Guilds

Hiking

Weekends are the perfect time for a hiking trip into the nearby mountains, maybe even including an overnight stay in a hut.

Climbing

Climbing guild members start by practising on the climbing wall in our sports hall. More experienced climbers can use a big climbing hall in the nearby town of Bad Tölz.

Skiing

Skiing is arranged on one of the weekend days or as part of a course of lessons. Annual ski trips are organized for Classes 5 to 8.

Adventure activities

This wide range of activities includes rafting, go-karting, climbing, swimming and boating. The highlight is an overnight camping trip to Sylvenstein Dam in the summer semester.

Basketball

Our most popular guild! A basketball night is even held from time to time.

Football

A traditional guild! Football is played indoors and outdoors, against both local teams and other schools.

Volleyball

Beach volleyball is played in summer – not just in the guild, but also at break times and during leisure hours.

Table tennis

Played both indoors and outdoors, both one-against-one and in the “round the world” version of the game. A professional player teaches the students tricks.

Badminton

Girls are particularly fond of this sport.

Swimming

A traditional guild, with visits paid to various pools in the region.

Sailing

The sailing guild practises on the Tegernsee in four-hour blocks from May onwards. Pupils work towards their sailing licence, after which real sailing can begin in earnest.

Diving

A diving certificate can be obtained from our diving instructor over a weekend, after which pupils are allowed under water.

Horse riding – on the castle’s horses as a beginner, or in the riding club next door, where pupils’ own horses can be stabled and professional training is on offer.

Trampolining

One of our most popular guilds – pupils can bounce and practise somersaults to their hearts’ content.

Gym

Pupils train in the castle’s gym both in the guild and during leisure hours. The most important piece of equipment in the gym is your own body weight.

Martial arts

Self-defence using head and hand, with stick and without. For physical fitness and self-confidence alike.

Yoga

Finding peace through meditation, practising mindfulness and concentration.

Plays are staged in a highly professional manner by the middle school guild and the “Theatre and Film” upper school course. Pupils build the set, assume responsibility for sound and lighting, design advertising material and costumes, and even incorporate their own ideas into the plays. The works thus created have resulted in the theatre being nominated for the Süddeutsche Zeitung’s Tassilo culture prize on a number of occasions.

Vocal ensemble and choir

Classical and modern pieces are rehearsed under professional guidance. Pupils can also receive singing and voice training.

Jazz formation

Trumpet, trombone, drums – from practice to the performance of jazz standards, and from there to improvisation.

School band

Pop and rock are included in the school band’s repertoire – performed in English and Russian, as well as German. The band plays at school events and parties.

Painting

Works are created using a variety of techniques: watercolours, oil paintings and collages.

Pottery

Here inventive ideas are realized in clay, requiring manual dexterity, stamina, patience and concentration. Dishes, vases, tiles and animals are designed, fired and painted.

Carpentry

Pupils learn to handle the materials and tools. They create small items – wooden swords, bird houses, candle holders, stools, mobile phone stands, caskets, catapults. There is no limit to the ideas that can be put into practice.

Cooking and baking

One of our cooks teaches pupils to create simple dishes: bruschetta, Bavarian cream, Kaiserschmarren, cheesecake, and so on ….

Sewing

Who wouldn’t like to sew a bag or cushion, progressing to a summer blouse or even a dress? This pastime can be pursued at weekends in the boarding school, as sewing requires plenty of time.

Italian

A taster course for beginners wishing to be able to make themselves understood when out and about in Italy.

Chinese

It’s difficult to learn to write Chinese, but speaking it is easier. If there is sufficient interest, the language can be taught as an ab initio foreign language from Class 10 as of the academic year 2017/18.

Russian

Interest in Russia has increased considerably since we have had a partner school in Moscow. More pupils are interested in learning Russian, too – at least enough to help them find their way around Russia’s capital city.