Kneiphof Gymnasium
image:ID003746 B178 KneiphoefGymnasDom.jpg, Kneiphof Gymnasium, with Königsberg Cathedral in the background Kneiphof Gymnasium (german: Kneiphöfisches Gymnasium) was a Gymnasium (Germany), gymnasium in the Kneiphof quarter of Königsberg, Germany. History A cathedral school, the ''schola cathedralis'' or ''Domschule'', was established on Heiligengeistgasse in Altstadt (Königsberg), Altstadt in 1304.Albinus, p. 163 After construction of Königsberg Cathedral began on the island of Kneiphof in 1333, the school was relocated north of the new cathedral. The school was separated from the cathedral in 1528 during the Reformation, with oversight passing to Kneiphof's town council. The Protestant theologian Martin Chemnitz taught at the school before receiving his degree from the University of Königsberg in 1548. It was occupied by students protesting the appointment of Johann Campinge as director in 1554. Kneiphof's school was relocated south of the cathedral in 1560. The poet Simon D ...
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