Dreikönigsgymnasium

Coordinates: 50°58′01″N 6°55′44″E / 50.967°N 6.929°E

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Dreikönigsgymnasium

Type	Gymnasium
Established	1450; 574 years ago (1450)
Location	Cologne , Germany
Website	www.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

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ Grendler, Paul F. (2018). Jesuit Schools and Universities in Europe, 1548–1773. BRILL. p. 82. ISBN 9789004391123.
^ O'Connor, John T. (1978). Negotiator out of Season. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press. p. 2. ISBN 0-8203-0436-0.
^ Delplace, Louis (1884). History of the Sodalities of the Blessed Virgin Mary: A Memorial of the Tercentenary Jubilee. 1584–1884. T. Moonan. p. 42.

External links

Homepage of the Dreikönigsgymnasium Köln (in German)

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