Dreikönigsgymnasium Explained

Dreikönigsgymnasium
Type:	Gymnasium
City:	Cologne
Country:	Germany
Website:	www.dkg-koeln.de

The Dreikönigsgymnasium ("Tricoronatum", meaning "Three Kings School", sometimes referred to in English as the College of the Three Crowns) is a regular public Gymnasium located in Cologne, Germany. Founded in 1450 by the city of Cologne,^[1] it is the oldest school in Cologne and one of the oldest in Germany. In 1556 it was transferred to Jesuit control through the son of the mayor, who had become a Jesuit.^[2] The Jesuits continued to run the school until 1778, when control was restored to the city after the papal suppression of the Jesuits of 1773.^[1]

Notable alumni

• Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn (1545–1617) was a Prince-Bishop of Würzburg
• Dietrich von Fürstenberg (1546–1618), Prince-Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paderborn
• Erycius PUTEANUS (1574-1646), Historiographe - Professor consilliarus - Venlo
• Johann Adam Schall von Bell (1592–1666), Jesuit missionary to China
• Maximilian Henry of Bavaria (1621-1688), Archbishop-Elector of Cologne^[3]
• Franz Egon of Fürstenberg (1626–1682), Imperial Count
• Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg (1629–1704), prince of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg
• Theodor Schwann (1810–1882), physiologist
• Adolph Kolping (1813–1865), Catholic priest
• Carl Schurz (1829–1906), German revolutionary, American statesman and reformer, and Union Army general
• Wilhelm Marx (1863–1946), Chancellor of Germany during the Weimar Republic
• Fritz Schramma (born 1947), Mayor of Cologne
• Peter Kohlgraf (born 1967), Bishop of Mainz
• Daniel Brühl (born 1978), Actor

Notable faculty

• Francis Coster (1532–1619), Jesuit theologian^[4]
• Georg Ohm (1789–1854), Physicist
• Justus Velsius
• Friedrich von Spee (1591–1635), Jesuit, poet and opponent of Witch trials
• Peter Wust (1884–1940), Philosopher

External links

• Homepage of the Dreikönigsgymnasium Köln (in German)

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Notes and References

1. Book: Jesuit Survival and Restoration: A Global History, 1773–1900. Studies in the History of Christian Traditions. Robert A.. Maryks. Jonathan. Wright. BRILL. 2014. 144.
2. Book: Grendler, Paul F.. Jesuit Schools and Universities in Europe, 1548–1773. BRILL. 2018. 9789004391123. 82.
3. Book: O'Connor, John T. . Negotiator out of Season . 1978 . 0-8203-0436-0 . University of Georgia Press . Athens, GA . 2.
4. Book: Delplace, Louis. History of the Sodalities of the Blessed Virgin Mary: A Memorial of the Tercentenary Jubilee. 1584–1884. T. Moonan. 1884. 42.