Humboldtschule | |
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Address | |
Jacobistraße 37 61348 Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe Germany | |
Coordinates | 50°13′19″N 8°36′36″E / 50.222°N 8.610°E |
Information | |
School type | Public Gymnasium |
Founded | 1900 |
School number | 5194[1] |
Head of school | Carine Kleine-Jänsch |
Grades | 5–13 |
Gender | Coeducational |
Number of students | approx. 1,700 (school year 2020/2021) |
Language | English, French, German, Latin, Russian, Spanish |
Newspaper | kaHUS |
Website | humboldt |
The Humboldtschule (abbreviation: HUS; English: Humboldt School) is one of two Gymnasiums, besides the Kaiserin-Friedrich-Gymnasium (KFG), in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Hesse, Germany.
The eponyms are Alexander (1769–1859) and Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767–1835). Since November 2000 the school is a recognized UNESCO project school (UNESCO-Projektschule).[2] In the school year 2008/2009, the school had 134 teachers and 1,602 students. Starting with school year 2009/2010 the school has 1,750 students. The history of the school goes back to 1900. Founded as Städtische Höhere Mädchenschule in 1900, the school has grown to be one of the largest schools in the Hochtaunuskreis.