to 4 ( Grundschule ) and a Secondary School for Grades 5 to 12 ( Gymnasium ). The German School of Budapest's philosophy is to serve as a platform fostering intercultural dialogue. It is committed to act as a bridge between the German and Hungarian society, culture and language. It has a rigorous bicultural academic curriculum evidenced by

246-494: A two-weeks research scholarship program for annually twenty high school student, organised by the state foundation of Lower Saxony , the Stiftung Niedersachsen . Following the concept of a holistic education, the school emphasises the importance of athletics . Students participate in varsity sports competing in tournaments with local Hungarian schools. The basketball team has also had notable successes, not

287-507: A wide range of cultural, ethnic and racial backgrounds. Albeit smaller than most other international schools in Budapest, it is proportionally more diverse and more focused on a cosmopolitan education with especially Grades 9-12 serving as examples of cross-cultural communication and understanding. The German School is considered to be the go-to institution for an increasing number of diplomat , expat and bilingual families, as well as

328-556: Is Halotti beszéd és könyörgés , a short funeral oration written in about 1192–1195, moving in its simplicity. The oldest poem is Ómagyar Mária-siralom (the Lamentations of Mary ), a free translation from Latin of a poem by Godefroy de Breteuil . It is also the oldest surviving Uralic poem. Both the funeral sermon and the Lamentations are hard to read and not quite comprehensible for modern-day Hungarians, mostly because

369-469: Is a white tie event taking place in the school, commonly presided over by the German Ambassador to Budapest or another high-ranking state officer and attended by the students´ families, friends, diplomats and corporate leadership. Ballagás is the actual Graduation ceremony, on the last day of ordinary school schedules for the seniors. It takes place on the last Friday before the start of

410-578: Is an epic written in the style of the Iliad , and recounts the heroic Battle of Szigetvár , where his great-grandfather died while defending the castle of Szigetvár. Translation of Roman authors produced also some works: János Baranyai Decsi translated Sallust 's Catalina and Jughurta 's war in the late 16th century. A decade later appeared the translation of Curtius Rufus 's life of Alexander in Debrecen . Historical works were even more numerous:

451-654: Is called the Bible of Vizsoly , after the town where it was first published. Another important religious work is the Legend of Saint Margaret , copied by Lea Ráskai around 1510 from an earlier work that did not survive. The first Enlightenment writers in Hungary were Maria Theresia 's bodyguards ( György Bessenyei , János Batsányi and so on). The greatest poets of the time were Mihály Csokonai Vitéz and Dániel Berzsenyi . The most prominent figure of Hungarian language reform

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492-414: Is historical verses in Hungarian, like that of Sebestyén Tinódi Lantos from the 16th century, Péter Ilosvai Selymes , Mihály Szabatkai and Gergely Bornemissza . Latin works in the period are more numerous. István Szamosközy , János Baranyai Decsi , Miklós Istvánffy , János Bethlen , and Farkas Bethlen , Ferenc Forgách , György Szerémi , Ambrus Somogyi , Gianmichele Bruto and Oláh Miklós are

533-564: Is one of currently nine Hungarian schools running the Model European Parliament project. Students have successfully advanced to the national and international rounds. The Class of '05 won the first prize at the German Competition of Political Education in 2003, and the school had regularly sends the finalists to the prestigious OKTV competition. The school has close links to the prestigious Europa-Kolleg ,

574-643: The Bohemian religious reformer Jan Hus , were responsible for this work, of which the prophetic books, the Psalms, and the Gospels have survived. A great part of the vocabulary created for the purpose is still in use. Renaissance literature flourished under the reign of King Matthias (1458–1490). Janus Pannonius , although he wrote in Latin, counts as one of the most important persons in Hungarian literature, being

615-636: The 26-letter Latin alphabet was not sufficient to represent all the sounds in Hungarian before diacritic marks and double letters were added. During the Middle Ages and well into the Renaissance, the language of writing was mostly Latin. Important documents include the Admonitions of St. Stephen , which includes the king's admonitions to his son Prince Imre . Among the first chronicles about Hungarian history were Gesta Hungarorum ("Deeds of

656-553: The German national curriculum for Gymnasiums with English (Grade 5), French (Grade 6) and Spanish (Grade 9) as the foreign languages and leads to the German Abitur . Students in the Hungarian section also follow the German national curriculum but have additional classes in Hungarian literature , Hungarian history and are taught biology and chemistry in Hungarian according to the Hungarian national curriculum . In Grade 5

697-511: The Gombocz-Runde is a 1,5 km cross country run on an area near the school with extreme inclines and uphill parts. As such, it is strenuous exercise even for generally fit students. Tradition has it that every student has to run it at least once a term to pass in PE, although this has recently been abandoned. The run itself nevertheless remains part of the PE curriculum. It is partly due to

738-460: The Hungarian elite. Due to the high tuition fees and rigorous admission process, it primarily caters to an exclusive group of families. The school has a large 35-hectare campus in the Buda hills overlooking the city and is conveniently accessible by public transport. A historic hunting lodge houses the primary school and the cafeteria. The secondary school and the administrative offices are located in

779-654: The Hungarians"), by an unknown author, and Gesta Hunnorum et Hungarorum ("Deeds of the Huns and the Hungarians") by Simon Kézai. Both are in Latin. These chronicles mix history with legends, so historically they are not always authentic. Another chronicle is the Chronicon Pictum ("Illustrated Chronicle"), which was written for King Louis the Great by Mark of Kalt in 1358. Further, Rogerius 's 13th-century work

820-541: The beginning of the Middle Hungarian period is set, in connection with various cultural changes. The most important poets of the period were Bálint Balassi (1554–1594), Sebestyén Tinódi Lantos (c. 1510–1556) and Miklós Zrínyi (1620–1664). Balassi's poetry shows Mediaeval influences. His poems can be divided into three thematic categories: love poems, war poems and religious poems. Zrínyi's most significant work, Szigeti veszedelem (" Peril of Sziget ", 1648/49)

861-502: The chronicle of Gáspár Heltai , published by him in Kolozsvár ; Zay Ferenc 's unpublished work on the siege of Belgrade from the 15th century; Kemény János 's Transylvanian Dukes, and Miklós Bethlen 's memoirs with János Szalárdy 's voluminous then-unpublished work on Transylvanian history from Bethlen's reign to the 1660s; and Mihály Cserei 's early 18th-century work are highlights of Hungarian-language literature. Another category

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902-428: The class accounts of the pupils. Once seniors have passed their first semester of finals and are admitted to the leaving examinations, they are allowed to wear a distinctive bright-blue ribbon on their coats. The Szalagavató is the ceremony when the ribbons are officially handed over to the students. The Szalagavató takes place in late November or early December marking the final stage of a student's school career. It

943-420: The emphasis is on nurturing independent thinking, tolerance and openness. The primary school encompasses Grades 1 to 4 and follows the national curriculum of Germany. Hungarian is offered as a regular language class for beginners, advanced and bilingual students. English is playfully introduced as a foreign language. The secondary school is split into a German and Hungarian section. The German section follows

984-596: The focus is on acquiring proficiency in German. Students may sit the German Abitur , as well as the Hungarian Érettségi . The two sections are physically divided into separate classes up to Grade 9. After that, students of both sections are mixed so that Germans and Hungarians spend the majority of their time studying side by side. The school is especially known for its high level in mathematics , science and languages . Students frequently outperform their counterparts in standardized tests , successfully participate in international and national academic competitions, and have

1025-518: The language had become differentiated from its closest relatives, the Ob-Ugric languages . No written evidence remains of the earliest Hungarian literature, but through folktales and folk songs , elements have survived that can be traced back to pagan times. Also extant, although only in Latin and dating from between the 11th and 14th centuries, are shortened versions of some Hungarian legends relating

1066-451: The least thanks to the annual student-teacher match on the last school day before Christmas break. The girls' volleyball team is one of the excelling school teams in the area, represented in almost every major high school level tournament. Club sports, such as hockey , four square (known as Tengo at the school) and dance are particularly popular with the lower grades. Named after one-time school coach and PE teacher Gábor Gombocz,

1107-535: The most important authors of historical works from the 16th to 17th century. In German Georg Kraus and Georg Zeiler wrote on Transylvanian history. In Spanish one may read Bernardo de Aldana 's apology for the 1552 loss of the castle of Lippa to the Turks. Among religious literary works the most important is the Bible translation by Gáspár Károli , the Protestant pastor of Gönc , in 1590. The translation

1148-610: The only significant Hungarian humanist poet of the period. The Buda Chronicle was published in 1473, it was produced by András Hess in Buda , and is the first incunabulum ever printed in Hungary. Thus, the year 1473 is considered the beginning of Hungarian book printing. The Chronica Hungarorum from the Hess printing house in Buda is unprecedented in Europe in the 15th century, because no other country's history of printing begins with

1189-419: The origins of the Hungarian people and episodes from the conquest of Hungary and from campaigns of the 10th century. In earliest times the Hungarian language was written in a runic-like script , although it was not used for literary purposes in the modern sense. The country switched to the Latin alphabet after being Christianized under the reign of Stephen I (1000–1038). There are no existing documents from

1230-667: The possibility to earn language certificates due to cooperation with the Institut Français and the Instituto Cervantes . Teachers at the school are generally recommended and appointed by the German Ministry for Education ( Kultusministerkonferenz ) and have to be confirmed by the school. The positions are highly competitive and are based on three-year contracts with the possibility of extension. In some cases, especially for subjects taught in Hungarian,

1271-532: The pre-11th century era. The Old Hungarian period is reckoned from 896 CE, when Hungarians conquered the Carpathian Basin , settled down and started to build their own state. Creation of the first extant written records followed soon after. The oldest written record in Hungarian is a fragment in the Establishing charter of the abbey of Tihany (1055) which contains several Hungarian terms, among them

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1312-555: The preparatory and examination period, at the end of which the oral parts of the leaving examinations are taken. Seniors walk through classrooms decorated with flowers for this purpose, singing traditional commercium songs , such as Gaudeamus Igitur . Hungarian literature Hungarian literature is the body of written works primarily produced in Hungarian , and may also include works written in other languages (mostly Latin), either produced by Hungarians or having topics which are closely related to Hungarian culture . While it

1353-585: The publication of a folk's history. This is the first example, that the printing history of a country begin with the publication of the history of a people. The Hungarian book printing preceded England, Spain, and Austria. In fact, the number of printing houses was not too high at that time. At the end of the 1470s, 66 printing houses could operate in Europe, of which two were in the Kingdom of Hungary (in Buda and Pozsony (now Bratislava )). In 1526 most of Hungary fell under Ottoman occupation, from which date

1394-529: The same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Mann_Gymnasium&oldid=1245602340 " Category : Educational institution disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Thomas Mann Gymnasium (Budapest) The former Deutsche Schule Budapest

1435-529: The school hires teachers directly from Hungary. Several years of experience at a highly reputable Hungarian secondary school is a minimum requirement. Tuition for the 2016-2017 school year is 1,162,500 HUF excluding additional fees for registration, materials, extracurriculars, lunch, class trips, excursions, and transportation. This makes the DSB one of the most expensive private schools in the country. The school prides itself on its diversity , serving students from

1476-548: The school owns a holiday house in Gárdony , at the shore of Lake Velence . It can accommodate up to 36 people in en-suite rooms, has a fully equipped kitchen, a multipurpose room, and plenty of canoes and other sports equipment. Due to increasing number of students, a major expansion project designed by BH Architects has started in August 2016. Apart from a new building amendment which will house new classrooms, an additional gym,

1517-486: The tradition of the Gombocz-Runde that DSBlers are regularly seen at various city marathons and charity runs. Gombocz doesn't run with the students, he sits on a chair at the gate. The Adventsbasar is co-organised by the Parents' Association that takes place in early December. It is a Christmas-themed event where most classes get a stall and sell pancakes , mulled wine , and various trinkets . The profit usually goes to

1558-406: The words feheruuaru rea meneh hodu utu rea, ("up the military road to Fehérvár ," referring to the place where the abbey was built). This text is probably to be read as Fehérü váru reá meneü hodu utu reá with today's spelling, and it would read as a Fehérvárra menő had[i] útra in today's Hungarian. The rest of the document was written in Latin. The oldest complete, continuous text in Hungarian

1599-480: Was less known in the English-speaking world for centuries, Hungary's literature gained renown in the 19th and 20th centuries, thanks to a new wave of internationally accessible writers like Mór Jókai , Antal Szerb , Sándor Márai , Imre Kertész and Magda Szabó . The beginning of the history of Hungarian language as such (the proto-Hungarian period) is set at 1000 BC, when according to current theory,

1640-417: Was published with Thuróczy chronicle in the late 15th century. In Split (now a part of Croatia ) Thomas of Spalato wrote on local history, with much information on Hungary in the 13th century. At that time Dalmatia and the city of Split were part of the Kingdom of Hungary . The 15th century saw the first translations from the Bible . Two Transylvanian preachers, Thomas and Valentine, followers of

1681-683: Was re-established as the continuation of, first, the 1908 Reichsdeutsche Schule Budapest, and later, the German Government School in Budapest. Its founders were the state of Baden-Württemberg , the Federal Government of Germany, the City of Budapest and the Hungarian Government, in succession to a tradition of German schools in Hungary dating back to the late 19th century. Since then, it has evolved into

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