''Deutsche Schule Alexander von Humboldt Lima'' ( es, Colegio Peruano Alemán Alexander von Humboldt) is a German international school with two campuses in

Lima Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of ...

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: one in Miraflores and one in

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, with a recreational centre in Huampaní. The school serves levels from Kindergarten through Abitur and the Peruvian ''bachillerato''. It was established in March 1910 after decades of organization. Its first director was Erich Zurkalowski.Novak, Fabián. ''Las relaciones entre el Perú y Alemania, 1828-2003'' (Serie Política exterior peruana). Fondo Editorial PUCP, 2004. , 9789972426346. p
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"Entonces, será recién en marzo de 1910 que esta entidad reinicia sus actividades con el nombre de « Colegio Aleman» (Deutsche Schule), cuyo primer director fue Erich Zurkalowski." The school was closed from 1942 to 1952 due to

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and reopened under its current name.Novak, Fabián. ''Las relaciones entre el Perú y Alemania, 1828-2003'' (Serie Política exterior peruana). Fondo Editorial PUCP, 2004. , 9789972426346. p
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"Este colegio cerró sus puertas entre 1942 y 1952 como consecuencia de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Ese año, el colegio reabre sus pueras con el nombre de Colegio Peruano-Alemaan Alexander Von Humboldt."

History

On April 1, 1872, the school opened its doors with the name of ''Instituto de Lima''. The following year the first stone of the premises was laid in Alameda Grau in the presence of President

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, whose government would provide the necessary support for the school. It was in those years that

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and

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began to be taught, bringing in teachers from the Royal Gymnasium in Cologne. During the

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, the institute's activities were affected as the new premises had not even been opened. By 1889 the school opened, and although the school was directed by a German director, this language was losing prominence in the institution.

''Deutsche Schule''

In 1910, the intention to create an authentic ''Deutsche Schule'' in Lima came from the initiative of some members of the German community in Peru. The first location was located on ''Calle del Mascarón'', in Cuzco Street, until 1915, then moving to ''Botica San Pedro'' Street, until 1923. The first director of this school would be the

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Erich Zurkalowski. At first, only students of

origin were accepted, but as of 1911

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students began to be admitted, although most of the classes were taught in German, with teachers such as the renowned Raúl Porras Barrenechea,

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, Augusto Weberbauer and Jorge Guillermo Leguía, as well as former German soldiers of the

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. By 1922 the school had to face the problem of not being able to teach in German, since only

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and French were allowed to be taught as foreign languages, although after protests German was once again taught in the school. The college sought the same position as a German ''

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'', taking the first official German exam in 1935. The following year the secondary school that followed the Peruvian curriculum was dissolved, adopting the model of a German secondary school, and, by 1938,

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recognized the school as a higher level school.

forced the school to close its doors in 1942, and it later reopened on the 1st of April, 1952 under its current name.

Notable alumni

Martín Adán Martín Adán (Lima, October 27, 1908 - January 29, 1985), pseudonym of Rafael de la Fuente Benavides, was a Peruvian poet whose body of work is notable for its hermeticism and metaphysical depth. From a very young age Adán demonstrated great li ...

- writer *

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Jorge Basadre Jorge Alfredo Basadre Grohmann (February 12, 1903 – June 29, 1980) was a Peruvian historian known for his extensive publications about the independent history of his country. He served during two different administrations as Minister of Educa ...

- historian * Guillermo Lohmann Villena - historian * Estuardo Núñez Hague- writer * - writer * Andrés Wiese - actor *

Juliane Koepcke Juliane Koepcke (born 10 October 1954), also known by her married name Juliane Diller, is a German-Peruvian mammalogist and biologist. In 1971, when she was 17 years old, Koepcke survived the LANSA Flight 508 plane crash. After falling while ...

- mammologist

Notable faculty

* Luis Alberto Sanchez - Peruvian writer * Augusto Weberbauer - German scholar

References

External links

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