St.-Pius-Gymnasium

Dates (schoolyear 2006/2007)
foundation:	1953 1964 as Gymnasium
teachers and students
teachers:	47
students:	790
contact:
school address:	Gerlever Weg 48653 Coesfeld
internet:	http://www.piuscoe.de/
E-Mail:	piuscoe@web.de
director
chief director:	Detlef Nolte
second director:	Dr. Thomas Wenning

St.-Pius-Gymnasium is a private Gymnasium (high school) in Coesfeld near Münster, Germany. As of 2005 it has approximately 690 pupils.

It is named after Pope Pius X. The school is associated with the Lycee Notre Dame 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 found 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.

Student numbers

schoolyear	students
1964/1965	88
1965/1966	133, davon 1 evang.
1966/1967	184, davon 3 evang.
1967/1968	202, davon 4 evang.
1968/1969	207, davon 4 evang.
1969/1970	230, davon 4 evang.
1970/1971	233, davon 5 evang.
1971/1972	239, davon 5 evang.
1972/1973	236, davon 4 evang.
1973/1974	260, davon 5 evang.
1974/1975	300, davon 11 evang.
1975/1976	411, davon 15 evang.
1976/1977	455, davon 20 evang.
1977/1978	510, davon 19 evang.
1978/1979	547, davon 26 evang.
1979/1980	560, davon 26 evang.
1980/1981	600, davon 31 evang.
1981/1982	618, davon 33 evang.
1982/1983	636, davon 38 evang.
1983/1984	672, davon 43 evang., 1 moslem.
1984/1985	665, davon 39 evang., 1 moslem.
1985/1986	646, davon 39 evang., 1 moslem.
1986/1987	695, davon 43 evang., 2 moslem.
1987/1988	690, davon 42 evang., 2 moslem.
1988/1989	679, davon 40 evang., 2 moslem.
1989/1990	688
2001/2002	685
2002/2003	693
2003/2004	730
2004/2005	744, davon ~ 75 evang.
2005/2006	771, davon ~ 80 evang.

See also

• List of schools in Germany

External links

• St.-Pius-Gymnasium homepage