100904 Turfsingel 82 (Praedinius Gymnasium) Groningen NL

Praedinius Gymnasium is a gymnasium in

Groningen Groningen (; gos, Grunn or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. The ''capital of the north'', Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of the northern part of t ...

, the Netherlands. It dates back to the fourteenth century and is the larger of two non- comprehensive gymnasia in Groningen, the other being Willem Lodewijk Gymnasium.

History

Fourteenth century records show that an early predecessor of the Praedinius Gymnasium, the Schole tho Sunte Meerten, was situated at the current location of the Provinciehuis (Province Hall). Gradually, the school grew and attracted students from the Netherlands and abroad, and the name was changed to Latijnse school (Latin school). In 1595, when Ubbo Emmius was

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, the school moved to the old

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. Later, in 1847, the Latijnse school became a gymnasium, and the name was changed to Stedelijk Gymnasium. Fourteen years later, the school moved to a new building, at the location of the current Harmonie. In 1865, the location was changed to the Martinikerkhof. On 1 September 1882, the school moved for the last time, to a new building at the Turfsingel. In 1947, on the school's first centenary, the school was named after rector

Regnerus Praedinius Regnerus Praedinius or Reinier Veldman (1510 – 1559) was a Dutch humanist, rector, reformer, and teacher. The Praedinius Gymnasium in Groningen is named after him. Johannes Acronius Frisius, Volcher Coiter, and Abel Eppens were among his student ...

, and the name became Praedinius Gymnasium. In 1999, due to a lack of space, a second building, the old industrial school, was added to the Praedinius.

Famous Alumni

* Thijs Berman (1957) * Eelco Bosch van Rosenthal (1976) * Naomi Ellemers (1963) * Johan Adriaan Feith (1858-1913) *

Seth Gaaikema Seth Gaaikema (11 July 1939 – 21 October 2014) was a Dutch cabaret artist, writer, and lyricist. Gaaikema was born in Uithuizen, Netherlands, as the son of a Mennonite minister. After studying Dutch and founding the student cabaret at the Unive ...

(1939-2014) * Johan Huizinga (1872-1945) * Henk Koning (1933-2016) * Ruud Koning (1966) * Bert Luttjeboer (1960-1995) * Reneke de Marees van Swinderen (1860-1955) * Christine Mohrmann (1903-1988) * Jan Samuel Niehoff (1923-2014) * Henk van Os (1938) * Nico Rost (1896-1967) * Martijn van Sonderen (1984) * Janka Stoker (1970) *

René Veenstra René Veenstra (Groningen, October 16, 1969) is professor of Sociology at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. He was the scientific director of the Interuniversity Center for Social Science Theory and Methodology (ICS) from 2014 to 20 ...

(1969) * Elske ter Veld (1944-2017) * Hendrik de Waard (1922-2008) * Bert Wagenaar van Kreveld (1968) * Rob Wijnberg (1982) *

Thijs de Vlieger Thijs is a common Dutch given name and surname. It is a short form of Matthijs (Dutch form of Matthew) or Timothijs or Timotheus (Dutch forms of Timothy). The ij is pronounced . Some notable people with this name are: Given name *Thijs Al (born ...

(1982)

References

External links

The school website
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History

Famous Alumni

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