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Dreikönigsgymnasium 
Established 1450 Type Gymnasium Location Cologne, Germany Website www.dkg-koeln.de The Dreikönigsgymnasium ("Tricoronatum") is a regular public Gymnasium located in Cologne, Germany. Founded in 1450 it is the oldest school in Cologne and one of the oldest in Germany.
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
- Johann Adam Schall von Bell (1592–1666), Jesuit missionary to China
- Adolph Kolping (1813–1865), Catholic priest
- Carl Schurz (1829–1906), German revolutionary, American statesman and reformer, and Union Army general
- Fritz Schramma (born 1947), Mayor of Cologne
- Daniel Brühl (born 1978), Actor
Famous teachers
- Friedrich von Spee (1591–1635), Jesuit, poet and opponent of Witch trials
- Peter Wust (1884–1940), Philosopher
- Georg Ohm (1789–1854), Physicist
External links
Coordinates: 50°58′01″N 6°55′44″E / 50.967°N 6.929°E
Categories:- Schools in North Rhine-Westphalia
- Educational institutions established in the 15th century
- Education in Cologne
- 1450s establishments
- Nippes, Cologne
- Germany school stubs
- North Rhine-Westphalia building and structure stubs
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