- Athénée de Luxembourg
Infobox School
name = Athénée de Luxembourg
motto = Innovation is our Tradition
type = Classical secondary school
established =1817
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campus type =Campus Geesseknäppchen
campus size = 0.2 km² (0.1 sq mi)
location =Luxembourg City
country = LUX
coordinates = coord|49|37|12|N|06|01|51|E|
website = http://www.al.luThe Athénée de Luxembourg ( _en. Luxembourg Athenaeum), also known as Stater Kolléisch or just De Kolléisch,fr icon cite web |url=http://www.al.lu/hist.html |title=Historique |accessdate=2007-08-15 |publisher=Athénée de Luxembourg ] is ahigh school inLuxembourg City , in southernLuxembourg .The school was founded as the 'Athénée Royal' in
1817 , although the preceding school had been founded as aJesuit college in 1603.Since
1963 , the school has been located inHollerich , in the south-west of the city. [de icon cite web |url=http://www.vdl.lu/Mairie+et+services+centraux/Urbanisme/D%C3%A9veloppement+urbain/Stadtteilrahmenpl%C3%A4ne/Hollerich-highlight-hollerich-p-3700672.html |title=Stadtentwicklungsplan Hollerich |accessdate=2008-03-31 |last= |first= |date= |work= |publisher=Ville de Luxembourg ] Since the Athénée moved to Hollerich, other schools have moved to the site, creatingCampus Geesseknäppchen , just to the north of the terminus of the A4 motorway. Until 1963, it had been located in the cityAthenaeum (hence the name), now the site of the National Library, inVille Haute .Famous alumni
Some of the school's alumni include:
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Robert Brasseur , [Mersch (1959), p. 103] founding member of the Liberal League
*Xavier Brasseur , [Mersch (1959), p. 61] founding member of the Socialist Party
*Eugène Jungers , administrator of theBelgian Congo
*Anne Kremer , tennis player
*Robert Schuman , [cite web |url=http://www.robert-schuman.org/gb/robert-schuman/biographie2an.htm |title=Robert Schuman's Life History |accessdate=2007-08-15 |publisher=Fondation Robert Schuman ]Prime Minister of France and founding father of theEuropean Union
*Emmanuel Servais , [fr icon cite book |last=Mersch |first=Jules |authorlink=Jules Mersch |editor=Mersch, Jules |title=Biographie nationale du pays de Luxembourg |accessdate=2008-06-27 |date=1972 |publisher=Victor Buck |location=Luxembourg City |page=473 |chapter=Lambert Joseph Emmanuel Servais |chapterurl=http://www.luxemburgensia.bnl.lu/cgi/luxonline1_2.pl?action=fv&sid=luxbio&vol=20&page=473 ]Prime Minister of Luxembourg Footnotes
References
* cite book |last=Mersch |first=Jules |authorlink=Jules Mersch |editor=Mersch, Jules |title=Biographie nationale du pays de Luxembourg |accessdate=2008-04-13 |date=1959 |publisher=Victor Buck |location=Luxembourg City |chapter=Deux branches de la Famille Brasseur |chapterurl=http://www.luxemburgensia.bnl.lu/cgi/luxonline1_2.pl?action=fv&sid=luxbio&vol=19&page=103
External links
* [http://www.al.lu Athénée de Luxembourg official website]
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