Dreikönigsgymnasium

Dreikönigsgymnasium

Type	Gymnasium
Established	1450
Location	Cologne, Germany
Website	www.dkg-koeln.de

The Dreikönigsgymnasium ("Tricoronatum", meaning "Three Kings School") is a regular public Gymnasium located in Cologne, Germany. Founded in 1450, it is the oldest school in Cologne and one of the oldest in Germany.

Alumni

• Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn (1545–1617) was a Prince-Bishop of Würzburg
• Dietrich von Fürstenberg (1546–1618), Prince-Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paderborn
• Johann Adam Schall von Bell (1592–1666), Jesuit missionary to China
• Maximilian Henry of Bavaria (1621-1688), Archbishop-Elector of Cologne^[1]
• Adolph Kolping (1813–1865), Catholic priest
• Carl Schurz (1829–1906), German revolutionary, American statesman and reformer, and Union Army general
• Fritz Schramma (born 1947), Mayor of Cologne
• Daniel Brühl (born 1978), Actor

Famous teachers

• Justus Velsius
• Friedrich von Spee (1591–1635), Jesuit, poet and opponent of Witch trials
• Peter Wust (1884–1940), Philosopher
• Georg Ohm (1789–1854), Physicist

References

1. O'Connor, John T. (1978). Negotiator out of Season. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press. p. 2. ISBN 0-8203-0436-0.

External links

• Homepage of the Dreikönigsgymnasium Köln

Coordinates: 50°58′01″N 6°55′44″E / 50.967°N 6.929°E