Eberhard-Ludwigs-Gymnasium
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Eberhard-Ludwigs-Gymnasium is a gymnasium
in Stuttgart
established in 1686.
, because of overcrowding, the Karls-Gymnasium was established and took over 18 of its 39 classes. At this time, it changed its name to the current one after Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg, who had been under age and under guardianship at the time of the school's foundation.
at Herdweg 72 had been completed in 1957.
The new building was developed by a team led by the architect Hans Bregler, a former pupil who had completed his abitur
in 1941. This building became heritage protected because of its prize-winning architecture (Paul Bonatz
Prize 1959).
Gymnasium (school)
A gymnasium is a type of school providing secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English grammar schools or sixth form colleges and U.S. college preparatory high schools. The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, meaning a locality for both physical and intellectual...
in Stuttgart
Stuttgart
Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
established in 1686.
History
The school was established in 1686 as Gymnasium illustre. In 1881, during the reign of Charles I of WürttembergCharles I of Württemberg
Charles was the third King of Württemberg, from 25 June 1864 until his death in 1891.-Early life:He was born 6 March 1823 at Stuttgart, as HRH Charles Frederick Alexander, Crown Prince of Württemberg the son of William I, King of Württemberg and his third wife Pauline Therese of Württemberg .He...
, because of overcrowding, the Karls-Gymnasium was established and took over 18 of its 39 classes. At this time, it changed its name to the current one after Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg, who had been under age and under guardianship at the time of the school's foundation.
Building
The first building, built in 1686, in today's Gymnasiumstraße in Stuttgart, was converted in 1840. A new building erected in 1903 in Holzgartenstraße was destroyed in 1944 during a nocturnal bomb attack on Stuttgart. The school was then accommodated in the buildings of the Zeppelin-Gymnasium until the new buildings on the site of the former villa of Ferdinand von ZeppelinFerdinand von Zeppelin
Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Graf von Zeppelin was a German general and later aircraft manufacturer. He founded the Zeppelin Airship company...
at Herdweg 72 had been completed in 1957.
The new building was developed by a team led by the architect Hans Bregler, a former pupil who had completed his abitur
Abitur
Abitur is a designation used in Germany, Finland and Estonia for final exams that pupils take at the end of their secondary education, usually after 12 or 13 years of schooling, see also for Germany Abitur after twelve years.The Zeugnis der Allgemeinen Hochschulreife, often referred to as...
in 1941. This building became heritage protected because of its prize-winning architecture (Paul Bonatz
Paul Bonatz
Paul Bonatz was a German architect, member of the Stuttgart School and professor at the technical university in that city during part of World War II and from 1954 until his death....
Prize 1959).
Principals from 1920
- Dr.Herrmann Binder (1920-1944)
- Rudolf Griesinger (1947-1950)
- Walter Sontheimer (1950-1957)
- Walter Haussmann (1958-1973)
- Dr.Frank Weidauer (1974-1989)
- Peter Mommsen (1990-2002)
- Ulrich Kernen (2002-2010)
- Karin Winkler (since 2010)
Notable alumni
- Berthold AuerbachBerthold AuerbachBerthold Auerbach was a German-Jewish poet and author. He was the founder of the German “tendency novel,” in which fiction is used as a means of influencing public opinion on social, political, moral, and religious questions.-Biography:Moses Baruch Auerbach was born in Nordstetten in the Kingdom...
- Fritz BauerFritz BauerFritz Bauer was a German judge and prosecutor.-Life:Bauer was born in Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire to Jewish parents. He attended Eberhard-Ludwigs-Gymnasium and studied business and law at the Universities of Heidelberg, Munich and Tübingen. After receiving his Doctorate of...
- Christoph BlumhardtChristoph BlumhardtChristoph Blumhardt was a German Lutheran theologian and one of the founders of Christian Socialism in Germany and Switzerland. He was a well-known preacher. In 1899 he announced his support for socialism and joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany; for this, he lost his position as minister...
- Johann Christoph Blumhardt
- Vicco von BülowVicco von BülowBernhard Victor Christoph Carl von Bülow , more commonly known under the pseudonym Loriot, was a German comedian, humorist, cartoonist, film director, actor and writer.He is most well known for his cartoons, the sketches from his 1976 television series...
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- Julius Euting
- Berndt Feuerbacher
- Karl von Gerok
- Eugen GerstenmaierEugen GerstenmaierEugen Karl Albrecht Gerstenmaier was a German Evangelical theologian, resistance fighter in the Third Reich, and a CDU politician...
- Theophil Friedrich von Hack
- Georg HerweghGeorg HerweghGeorg Friedrich Rudolph Theodor Herwegh was a German revolutionary poet.-Biography:He was born in Stuttgart on 31 May 1817, the son of an innkeeper...
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelGeorg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelGeorg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was a German philosopher, one of the creators of German Idealism. His historicist and idealist account of reality as a whole revolutionized European philosophy and was an important precursor to Continental philosophy and Marxism.Hegel developed a comprehensive...
- Otto HirschOtto HirschOtto Hirsch was a Jewish jurist and politician during the Weimar Republic. He was born in Stuttgart, Germany and died in Mauthausen concentration camp.- Biographical details :...
- Kurt HuberKurt HuberKurt Huber was a member of the White Rose group, which carried out resistance against Nazi Germany.-Early life:...
- Frank Otfried July
- Werner Krauss
- Peter Lohmeyer
- Eduard MörikeEduard MörikeEduard Friedrich Mörike was a German Romantic poet.-Biography:Mörike was born in Ludwigsburg. His father was Karl Friedrich Mörike , a district medical councilor; his mother was Charlotte Bayer...
- Robert Mohl
- Konstantin Freiherr von Neurath
- Bodo Pieroth
- Jakob Friedrich Reiff
- Josef Rieck
- Karl SchefoldKarl SchefoldKarl Schefold was a classical archaeologist based in Basel, Switzerland. Born and educated in Germany, he was forced in 1935 to emigrate to Switzerland, which he adopted as his home country...
- Paul SchlackPaul SchlackPaul Schlack was born on 22 December 1897 and completed his studies at the Technical University of Stuttgart in 1921. He worked as a research chemist in Copenhagen for a year, then returned to Stuttgart. He received his PhD in 1924. Around this time he developed a keen interest in amide chemistry...
- Rüdiger SchleicherRüdiger SchleicherRüdiger Schleicher was a German resistance fighter against the Nazi régime.Born in Stuttgart, Schleicher was married to Ursula Bonhoeffer , Karl Bonhoeffer's daughter and Dietrich and Klaus Bonhoeffer's sister...
- Rolf SchliererRolf SchliererRolf Schlierer is a German physician, lawyer and politician and the current leader of the small right-wing party The Republicans .-Early life and non-political career:...
- Gustav SchwabGustav SchwabGustav Benjamin Schwab was a German writer, pastor and publisher.-Life:Gustav Schwab was born in Stuttgart, the son of a professor and was introduced to the humanities early in life...
- Claus Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg
- Ernst von Sieglin
- Julius Speer
- Hans SpemannHans SpemannHans Spemann was a German embryologist who was awarded a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1935 for his discovery of the effect now known as embryonic induction, an influence, exercised by various parts of the embryo, that directs the development of groups of cells into particular tissues...
- Karl Friedrich Stroheker
- Fred Uhlmann
- Wilhelm WaiblingerWilhelm WaiblingerWilhelm Waiblinger was a German romantic poet, mostly remembered today in connection with Friedrich Hölderlin. After he had attended Gymnasium Illustre in Stuttgart, he was a student at the seminary of Tübingen in the 1820s, when Hölderlin, already mentally ill, lived there as a recluse in a...
- Gustav Werner
- Bernhard Zeller
- Wilhelm ZimmermannWilhelm ZimmermannWilhelm Zimmermann was born in Germany in 1807. He became a historian and a member of the Heidelberg school of historians. From 1847 to 1850, Zimmermann taught history at the Oberrealscule in Stuttgart, Germany. He was a democrat in philosophy and belief. Accordingly, he took part in the...