The Wilhelm-Gymnasium is a university preparatory school in
Hamburg
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Germany
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. It is one of Hamburg's oldest schools. It was founded in 1881 and called ''Neue Gelehrtenschule'' (transl. New Academic school) and soon became a rival of the
Academic school of the Johanneum. In 1883 it was renamed ''Wilhelm Gymnasium'' to honour the then-present German Emperor,
Wilhem I. Since 1953, the school also accepts girls.
Location
The school opened in 1881 opposite Holstentor, and in 1885 moved to Moorweidenweg, which was renamed Moorweidenstraße in 1892. After gaining an extra floor in 1929, the school was damaged in an air raid in 1943, and moved to Holstenglacis. After moving to Kaiser-Friedrich-Ufer, it moved in 1964 to Klosterstieg in Harvestehude.
Humanistisches Gymnasium
The school is a so-called ''Humanistisches Gymnasium''. Students have the opportunity to learn Latin and Ancient Greek and also learn something about classical antiquity. The head mistress, Ms. Westenhoff said about her school:
:''A school like ours does not only teach Latin. Any school could do that. We also live what we teach. Teaching in German, music, arts, mathematics, history and geography also have a focus on antiquity. We also instill the values of antiquity in the students.''
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The Wilhelm-Gymnasium also has a focus on music.
Sports
The school offers various sports, such as rowing or hockey.
The school's rowing club was founded by students in 1909. Its members elect their own president. Students of the school have successfully participated in regattas more than once. They also won 13 medals at ''Jugend trainiert für Olympia''. They also enjoy going on rowing trips.
Alumni may join the ''Altherren-Vereinigung des GRV„H“ e. V'' and donate money to the schools rowing club.
Newspapers
The school has two independent newspapers.
Social clubs
The school offers a number of social clubs such as the chess club, the environmental club, the theatre club and the debating club.
Student body
The school wants to educate youths of requisite qualifications from every social class and ethnic group. It has a diverse student body and enrolls many youth from immigrant families and from poor neighbourhoods.
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Costs
Attending the school does not cost any money.
Notable alumni
* David Hilbert (1862-1943), mathematician
* Axel von Ambesser
Axel Eugen Alexander von Oesterreich (22 June 1910 – 6 September 1988), better known as Axel von Ambesser, was a German playwright, actor and film director.
Ambesser's father was Alexander Constantin von Oesterreich. Ambesser was born in Hamb ...
(1910–1988), actor and film director
* Thomas Brandis
Thomas Brandis (Hamburg, June 23, 1935 – March 30, 2017) was a German violinist, chamber music performer, pedagogue and former concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic.
Biography
Born in Hamburg (Germany) in 1935, Brandis trained as a violinist ...
(born 1935), violinist
* Gustav Embden
Gustav Georg Embden (10 November 1874 – 25 July 1933) was a German physiological chemist.
Background
Gustav Embden was a son of the Hamburg lawyer and politician George Heinrich Embden. His grandmother Charlotte Heine was a well-known salonn ...
(1874–1933), chemist
* James Franck
James Franck (; 26 August 1882 – 21 May 1964) was a German physicist who won the 1925 Nobel Prize for Physics with Gustav Hertz "for their discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom". He completed his doctorate i ...
(1882–1964), Nobel Laureate in Physics
* H. W. Janson
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(1913–1982), art historian
* Jürgen Ponto
Jürgen Ponto (17 December 1923 Bad Nauheim, Hesse - 30 July 1977 Frankfurt am Main) was a German banker and since 1969 chairman of the Dresdner Bank board of directors. Previously, he had worked as a lawyer. He was murdered by members of the R ...
(1923–1977), banker
* Henning Rübsam
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, choreographer
* Herbert Spiro (1924–2010), political scientistAlt URL
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* Arthur Zarden (1885–1944), taxation expert
References
External links
The school's homepage
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Schools in Hamburg
Buildings and structures in Eimsbüttel
Educational institutions established in 1881
1881 establishments in Germany