The Herder-Gymnasium is a gymnasium in the German city of

Minden Minden () is a middle-sized town in the very north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, the greatest town between Bielefeld and Hanover. It is the capital of the district (''Kreis'') of Minden-Lübbecke, which is part of the region of Detm ...

. It is one of three gymnasium schools in the city. Founded in 1964 as the ''Städtischen neusprachlichen Gymnasiums für Jungen und Mädchen'', it was renamed three years later after the theologian

Johann Gottfried Herder Johann Gottfried von Herder ( , ; 25 August 174418 December 1803) was a German philosopher, theologian, poet, and literary critic. He is associated with the Enlightenment, ''Sturm und Drang'', and Weimar Classicism. Biography Born in Mohrun ...

. Its full name is the Herder-Gymnasium Minden mit Caroline−von–Humboldt–Gymnasium, reflecting its 1989 merger with the Caroline-von-Humboldt-Gymnasium, founded in 1826 and named after

Caroline von Humboldt Caroline von Humboldt (23 February 1766 in Minden – 26 March 1829 in Berlin), née ''Carolina Friederica von Dacheröden'', was a German salonnière and art historian. Life She was the daughter of Karl Friedrich von Dacheröden (died 20 Nov ...

, wife of the diplomat

Wilhelm Wilhelm may refer to: People and fictional characters * William Charles John Pitcher, costume designer known professionally as "Wilhelm" * Wilhelm (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname Other uses * Mount ...

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