Deutsche Schule Bukarest Explained

Deutsche Schule Bukarest
Native Name:Școala Germană București
Streetaddress:Strada Coralilor 20G, Sector 1
City:Bucharest
Country:Romania
Established:2007
Type:German international school
Principal:Valentin Grigoroiu
Grades:Kinderkrippe, Kindergarten, Grundschule, and Gymnasium

Deutsche Schule Bukarest (DSBU; Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Școala Germană București) is a German international school located at 20G Coralilor Street, Bucharest, Romania,[1] established in 2007.

It includes a nursery school (Kinderkrippe), kindergarten, elementary school (Grundschule), and high school (Gymnasium).[2] It is accredited by the German government's Central Agency for German Schools Abroad, as a ("German School Abroad"), being one of currently 143 such schools established internationally to promote the German culture and language in other countries.[3]

Other German-language schools in Buchaest

DSBU should not be confused with Bukarest's historical German school, established before 1778, the year of its first documented mention[4] (a school researcher even speaks of proof going back to 1752) and currently called, once the confessional school of the German Evangelical community. It has been an important and attractive educational institution for the entire population of the capital city for over a century, reaching 2000 enrolled students and above before WWI and in the 1970s.

There are also two recently established private German-language schools, Zeppelin Schule (est. 2012; www.zeppelinschule.ro), and the Hermann Oberth International German School in Voluntari suburb (est. 2012; www.scoala-germana.ro/en).

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Notes and References

  1. "Kontakt ." Deutsche Schule Bukarest. Retrieved on 20 February 2015. "Str. Aron Cotruș 51 RO-014131 Bukarest"
  2. "Entstehung ." Deutsche Schule Bukarest. Retrieved on 20 February 2015.
  3. Web site: Grußwort des Schulleiters. Headmaster's Greeting. German. August 11, 2024.
  4. News: Herbert H. Hoffmann . Deutsche Schule in Bukarest begeht Jubiläum . de . German School in Bucharest Celebrates Jubilee . Siebenbürgische Zeitung . 15 April 2002 . siebenbuerger.de (17 April 2002) . Verband der Siebenbürger Sachsen in Deutschland e.V. . Munich . 6 . 6 . 20 March 2024.