The history of Fridtjof Nansen Secondary School 1902 - 2024
| 1902 | Establishment of a secondary school (forerunner of the Gymnasium), continuation of the Rektoratsschule as the "Städtische Höhere Mädchenschule" (predecessor of the Fridtjof-Nansen-Realschule) It comprises years 4 - 9 with a total of 26 girls in two classrooms, principal: Arnold Hasenow |
| 1924 | Maria Hilgefort becomes principal |
| 1928 | Dr. Eduard Sattler becomes principal |
| 1933 | Recognition of the girls' school as a fully developed secondary school with the "Mittlere Reife" qualification |
| 1939 | Inauguration of the new school building on Eschweg (red section) |
| 1940 | Admission of boys is approved. The school is given the name "Municipal secondary school for boys and girls" |
| 1949 | Anna Heidemeyer becomes principal |
| The post of deputy principal is created for the first time. Rudolf Wienecke becomes deputy principal. | |
| 1950 | The school has two classes, separated into boys' and girls' classes. 445 pupils are taught by 13 teachers |
| 1951 | Renamed "Municipal secondary school" |
| 1957 | Extension building is finished (green part) |
| 1960 | Heinz Krumm becomes principal |
| Änne Hasse becomes deputy principal | |
| 1961 | School has three classes with mixed boys' and girls' classes |
| 1966 | Heinz Domberger becomes deputy principal |
| 1967 | Realschule receives its current name |
| 1968 | Extension (yellow part) |
| 1977 | Secondary school with four classes, 750 pupils taught by 30 teachers |
| 1982 | Heinz Domberger becomes principal. |
| Bodo Crone becomes deputy principal. | |
| 1987 | Bernhard Patte becomes principal. |
| 1996 | Angela Köppen becomes deputy principal. |
| The post of 2nd deputy principal is created. Hedwig Poll-Wolbeck becomes 2nd deputy principal. | |
| 1998 | Hedwig Poll-Wolbeck becomes deputy principal. |
| Christian Bauer becomes 2nd vice principal. | |
| 2001 | Ceremonial inauguration of the extension building on June 12 |
| 2002 | 100th anniversary |
| 2003 | Appointment as a European Eco-School |
| 2004 | First German ambassador school for Child Care Africa |
| 2006 | Opening of the media library and the new school library |
| 2008 | Named School of the Future and European School in NRW |
| 2009 | Ceremonial farewell to Mr. Patte as principal; Mrs. Poll-Wolbeck becomes new principal |
| 2011 | Ms. Bärmann becomes 1st Vice Principal; Excellent result of the school inspection quality analysis in NRW |
| 2013 | The secondary school has five classes throughout, and even six classes in one year |
| 2014 | Recertification as a European school in NRW, completion of further training for staff on promoting diversity |
| Due to the founding of the comprehensive school in Gronau and the secondary school in Epe, the secondary school may only be continued with three pupils by the school authorities. An additional class (preparatory class) is set up for children with no knowledge of German. | |
| 2015 | Due to the high enrollment numbers and the additions in year 6, years 5 and 6 will have four classes. |
| Due to the large number of school-age children with no knowledge of German living in Gronau, two additional preparatory classes are being set up. | |
| 2016 | The secondary school in Epe no longer has a principal. Ms. Poll-Wolbeck will become principal from 19.01.2016 and Ms. Bärmann will become deputy principal. Both schools now share one principal. |
| During an impressive 2-hour ceremony in the Bürgerhalle on July 14, our school is awarded the quality label 'School without Racism - School with Courage'. | |
| 2017 | Ceremonial farewell of Mrs. Poll-Wolbeck as principal. Mrs. Preuß becomes the new principal. |
| The Carl-Sonnenschein-Realschule Gronau-Epe will close in July. From the 2017/18 school year, the pupils of the remaining 9th and 10th classes (3 classes each) will find their new school home at Fridtjof-Nansen-Realschule. | |
| 2018 | 219 students (8 classes) receive their graduation certificates on June 29. |
| 2019 | Start of planning for extensive construction measures and renovation of the old building. The enrolment figures are continuously higher than the approved three classes. Again, 8 year groups are dismissed. |
| 2020 | The coronavirus pandemic leads to months of school closures. In the meantime, the school is completely reorganizing itself digitally and can provide the timetable in distance learning from the first day of closure. Changing government guidelines require constant adaptation to these and the pandemic situation. |
| 2021 | Christian Bauer retires and Katrin Winkelhaus becomes the new 2nd vice principal. The digital class register is introduced. Appointment as Euregio profile school |
| 2022 | Josefa Bärmann retires and Steffen Smit becomes the new 1st vice principal of the Realschule. The application to form more classes in year 5 is approved by the Münster district government. |
| 2023 | Once again, a fourth entry class can be formed with the approval of the Münster district government. |
2024 | The Realschule starts the school year with three classes despite the unchanged high number of applications. |