Humboldtstraße 5, 34117 Kassel

Telephone: 0049 / 561 / 772031

Fax: 0049 / 561 / 772032

Friedrichsgymnasium is situated near the city centre of Kassel (Germany).
Two public gardens, Fürstengarten and Henschelgarten, give its surroundings a special atmosphere.
In the neigbourhood there are three well-known museums, Landesmuseum, Tapetenmuseum, Museum für Sepulkralkultur, and an academic library, Murhardsche Bibliothek. The school can be easily reached by public transport (bus and tram).

Friedrichsgymnasium is a school for secondary education with special emphasis on languages, in particular Classics, for students from Kassel and the Kassel area. It offers nine years of education. Students learn Latin as their first language, English as their second, and after four years they can choose between Greek and French.
Here they can take their Abitur (final examination), a requirement for university in Germany.

There are approximately 950 students and a teaching staff of about 80 at present.

Founded by Landgraf Friedrich II. in 1779, Friedrichsgymnasium originally was in Wolfschlucht until the destruction of Kassel in 1943. In 1957 it found a new home in Humboldtstraße 5. In 1992 new buildings including a library for teachers and students, modern rooms for biology and chemistry, a photo lab and a cafeteria were added. With its special emphasis on old (Latin and Greek) as well as modern languages (English, French, Spanish), Friedrichsgymnasium as a grammar school is a unique institution for teaching and educating students from grades 5 to 10 (Sekundarstufe I), and from 11 to 13 (Sekundarstufe II).

• Apart from the above mentioned languages, Spanish can be chosen in Sekundarstufe II (but not as a Leistungskurs)
• Additionally, Italian, Russian and Hebrew are offered.
• All students playing an instrument, no matter at which level, may participate in the work of the school orchestra.Two public concerts are special events of the year in which the school choir also takes part.
• There are drama groups for all students who are interested in the production and performance of theatre plays.
• The "Geschichtswerkstatt" (History Workshop) deals with subjects of topical or historical interest (e.g. Jewish Students at Friedrichgymnasium, School Life after the Second World War, etc.) and presents the results in public.
• The school rowing club offers rowing not only as a spare time activity, but also trains and prepares interested students for rowing competitions.
• There is a number of further activities like chess, photography, environmental programmes, astronomy, and a bike workshop.
• Computer Studies are not only part of the classes in Sekundarstufe I, but can also be chosen as a course in Sekundarstufe II and as an extracurricular activity. There is access to the Internet (e-mail, news, FTP, WWW), and contacts with schools all over the world are being made.
• In their final year at Friedrichsgymnasium students take part in excursions to Greece, Italy, Corsica, etc.