Berlinisches Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster
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| Berlinisches Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster | |
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| Established | 1574 |
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| Type | Private School |
| Headmaster | Brigitte Thies-Böttcher |
| Students | 800 (approx.) |
| Grades | 5 - 13 |
| Location | Salzbrunner Straße 41–47 D-14193, Berlin, Germany |
| Website | www.graues-kloster.de |
The Berlinisches Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster is the oldest Gymnasium in Berlin and continues to this day as the Evangelisches Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster. It is a private school with a humanistic profile and known as one of the most prestigious schools in Germany. Originally situated in the premises of a former monastery in Berlin-Mitte, it moved to Berlin-Wilmersdorf due to the destruction of the earlier building in World War II.
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[edit] History
The school was founded on the 13th of July 1574 as the first Gymnasium in Berlin. After the bombing of the school building in 1943 the school moved several times and found a new home in Wilmersdorf in 1963.
[edit] Curriculum
The Evangelische Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster is one of the last schools in Berlin offering the entire range of classical education with Latin and Ancient Greek as compulsory subjects. The students learn foreign languages in this order: English (year 5), Latin (year 5), Ancient Greek (year 8), French (year 9 optional). Additionally, it is possible to learn Hebrew and Dutch.
[edit] Extracurricular Activities
The debating society deserves particular mention as members of the society have won several Jugend debattiert debating tournaments over the last years.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Johann Gottfried Schadow, (1764–1850), architect
- Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher, (1768–1834), theologian and philosopher
- Karl Friedrich Schinkel, (1781–1841), architect
- Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, (1778–1852), "father of gymnastics"
- Hermann Lebert, (1813-1878), German physician, pathologist
- Johann Georg Halske, (1814–1890), mechanic and entrepreneur(Siemens & Halske)
- Otto von Bismarck, (1815–1898), German statesman
- Paul Langerhans (1847–1888), pathologist
- Hans Georg Dehmelt, (* 1922), physicist (Nobel Prize in Physics 1989)
- Hermann Prey, (1929–1998), baritone
- Lothar de Maizière, (* 1940), politician
- Ulrich Matthes, (* 1959), actor
- Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, (* 1973), director (Oscar 2007)
[edit] Bibliography
- Scholtz, H. (1998): Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster 1874–1974. Bewährungsproben einer Berliner Gymnasialtradition in ihrem vierten Jahrhundert. Dt. Studien-Verl. ISBN 3-89271-768-0.
- Diterich, M. (1997): Berlinische Kloster- und Schulhistorie. Neudr. [der Ausg.] Berlin, Nicolai, 1732. Scherer. ISBN 3-89433-031-7.
- Eckstein, F.A. (2005): Nomenclator Philologorum. 1871, Hamburg: korr. Ausgabe von Johannes Saltzwedel Digitalisat
