The Gymnasium Carolinum in

Ansbach Ansbach ( , ; ) is a city in the Germany, German state of Bavaria. It is the capital of the Regierungsbezirk, administrative region of Mittelfranken, Middle Franconia. Ansbach is southwest of Nuremberg and north of Munich, on the river Fränk ...

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, was founded by George the Pious, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach in Ansbach, the former Onolzbach, in 1528. It is reputedly the oldest and smallest of the three Gymnasiums in Ansbach. By the time it developed to the centre of education in the Ansbach ″Unterland". The school moved to its present building in 1736 which was planned as a prison in 1727, but changed to a Gymnasium in 1736. After the closure of the “Fürstenschule Heilsbronn“ the “Lateinschule“ (

Latin school The Latin school was the grammar school of 14th- to 19th-century Europe, though the latter term was much more common in England. Other terms used include Lateinschule in Germany, or later Gymnasium. Latin schools were also established in Colon ...

) of Ansbach was promoted to Gymnasium Carolinum Illustre (“Stiftungsbrief“ (letter of foundation) dated 1 May 1737). The Gymnasium was named after its

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, Karl Wilhelm Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach.

Ansbach school attack

On 17 September 2009 the

Ansbach school attack The Ansbach school attack occurred on 17 September 2009 at the Gymnasium Carolinum (Ansbach), Gymnasium Carolinum, a secondary school in Ansbach, a town of some 40,000 inhabitants in Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany. The attacker was armed with Molotov ...

took place at the school. 16 people were injured, including the perpetrator. Two suffered life threatening injuries.

References

External links

Gymnasium Carolinum school website

German Wikinews: Amoklauf an Schule in Ansbach
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