Stadtgymnasium Altstadt-Kneiphof was a '' Gymnasium'' in the

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quarter of

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History

Despite some resistance,Gause, p. 76 the school was established by merging Altstadt Gymnasium and

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on 6 January 1923, with classes held at the latter's location north of

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.Albinus, p. 298 Its first and only director was Dr. Arthur Mentz. Educational projects were first held at the

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Gausupschlucht near Rauschen in 1928, and it partnered with the Deutsche Gymnasium for

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, in 1929. In 1933 the Stadtgymnasium celebrated the 600th anniversary of the founding of the ' ("the parish school") and the ' (the "cathedral school"), the predecessors of the Altstadt and Kneiphof schools, respectively. The building was destroyed during the 1944

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. Classes continued to be taught by its instructors until the closing of all city schools on 23 January 1945. The Stadtgymnasium's traditions were sponsored in the postwar era by the Ratsgymnasium of

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* * 1944 disestablishments in Germany Buildings and structures in Germany destroyed during World War II Defunct schools in Germany Education in Königsberg Educational institutions established in 1923 Educational institutions disestablished in 1944 Former buildings and structures in Königsberg Gymnasiums in Germany 1923 establishments in Germany {{Germany-hist-stub