page_title: CJD Christophorusschule Königswinter
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: CJD Christophorusschule Königswinter / History
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Stadtbahnhaltestelle Longenburg – CJD Königswinter an der Siebengebirgsbahn, Königswinter
context_page_description: The CJD Christophorusschule Königswinter is a state recognized private, alternative school located in Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, and is run by the Christliches Jugenddorfwerk Deutschlands. The school consists of a secondary school and a high school, which correspond to the state equivalents. The Christophorusschule has about 1,450 male and female students, and about 105 teachers for instruction. In addition, a dormitory is available for students in grades 5-12, a branch for the highly gifted students, a knowledge center for gifted demands, and a school psychology service with certified psychologists.
  Also, there is an exchange program with schools in the USA, France, Spain, Sweden and Japan.
context_section_description: The Christophorusschule was founded by the CJD in 1992, with a staff consisting of just under 20 teachers, 7 of which, including the former principal, Hans Joachim Gardyan, came from the CJD Braunschweig.
  The school began in 1992 with a total of 360 students from grades 5-8 in the secondary school and from grades 5-11 in the high school.  The first instruction building used was the previous school of Gymnasium am Petersberg which was built in 1971 and closed in 1991.  
  Later, with the increase in student numbers, the 1995 building of the closed Städische Realschule am Petersberg was used to make room.  This along with the Petersberggymnasium made up a school center.  Before the school opening, the city of Königwinter made a fierce argument about the future of the empty school buildings because they had actually planned to open an alternative state institution, comprehensive school in 1991, but plans were delayed one year. In 1995, Christophorusschule had its first graduation class. In 2000, the dormitory (with groups living in the former Pfarrhaus of St. Remigius with approximately 70 rooms) opened.
  In September 2005 (with support from the German Telephone Company Deutsche Telekom Donations and their chairman, Klaus Kinkel) grades 9 and 10 started a different field in the high school called the Junior Engineer Academy, which modified the Baden-Württemberger Student Engineer Academy at the middle level. In January 2006, the Bonn-Berlin-Ausgleich financed the opening of the CJD Fine Arts House, which is available to students and organizations in the region.  Hans Joachim Gardyan was named the school principal from 1992 to 2006. His successors were Reinhard Koglin (head principal), Johannes Heide (principal of the high school) and Jörg Möller (principal of the secondary school until January 2009, followed by Andreas Breitenstein), beginning in the 2006/2007 school year.
caption: Stop Longenburg – CJD Königswinter
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