ICBE - Database of Benedictine Schools Worldwide

Database of Benedictine Schools Worldwide
Germany
Name and Address of School Schulname und Adresse		Head of School Schulleiter/in
Gymnasium bei St. Stephan, Augsburg		OStD Franz Lettner
Gallusplatz 2

Augsburg
Bayern
D-86152
Phone Tel.	+49 (821) 324-18500	Fax	+49 (821) 324-18505
E-mail
Web Site	www.st-stephan.de
Type of School Mit oder ohne Internat	Boarding & Day	Co-Ed Koedukativ	yes
Number of Students Zahl der Schüler/innen	900	Age range Alter der Schüler/innen	10-19/20
Male Davon männlich	800	Number of teaching Staff Zahl der Lehrer/innen	70
Female Davon weiblich	100	Staff of Religious Order Davon Ordensleute	7
Religious Diversity Religiöse Zusammensetzung	RC 560; 95 Protestant; 10 Other faiths; 35 non-affiliated
Ethnic Diversity Ethnische Zusammensetzung

School Statement
1828 Foundation of school as a state school run by priests and lay-teachers (successor to a dissolved Jesuit school) 1835 Foundation of Abbey; school run by Benedictine monks (combined day/boarding school for boys) as a grammar school. 1939 Benedictine monks had to give up teaching. 1944 School and Abbey destroyed by bombs. 1945 Rebuilding of parts of monastery and school; Benedictines take over school again. 1957/1959 New school building erected 1980 Extension added 1981 In addition to classical type of "grammar" school, a second type is established emphasising music & art as subjects. 1999/2000 City of Augsburg will be responsible for funding the school (until then the Free State of Bavaria and the Abbey of St. Stephan share the costs). Teaching staff will be paid by the Free State of Bavaria (as before); the school will remain a state school.
Exchange Note
Exchange partners: Ampleforth Abbey in York, England. Temesvári Pelbárt Ferencés Gimnásium, Esztergom, Hungary. An exchange partner in the US would be welcome.
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