St.-Pius-Gymnasium
| St.-Pius-Gymnasium | |
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Gerlever Weg , 48653 Germany | |
| Coordinates | 51°56′32″N 7°11′02″E / 51.94222°N 7.18389°ECoordinates: 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 |
St.-Pius-Gymnasium is a private Catholic Gymnasium (high school) located in Coesfeld near Münster, Germany. As of 2005, the school had approximately 690 pupils.
It is named after Pope Pius X. The school is associated with the 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[]
It 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. 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, 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.
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- Gymnasiums in Germany
- Coesfeld
- Educational institutions established in 1953
- Catholic secondary schools in Germany
- Schools in North Rhine-Westphalia
- 1953 establishments in West Germany