St.-Pius-Gymnasium
- Boys (1953-1968)
- Co-educational (since 1969)
St.-Pius-Gymnasium is a private Catholic Gymnasium (high school) located in Coesfeld near Münster, Germany. As of 2023[update], the school had approximately 700 pupils.[1]
It is named after Pope Pius X. The school is associated with the Lycée Notre-Dame in Guingamp, Brittany, France and a high school in Poole, Yorkshire, England.
The school has its own chapel and an auditorium. The whole school is a non-smoking area.
History
It was founded in 1953 by Bishop Michael Keller as an Internat (all-boys boarding school), in order to educate about 100 students for the priesthood.[2] It had a fee of 100 Marks.
In April 1964 it was changed to a high school. In 1965 the school building at Gerlever Weg was built. Girls were admitted starting in 1969,[2] and in the same year a building was erected for up to 300 students. In 1976 it became a Gymnasium. In 1979, the last of the boarding students left, and the following year a major expansion to the buildings was made.
In 1995, the architect Josef Paul Kleihues designed an extension to the building which included a music room.[2]
See also
- Education in Germany
- List of schools in Germany
- Catholic Church in Germany
References
- ^ Schulen website, profile page, retrieved 2023-10-10
- ^ a b c Memin website, profile page
External links
- St.-Pius-Gymnasium homepage