Dreikönigsgymnasium

The Dreikönigsgymnasium ("Tricoronatum", meaning "Three Kings School", sometimes referred to in English as the College of the Three Crowns) is a regular public Gymnasium located in Cologne, Germany. Founded in 1450 by the city of Cologne,^[1] it is the oldest school in Cologne and one of the oldest in Germany.^{[citation needed]} In 1556 it was transferred to Jesuit control through the son of the mayor, who had become a Jesuit.^[2] The Jesuits continued to run the school until 1778, when control was restored to the city after the papal suppression of the Jesuits of 1773.^[1]

Dreikönigsgymnasium

Type	Gymnasium
Established	1450; 575 years ago (1450)
Location	Cologne , Germany
Website	www.dkg-koeln.de

Notable alumni

• Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn (1545–1617) was a Prince-Bishop of Würzburg
• Dietrich von Fürstenberg (1546–1618), Prince-Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paderborn
• Erycius PUTEANUS (1574-1646), Historiographe - Professor consilliarus - Venlo
• Johann Adam Schall von Bell (1592–1666), Jesuit missionary to China
• Maximilian Henry of Bavaria (1621-1688), Archbishop-Elector of Cologne^[3]
• Franz Egon of Fürstenberg (1626–1682), Imperial Count
• Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg (1629–1704), prince of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg
• Theodor Schwann (1810–1882), physiologist
• Adolph Kolping (1813–1865), Catholic priest
• Carl Schurz (1829–1906), German revolutionary, American statesman and reformer, and Union Army general
• Wilhelm Marx (1863–1946), Chancellor of Germany during the Weimar Republic
• Fritz Schramma (born 1947), Mayor of Cologne
• Peter Kohlgraf (born 1967), Bishop of Mainz
• Daniel Brühl (born 1978), Actor

Notable faculty

• Francis Coster (1532–1619), Jesuit theologian^[4]
• Georg Ohm (1789–1854), Physicist
• Justus Velsius
• Friedrich von Spee (1591–1635), Jesuit, poet and opponent of Witch trials
• Peter Wust (1884–1940), Philosopher