The Friedrich Wilhelm Gymnasium (or Friedrich-Wilhelms-Gymnasium) was a secondary school ( ''Gymnasium'') in

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History

The school originated from a

Realschule Real school (, ) 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''), F ...

founded by the

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in 1747, the first secondary school in Berlin. On its 50th anniversary in 1797, the school was renamed after

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, who had succeeded his father as King of

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earlier in that year, and wanted to improve the successful secondary school. He gave additional funds for an additional building to house the expanded school. The Friedrich Wilhelm Gymnasium buildings were located on Kochstrasse in Berlin's

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district. The grammar school was located on Kochstrasse at the corner of Friedrichstrasse 41 until 1890 (demolished) when it was relocated to a new building at Kochstrasse 13 (south side), built according to plans by building officer Friedrich Schulze from 1888 to 1890. The Realgymnasium and Elisabeth School were located at Kochstrasse 66 and 65 (north side), respectively. After

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, the school was slated to be closed and the buildings abandoned. However, the parents and parents' council managed to save it, and plan for an entirely new school building as well. The new building was completed in 1929 and was built according to plans by building officer Heinrich Beckmann in Zwillingestraße for around 1.5 million marks.''Ein modernes Gymnasium. Musteranstalt in Neukölln eröffnet.''
In: ''

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'', 10. April 1929. All buildings were destroyed in World War II.

Notable students

References

Defunct schools in Berlin Gymnasiums in Germany Educational institutions established in 1747 1740s establishments in Prussia Educational institutions disestablished in the 1940s 1940s disestablishments in Germany Buildings and structures in Mitte {{Germany-school-stub