St.-Pius-Gymnasium is a private Catholic Gymnasium (high school) located in Coesfeld near Münster, Germany. As of 2023[update], the school had approximately 700 pupils.[1]
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Gerlever Weg , 48653 Germany | |
Coordinates | 51°56′32″N 7°11′02″E / 51.94222°N 7.18389°E |
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Type | Private Gymnasium school |
Religious affiliation(s) | Catholicism |
Patron saint(s) | Pope Pius X |
Established | 1953 |
Founder | Bishop Michael Keller |
Director | Dr. Norbert Just |
Faculty | 52 |
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Enrolment | 791 |
Website | www |
It is named after Pope Pius X. The school is associated with the Lycée Notre-Dame in Guingamp, Brittany, France and a high school in Poole, Yorkshire, England.
The school has its own chapel and an auditorium. The whole school is a non-smoking area.
History
editIt was founded in 1953 by Bishop Michael Keller as an Internat (all-boys boarding school), in order to educate about 100 students for the priesthood.[2] It had a fee of 100 Marks.
In April 1964 it was changed to a high school. In 1965 the school building at Gerlever Weg was built. Girls were admitted starting in 1969,[2] and in the same year a building was erected for up to 300 students. In 1976 it became a Gymnasium. In 1979, the last of the boarding students left, and the following year a major expansion to the buildings was made.
In 1995, the architect Josef Paul Kleihues designed an extension to the building which included a music room.[2]