Gregor-Mendel-Gymnasium Amberg
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The Gregor-Mendel-Gymnasium (GMG, Gregor Mendel High School) is a national, public gymnasium in Amberg, Bavaria. It is named after scientist Gregor Mendel. As of 2006 it has some 950 students, of whom 35% are from the city of Amberg, and 65% from the surrounding district. There are some 60 instructors.
The school was founded in 1833 as the Königliche Landwirtschafts- und Gewerbeschule.
[edit] Alumni
Noteworth alumni include:
- Eugen Oker (1919–2006), writer
- H. E. Erwin Walther (1920–1995), composer
- Johann Baptist Metz (*1928), professor of theology
- Eckhard Henscheid (*1941), writer
Coordinates: 49°26′39.22″N 11°52′35.58″E / 49.4442278°N 11.87655°E
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