Gymnasium Gars
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The Gymnasium Gars is a Gymnasium
(high school) in Gars
, Bavaria
. Situated on the river Inn
in the Gars
valley, it was founded as a school of Latin by Augustinians
before 1582 AD. It became a state school in 1972. It grew quickly and had about 1000 students and 70 teachers in 2006.
Today, a part of the school is still found inside the local Redemptorist monastery, but there were extensions in the 1980s and 1990s.
Gymnasium (school)
A gymnasium is a type of school providing secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English grammar schools or sixth form colleges and U.S. college preparatory high schools. The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, meaning a locality for both physical and intellectual...
(high school) in Gars
Gars
Gars is a municipality in the district of Mühldorf in Bavaria in Germany....
, Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
. Situated on the river Inn
Inn River
The Inn is a river in Switzerland, Austria and Germany. It is a right tributary of the Danube and is approximately 500km long. The highest point of its drainage basin is the summit of Piz Bernina, at 4,049 metres.- Geography :...
in the Gars
Gars
Gars is a municipality in the district of Mühldorf in Bavaria in Germany....
valley, it was founded as a school of Latin by Augustinians
Augustinians
The term Augustinians, named after Saint Augustine of Hippo , applies to two separate and unrelated types of Catholic religious orders:...
before 1582 AD. It became a state school in 1972. It grew quickly and had about 1000 students and 70 teachers in 2006.
Today, a part of the school is still found inside the local Redemptorist monastery, but there were extensions in the 1980s and 1990s.