Lessing-Gymnasium, Frankfurt
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|name = Lessing-Gymnasium
|image = Lessing-Gymnasium aus der Luft.jpg
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|established = {{start date and age|1519}}
|city = Frankfurt
|country = Germany
|website = {{url|http://www.lessing-ffm.de/}}
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The Lessing-Gymnasium (together with its twin school Goethe-Gymnasium) is the oldest Gymnasium in Frankfurt. Named after Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, it was founded in 1519 by the city council.
In 2015 there was a controversy over this school refusing admission to students who were moving up from primary school and who were trying to gain admission to top Frankfurt secondary schools. The headmaster argued that secondary schools have the right to admit the students they desire.{{cite web|last=Trautsch|first=Mattias|url=https://m.faz.net/aktuell/rhein-main/frankfurt/direktor-des-lessing-gymnasiums-frankfurt-zu-fehlenden-schulplaetzen-13572485.amp.html|title=„Die Gymnasien haben immer wieder gewarnt“|language=de|newspaper=Frankfurter Zeitung|date=2015-05-04|accessdate=2022-12-30}}
Curriculum
File:Gotthold-Ephraim-Lessing-koloriert-am-Lessing-Gymnasium-Frankfurt LWS2959.JPG at the school]]
The first foreign languages are Latin and English starting in 5th grade. In the 8th grade the pupils have to choose between French or Ancient Greek. The school also has several orchestras and choirs.{{cite web|last=Jürgs|first=Alexander|url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/rhein-main/frankfurt/frankfurt-lessing-gymnasium-feiert-sein-500-jubilaeum-19005812.html|title=500 JAHRE LESSING-GYMNASIUM:Liberaler Geist und bürgerliche Vielfalt|language=de|newspaper=Frankfurter Zeitung|date=2023-07-02|accessdate=2024-03-20}}
Notable alumni
Notable alumni of the Lessing-Gymnasium include:
- Georg Philipp Telemann, Baroque composer
- Friedrich Klausing, Nazi resistance fighter and one of the 20 July Plottershttps://frankfurt.de/frankfurt-entdecken-und-erleben/stadtportrait/stadtgeschichte/stolpersteine/stolpersteine-in-eschersheim/familien/klausing-friedrich-karl
- Gustav Koerner, German-American politician
- Georg Friedrich Grotefend
- Peter Stein
- Karl Schwarzschild
- Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
- Boris Rhein
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