Friedrich-Dessauer-Gymnasium, Frankfurt
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 Gymnasium in the district Höchst
Höchst (Frankfurt am Main)
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 of Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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The eponym
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 is Friedrich Dessauer
Friedrich Dessauer
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 (1881–1963). The school has approximately 101 (year 2004) teachers and 853 (year 2009) students.

Famous persons connected to the school are Michael Gahler
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 (born 1960), a German politician and Member of the European Parliament
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 for Hesse, and Marco Marin
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(born 1989), member of the German national soccer team.

In 2007 the old building was torn down and rebuilt in 2009.

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