Albertville-Realschule

Albertville-Realschule
Albertville-Realschule
Address
Albertviller-Straße 32
71364 Winnenden
Rems-Murr-Kreis
Baden-Württemberg
 Germany
Coordinates 48°52′08″N 9°23′55″E / 48.86889°N 9.39861°E / 48.86889; 9.39861
Information
School type Public Realschule
Head of school Astrid Hahn
Teaching staff 32
Grades 5–10
Number of students 580 (March, 2009)
Language English, French, German
Website http://www.ars-winnenden.de
Albertville-Realschule

The Albertville-Realschule is one of seven secondary schools and one of the two Realschules in Winnenden in the Rems-Murr-Kreis in Baden-Württemberg. It gained notoriety because of the Winnenden school shooting that occurred on March 11, 2009.

The Schule had been called Realschule Winnenden I im Bildungszentrum II before and was renamed Albertville-Realschule after the twinning with Albertville in the French Alps in 1980. 580 pupils in 20 classed are lectured by 32 teachers at the Realschule in 2009.[1]

The school has been offering a student exchange program with the Collège La Combe de Savoie in Albertville since 1981 und with the Vörösmarty Mihaly Gimnázium in Budapest since 2007.

On March 11, 2009, a 17-year-old apprentice and former student of the school ran amok in the school, killing twelve people, including nine students and three teachers, before fleeing. After killing three pedestrians, the shooter committed suicide after having a brief shootout with police.[2]

External links

Wikinews has related news: Teenage gunman kills 15 in south-west Germany
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References

  1. "Stichwort: Die Albertville-Realschule in Winnenden". Süddeutsche Zeitung. 11 March 2009. Archived from the original on 15 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-19.
  2. "16 Tote nach Amoklauf - Täter erschossen". SWR.de. 11 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-19.
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