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7-865: The Koni or West is building of the school, located on the Koningsbergerstraat in Lombok, which explains its nickname Koni . The school is located in the building of a former secondary school, the De Bruijne Lyceum . The Diac or Oost was the former building. It was located in the city centre, on the Oudegracht and near the Ledig Erf and the Twijnstraat . This part of the school doesn't exist anymore. The CGU has about 943 pupils, 70 teachers, 5 headmasters and 14 other employees. The Christelijk Gymnasium Utrecht

14-618: A third location in the academic year 2005–2006 on the campus of University College Utrecht . The PAS has now been closed and the University College-location couldn't be maintained in academic year 2006–2007. The school was first promised a building on a street near the Central Station, but the costs required to refurbish the building were too high. The marks of the CGU on national examinations have been above average for many years. In

21-702: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Oudegracht The Oudegracht , or "old canal", runs through the center of Utrecht , the Netherlands . It starts in the southeast of the city. Here the Kromme Rijn (the original main bed of the Rhine river) and the Vaartse Rijn (a medieval canal reconnecting Utrecht to the newer main stream of the Rhine, the Lek ) arrive to meet

28-512: The new dam at Wijk bij Duurstede. The ground excavated was used to raise the sides of the canal, to reduce the chance of flooding. When the city's system of locks was finished in 1275 the water level was constant, enabling the creation of permanently dry cellars and new quays at water level, hence the typical wharfs ( Dutch : werven ) below street level. Warehouses used to line the canal. Today many of these warehouses have been converted into restaurants and cafés. This Utrecht location article

35-536: The original moat of the fortified town, and the Oudegracht goes from there into the center of town. Parts of the Oudegracht follow the original flow of the river Rhine, but there is some disagreement on what parts. The northern part is most likely an early canal (app. AD 1000) connecting the Rhine section to the river Vecht . The southern part was started in 1122, after the water level of the Rhine in Utrecht dropped because of

42-591: The year of 2005, the school was listed 7th on a nationwide ranking. In the schoolyear 2006–2007, 99 out of 100 students doing their final examinations passed. In 2011, the school was listed 1st on a nationwide ranking. The anthem of the Christelijk Gymnasium Utrecht was penned by Dr. Dolf Peeters and was created in 1946/47 to commemorate the school's 50th anniversary. 52°04′55″N 5°07′16″E  /  52.082°N 5.121°E  / 52.082; 5.121 This Netherlands school-related article

49-623: Was founded in 1897 on the Janskerkhof, with only 13 students and only one girl. In the thirties, the school moved to a bigger location, the Diaconessenstraat. Recently, the school has gone through a long period of searching for a building big enough to house all students. Before 2006, the school was located in two buildings on the Oudegracht, at walking distance called the Diac and the PAS . The school even had

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