Albert-Einstein-Schule was a Gymnasium for boys and girls from grades 5–13 in

Bochum Bochum ( , also , ; wep, Baukem) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia. With a population of 364,920 (2016), is the sixth largest city (after Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Essen and Duisburg) of the most populous Germany, German federal state o ...

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. It had about 900 students. Just south of downtown Bochum, the school was in the Wiemelhausen section of town and shared a campus with the Hans Böckler

Realschule ''Realschule'' () is a type of secondary school in Germany, Switzerland and Liechtenstein. It has also existed in Croatia (''realna gimnazija''), the Austrian Empire, the German Empire, Denmark and Norway (''realskole''), Sweden (''realskola''), ...

. The school had an emphasis in natural science and English. It had a bilingual program, where some classes were taught in English, rather than German. In 2008, the school was certified as a "Europaschule" (de) () by the Ministry of Schools of

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. The school held its final day of classes on 14 July 2010. The "Comenius Project," dedicated to exchanging ideas to solve environmental problems, is a joint project of the former Albert-Einstein-Schule, in cooperation with Wath Comprehensive School in

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, England and Col·legi Pare Manyanet in

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, Spain.Blog of the Comenius Project
/ref> In August 2010, the Albert-Einstein-Schule merged with the

Gymnasium am Ostring The Gymnasium am Ostring was the oldest gymnasium in Bochum. It was founded in 1860 and closed after the 2009-2010 school year. The school was located in downtown Bochum, near the main train station. In the 2005-2006 school year, there were 78 ...

to form a new school, named ''Neues Gymnasium Bochum''. The new school was temporarily located at the Erich Kästner Schule while the new buildings were under construction. It opened following the autumn recess on 22 October 2012. The new buildings are on the site of the former buildings, which were razed to permit the new construction.

Notable faculty

Eckhard Stratmann-Mertens Eckhard Stratmann-Mertens, formerly known as Eckhard Stratmann, (born 3 April 1948 in Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a former politician and Green Party member of the German Bundestag. Before and after serving in the Bundestag, he taught ...

, founding member of the

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and former member of the

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References

External links

Website of the new school, Neues Gymnasium Bochum

Albert-Einstein-Schule
Website of the defunct school

{{Authority control Gymnasiums in Germany Defunct schools in Germany Educational institutions established in 1967 Educational institutions disestablished in 2010 1967 establishments in West Germany Schools in North Rhine-Westphalia 2010 disestablishments in Germany