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Type. Gymnasium. Established. 16 August 1698. ( 1698-08-16) Closed. 1944. The Collegium Fridericianum (also known as the Friedrichskolleg, Friedrichskollegium, and Friedrichs-Kollegium) was a prestigious gymnasium in Königsberg, Prussia. Alumni were known as Friderizianer.
- 1944
- Gymnasium
- 16 August 1698
Kant began attending the Collegium Fridericianum with the semester beginning Easter 1732, having just turned eight. This required that he walk rather further each morning and afternoon than his neighborhood school at St. George’s (the Collegium was about half a kilometer east of the castle, and young Kant would have needed to walk north and east, following the Grüne Brücke onto the ...
Tue – Sun & public holidays 11 am – 6 pm and Thu 11 am – 8pm. 6 Euro, reduced 4 Euro. Annual ticket 45 Euro, reduced 15 Euro. Wednesdays free admission. Free admission for children and under 18s. Free admission for students with a Kulturticket. Students and trainees 2 Euro. Free admission for school groups (by prior appointment)
Postal address. Friedrichsplatz 18, 34117 Kassel T +49 561 70727-20 / info@fridericianum.org Cash register. T +49 561 70727-3010. Office address. Dock 4, Untere Karlsstraße 4, 34117 Kassel
The Collegium Fridericianum served as a model Latin school in Königsberg and all of Prussia during the 18th century. It is also of particular interest because Immanuel Kant spent eight years here as a student, from the age of eight until sixteen, when he entered the university. (See a table displaying Kant’s classes at the Collegium ...
The Fridericianum is a museum in Kassel, Germany. Built in 1779, it is one of the oldest public museums in Europe. [1] Since 1955 the quinquennial art festival documenta has been centred on the site, [2] with some artworks displayed on Friedrichsplatz, in front of the building. [3]
The Collegium Fridericianum, given its name by Friedrich I, was founded in 1698 — the first Latin school in Königsberg, and unattached to any local church — by Theodor Gehr (1663-1705) on the model of the Pietist schools in Halle founded by Franke, and with whom Gehr was acquainted. It accepted both boarding students as well as day ...
