Rabanus-Maurus-Gymnasium

The Rabanus-Maurus-Gymnasium is a classical school. The first foreign language taught is Latin and the second is English. Later, three foreign languages are required.
The school was founded as a Jesuit school in Mainz on 9 December 1561 and was originally called the Kurfürstliches Kolleg der Gesellschaft Jesu . Between 1618 and 1782 the school was co-located with the university in the Domus Universitatis. In 1773/1774, under the aegis of Emmerich Joseph von Breidbach zu Bürresheim, the school was reformed in line with the ideals of the Age of Enlightenment and was given the name Kurfürstlich Mainzisches Emmerizianisches Gymnasium . In the following 200 years, the school changed its name and location several times. In 1859 Heinrich Bone was made director of the school, at the behest of the Bishop of Mainz, Wilhelm Emmanuel Freiherr von Ketteler. In the course of the Kulturkampf, he was prematurely removed from office.

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