Germany - Hessia - Gießen - Friedrich-Ebert-Schule

1. Germany - Hessia - Gießen - Friedrich-Ebert-Schule

2. Our country - Germany

3. Facts and figures • about 82 million inhabitants, Germany is the most populous member state of the European Union • Germany's capital and largest metropolis is Berlin • in the 2005 elections, Angela Merkel became the first female Chancellor of Germany as the leader of a grand coalition • Germany is a federal, parliamentary, representative democratic republic

4. Education • optional kindergarten education is provided for all children between three and six years old, after which school attendance is compulsory for at least nine years • primary education usually lasts for four to six years • secondary education includes three traditional types of schools focused on different academic levels: the “Gymnasium”, the “Realschule” and the “Hauptschule” • the Gesamtschule unifies all secondary education

5. Germany comprises sixteen federal states which are collectively referred to as Bundesländer each state has its own state constitution and is largely autonomous in regard to its internal organization States

6. Our state - Hesse

7. Facts and figures • Hesse or Hessia (German: Hessen [ˈhɛsn̩]) is a federal state with just over six million inhabitants • the state capital is Wiesbaden; the largest city is Frankfurt am Main • the state is divided into three administrative provinces (Regierungsbezirke): Kassel in the north and east, Gießen in the centre, and Darmstadt in the south

8. FFM (Mainhattan) • with Hesse's largest city Frankfurt am Main being home of the European Central Bank (ECB), the German Bundesbank and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, Hesse is home to the financial capital of mainland Europe • Hesse has always been one of the largest and healthiest economies in Germany, in fact one of the largest economies in Europe and the 38th largest in the world

9. Our city - Gießen

10. Facts and figures • Gießen is capital of both the district of Giessen and the administrative region of Giessen • the largest river in Giessen is the Lahn • botanic garden • the population is approximately 78,000, with roughly 28,000 university students

11. University of Gießen JLU • the University of Giessen, called Justus Liebig University • it is named after its most famous faculty member, Justus von Liebig, the founder of modern agricultural chemistry and inventor of the artificial fertiliser • covers the areas of arts/humanities, business, dentistry, economics, law, medicine, science, social sciences, and veterinary medicine • university hospital which has two sites Gießen and Marburg is the only private university hospital in Germany

12. Campus of the JLU • no defined campus, buildings and facilities are grouped together according to their subject areas and situated in various locations around Giessen • Philosophikum II, for example is an area on the outskirts of the city bordering the city forest • a number of faculty buildings and lecture theaters are located there

13. Campus of the JLU • Biomedical Research Center (BFZ) • Surgery building of the university hospital • Main building

14. Our school - FES

15. Comprehensive school • FES is a so-called kooperative Gesamtschule • Förderstufe, Hauptschule, Realschule and Gymnasium • offer college preparatory classes • in most cases students attending our school graduate with the Hauptschulabschluss and the Realschulabschluss depending on how well they did in school

16. School‘s organization

17. Main field: music • instrumental training: piano, keyboard, drums, percussion, electric guitar, bass • Lerngruppe Schwerpunkt Musik (LSM): students are able to participate in a special music project group that connects the Gymnasium, the Real- and Hauptschule → regularly there are concerts to present the results • recording studio → audio engineering project group • school choir • booster club: FES MUSIC supPOART