| Hildegardis-Schule | |
| Schooltype: | Gymnasium |
| Streetaddress: | Klinikstrasse 1 |
| Postalcode: | D-44791 |
| City: | Bochum |
| Country: | Germany |
| Language: | German and French |
| Opened: | 1860 |
| Pupils: | 1150 |
| Teaching Staff: | 85[1] |
| Head Of School: | Werner Backhaus and Wolfgang Schmidt |
| Homepage: | www.hildegardis-bochum.de |
The Hildegardis-Schule is a secondary school in the city of Bochum, Germany.
The school was founded in 1860 by a young Bochum teacher, Henriette von Noël, as a private school for girls. An extension was built in 1901 and in 1916, the school was named after naturalist, theologian and author, Hildegard von Bingen.[2] There is a statue of Hildegard von Bingen in front of the main entrance.
Today, the school is a public Gymnasium for boys and girls. The Hildegardis-Schule was one of the first schools in Germany to offer French bilingual education. History, politics and geography are taught in French and students may graduate with a French baccalaureat as well as an Abitur. In 2008, the school was certified as a "Europaschule" (de) by the Ministry of Schools of North Rhine-Westphalia.
The Hildegardis-Schule has a student exchange program with schools in