- Gymnasium Philippinum
Gymnasium Philippinum or Philippinum High School is an almost 500-year-old
secondary school inMarburg ,Hesse ,Germany .History
The Gymnasium Philippinum was founded in 1527 as a
Protestant school based at the same time with theUniversity of Marburg (Marburger University) created byPhilipp I of Hesse . The goal of the Gymnasium Philippinum was, above all, to teach necessaryLatin and Greek knowledge for the beginning students. Only in 1833, did the Gymnasium Philippinum attain independence from the University of Marburg. After 1866, it became a royal-Prussian High School. In 1868, the school was moved into a gothic building in the "Untergasse". In 1904, it received today's name of the founder on the 400th birthday.In 1953
co-education was introduced to the former boys school. In 1969, the school moved into a new building on Leopold Lucas road, opposite the Elizabeth school ("Elisabethschule").Philippinum today
Since 2003, the Gymnasium Philippinum has become an all-day school. In 2006, the school term ( _de. Gymnasialzeit) was shortened to eight school years. A special emphasis of Philippinum is
music instruction with musical support from early on and achievement course in the music in the upper stage. The human tradition of Philippinum is to be recognized still toforeign language instruction , with Latin and English beginning in the fifth year of education.Notable teachers
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August Friedrich Christian Vilmar (1833-1850)Notable alumni
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Johannes Althusius (1563-????)
*Otto Ubbelohde (1875-1884)
*Bruno Strauss (1899-1906)
*Erwin Piscator (1903-1907)
*Leo Strauss (1912-1917)
*Christoph Heubner (1949-????)References
* " High School Philippinum 1527-1977. Anniversary publication to the 450-Year Festival. Hg.v. Albrecht H., Marburg 1977.
*External links
* [http://www.philippinum.de/ Homepage of the school]
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