Lessing-Gymnasium
The Lessing-Gymnasium is the oldest Gymnasium in Frankfurt. Named after Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, it was founded in 1519 by the city council. In 2015 there was a controversy over this school refusing admission to students who were moving up from primary school and who were trying to gain admission to top Frankfurt secondary schools.Photo: Ludacrizzz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: School
- Description: Humanistic secondary school in Frankfurt Am Main
- Also known as: “Lessing-Gymnasium, Frankfurt”
- Address: Fürstenbergerstraße 166, Frankfurt am Main, 60322
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Frankfurt Stock Exchange and Holzhausenstraße.
Frankfurt Stock Exchange
Marketplace
The Frankfurt Stock Exchange is the world's 3rd oldest and 12th largest stock exchange by market capitalization. It has operations from 8:00 am to 10:00 pm. Frankfurt Stock Exchange is situated 1¼ km south of Lessing-Gymnasium.
Holzhausenstraße
Metro station
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Holzhausenstraße is a metro station, which is situated 210 metres northeast of Lessing-Gymnasium.
Alte Oper
Theater building
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Alte Oper is a concert hall in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany. It is located in the inner city, Innenstadt, within the banking district Bankenviertel. Alte Oper is situated 1 km south of Lessing-Gymnasium.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Westend and Innenstadt.
Westend
Suburb
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Westend-Nord and Westend-Süd are two city districts of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The division into a northern and a southern part is mostly for administrative purposes as the Westend is generally considered an entity.
Innenstadt
Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY 4.0.
The Innenstadt is the central city district of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It is part of the Ortsbezirk Innenstadt I. Its western part forms part of Frankfurt's central business district, the Bankenviertel.
Altstadt
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Altstadt is in Frankfurt. The old town of Frankfurt with the Römer and the Imperial Cathedral is surrounded by the city centre which is enclosed by the Main River and the former ramparts, now a green space.
Lessing-Gymnasium
- Categories: gymnasium and education
- Location: Frankfurt, South Hesse, Hesse, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.12512° or 50° 7′ 30″ northLongitude
8.67207° or 8° 40′ 19″ eastInception
1520Operator
FrankfurtOpen location code
9F2C4MGC+2ROpenStreetMap ID
way 4795027OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=schoolWikidata ID
Q195183
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Vietnamese—“Lessing-Gymnasium” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Gymnasium van Lessing”
- French: “lycée Lessing”
- French: “Lycée Lessing”
- German: “Gymnasium Francofurtanum”
- German: “Lateinische Schule”
- German: “Lessing-Gymnasium”
- German: “Schule zu den Barfüßern”
- Irish: “Lessing-Gymnasium”
- Italian: “Lessing-Gymnasium”
- Latin: “Lessing-Gymnasium”
- Slovenian: “Lessing-Gymnasium”
- Swedish: “Lessing-Gymnasium”
- Vietnamese: “Lessing-Gymnasium”
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