SEEON – BAVARIA – GERMANY

Seeon belongs to the rural commune “Seeon – Seebruck” which consists of the three villages: Seebruck, Seeon and Truchtlaching.

Seeon has about 1750 inhabitants, the rural commune has 4482 inhabitants.
Seeon belongs to the district of Traunstein and thus to the pictorial Bavarian landscape of “Chiemgau”. It is approximately 70 kilometres southeast to the Bavarian Capital Munich next to the largest Bavarian lake “Chiemsee”, called the Bavarian Sea.
Bavaria lies in the very south of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Seeon (537 m) is surrounded by 7 lakes, which are called “Seeoner Seenplatte” –the remnants of glacial waters in the north of the lake Chiemsee. Seeon was an ancient settlement of the Celts and Romans. Seeon was documented for the first time in 924 a.c. when the Benedict monastery was founded. Later on, even Mozart, the famous composer, stayed here to work. Seeon could celebrate its 1000th anniversary in 1994. Today, the place beams with numerous cultural events like concerts, exhibitions and lectures.

Seebruck originates from the Roman “Bedaium” around 50 b.c. and served as foothold for the Roman on their long distance route from Salzburg to Augsburg. Numerous archaeological findings from Seebruck and its surroundings are now exhibited in the Roman museum “Bedaium”.

Huge funeral mounds give evidence of the early settlements in Truchtlaching, the Celts cultivated the area as early as 500 B.C.. There is a little Celtic museum next to Truchtlaching, called Stöffling, where you can see Celtic houses and how they lived.

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Volksschule Seeon

Our school is the only one and placed in the outskirts of the village Seeon next to the kindergarten and the sports sites.

The first school in Seeon was founded in 1754. Our school building was built in 1964/65 and renovated the last time in 1997.

Most of our pupils from the villages Seeon, Seebruck and Truchtlaching go by bus.

At present 265 pupils are taught in 10 classes. The school is divided in primary school (classes 1-4) and into the so-called partial Hauptschule (class 5 and 6).
The classes 1-4 have two classes for each grade, the classes 5 and 6 one class for each grade.
Pupils go to school from Monday to Friday and it starts at 8.00 a.m. and finish at 1.00 p.m. There are sports lessons from 2.00 p.m to 3.30 p.m on Monday and Wednesday afternoons.

Each class is predominantly informed by one teacher in all subjects. Besides there are special teachers for the subjects manual work, sport/PE and religion. Altogether 16 teachers teach the subjects at our school.

English instruction starts in Class 3 with games and songs but without any marks.
In Class 5 pupils have to study grammar, writing and reading. Tests will be graded.

Our school has got a computer area, two rooms for manual work, a room for pottery and a library. Pupils can alternatively take part in working groups of computer science, school play, choir, music instruments, acrobatic or preparing school newspapers. And school organises swimming lessons.

Our school has had a lively school partnership with Türmchen primary school in Rostock at the Baltic Sea since the year 2000. The relationship between East and West Germany should be thus promoted. We visit each other and keep contact via pen pals.
 
 
Carnival at school
 
 
Playing outdoor
 
 
Cooking for a children's home in Ecuador
 
 
Singing at school
 
 
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