Gymnasium Kadaň () is a Czech regional gymnasium in the

Ústí nad Labem Region Ústí nad Labem Region or Ústecký Region () is an Regions of the Czech Republic, administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located in the north-western part of the historical land of Bohemia, and named after the capital, Ústí nad Labem. I ...

Kadaň Kadaň (; ) is a town in Chomutov District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 18,000 inhabitants. It lies on the banks of the Ohře river. Kadaň is a tourist centre with highlights being the Franciscan Monastery in ...

. It is the oldest school in

and fifth oldest in

. The school was established in 1803 with 99 students and continued under the control of the

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until 1823. The institute of Gymnasium was then reestablished in 1872 in a new building. The Gymnasium was again closed in 1951 by communist education reform. A new Gymnasium was established in 1958.

Notable alumni and teacher

* Howorka Franciscus Wenzel – (1851–1913) educator, naturalist, author fishery textbook * P. Virgil Grimmich – (1861–1903) philosopher, theologian, professor at the

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and Prague * Karl Wilhelm Gawalowski – (1861–1945) writer, librarian * Karl Prodinger – (1875–1948) educator * Carl Furtmüller – (1880–1951) educator, *

Victor Hadwiger The name Victor or Viktor may refer to: * Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname Arts and entertainment Film * ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film * ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French shor ...

– (1878–1911) poet, writer *

Josef Heinrich Josef may refer to *Josef (given name) *Josef (surname) * ''Josef'' (film), a 2011 Croatian war film *Musik Josef Musik Josef is a Japanese manufacturer of musical instruments. It was founded by Yukio Nakamura and is the only company in Japan spec ...

– (1879–1943) forest engineer and writer * Petr Hlaváček – (1974) historian *

Theodor Innitzer Theodor Innitzer (25 December 1875 – 9 October 1955) was Archbishop of Vienna and a cardinal of the Catholic Church. Early life Innitzer was born in Neugeschrei (Nové Zvolání), part of the town Weipert (Vejprty) in Bohemia, at that time ...

– (1875–1955)

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and a

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* Alfred Kleinberg – (1881–1939) professor *

Miroslava Kopicová Miroslava Kopicová (born 3 October 1951) is a Czech politician. She was the Minister of Education in the Mirek Topolánek's First Cabinet and in the caretaker government A caretaker government, also known as a caretaker regime, is a tempora ...

– (1951) Czech politician * Vojtěch Kraus – (1944) professor and painter *

Josef von Löschner Josef Wilhelm Freiherr von Löschner (; 7 May 1809 – 19 April 1888) was an Austrian physician. Biography Josef von Löschner was born on 7 May 1809 in Kadaň, Bohemia, Austrian Empire. He studied at Gymnasium Kadaň. In 1834 he received his med ...

– (1809–1888) pioneer of modern European balneologie *

Johann Nepomuk Oettl Johann, typically a male given name, is the German form of ''Iohannes'', which is the Latin form of the Greek name ''Iōánnēs'' (), itself derived from Hebrew name '' Yochanan'' () in turn from its extended form (), meaning "Yahweh is Gracious" ...

– (1801–1866) founder of Czech modern beekeeping *

Robert Anton Pöpl The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' () "fame, glory, honour, praise, reno ...

– (1812–1866) Franciscan priest, father of orphans *

Josef Chaim Sagher Josef may refer to *Josef (given name) *Josef (surname) * ''Josef'' (film), a 2011 Croatian war film *Musik Josef Musik Josef is a Japanese manufacturer of musical instruments. It was founded by Yukio Nakamura and is the only company in Japan spec ...

– (1875–1946) Zionist, last Rabbi's Kadaň *

Walter Serner Walter Serner (15 January 1889 – August 1942) was a German-language writer and essayist. His manifesto ''Letzte Lockerung'' was an important text of Dadaism. Life Walter Serner was born Walter Eduard Seligmann in Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary), B ...

– (1889–1942) writer, essayist and co-qfounder of dada *

Heribert Sturm Heribert is a Germanic given name, derived from ''hari'' ("host") and '' beraht'' ("bright"). See also Herbert, another given name with the same roots. *Charibert of Laon (died before 762), also spelled Heribert, Count of Laon and maternal grandfa ...

– (1879–1981) historian,

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Hugo Karl Tippmann Hugo or HUGO may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Hugo'' (film), a 2011 film directed by Martin Scorsese * Hugo Award, a science fiction and fantasy award named after Hugo Gernsback * Hugo (franchise), a children's media franchise based on a ...

– (1875–1942) American poet and journalist

External links

Gymnasium

Municipal website
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Secondary education Kadaň