Organization:Dreikönigsgymnasium

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Short description: Oldest secondary school in Cologne, Germany
Dreikönigsgymnasium
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TypeGymnasium
Established1450; 574 years ago (1450)
Location
Cologne
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Websitewww.dkg-koeln.de

The Dreikönigsgymnasium ("Tricoronatum", meaning "Three Kings School", sometimes referred to in English as the College of the Three Crowns) is a regular public Gymnasium located in Cologne, Germany . Founded in 1450 by the city of Cologne,[1] it is the oldest school in Cologne and one of the oldest in Germany.[citation needed] In 1556 it was transferred to Jesuit control through the son of the mayor, who had become a Jesuit.[2] The Jesuits continued to run the school until 1778, when control was restored to the city after the papal suppression of the Jesuits of 1773.[1]

Notable alumni

  • Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn (1545–1617) was a Prince-Bishop of Würzburg
  • Dietrich von Fürstenberg (1546–1618), Prince-Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paderborn
  • Erycius PUTEANUS (1574-1646), Historiographe - Professor consilliarus - Venlo
  • Johann Adam Schall von Bell (1592–1666), Jesuit missionary to China
  • Maximilian Henry of Bavaria (1621-1688), Archbishop-Elector of Cologne[3]
  • Franz Egon of Fürstenberg (1626–1682), Imperial Count
  • Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg (1629–1704), prince of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg
  • Theodor Schwann (1810–1882), physiologist
  • Adolph Kolping (1813–1865), Catholic priest
  • Carl Schurz (1829–1906), German revolutionary, American statesman and reformer, and Union Army general
  • Wilhelm Marx (1863–1946), Chancellor of Germany during the Weimar Republic
  • Fritz Schramma (born 1947), Mayor of Cologne
  • Peter Kohlgraf (born 1967), Bishop of Mainz
  • Daniel Brühl (born 1978), Actor

Notable faculty

  • Francis Coster (1532–1619), Jesuit theologian[4]
  • Georg Ohm (1789–1854), Physicist
  • Justus Velsius
  • Friedrich von Spee (1591–1635), Jesuit, poet and opponent of Witch trials
  • Peter Wust (1884–1940), Philosopher

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Maryks, Robert A.; Wright, Jonathan, eds (2014). Jesuit Survival and Restoration: A Global History, 1773–1900. Studies in the History of Christian Traditions. BRILL. p. 144. https://books.google.com/books?id=qnajBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA144. 
  2. Grendler, Paul F. (2018). Jesuit Schools and Universities in Europe, 1548–1773. BRILL. p. 82. ISBN 9789004391123. https://books.google.com/books?id=QaWODwAAQBAJ&pg=PA82. 
  3. O'Connor, John T. (1978). Negotiator out of Season. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press. p. 2. ISBN 0-8203-0436-0. 
  4. Delplace, Louis (1884). History of the Sodalities of the Blessed Virgin Mary: A Memorial of the Tercentenary Jubilee. 1584–1884. T. Moonan. p. 42. https://archive.org/details/HistoryOfTheSodalities/page/n45. 

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