Kerpen ( German: [ˈkɛʁpm̩] ; Ripuarian : Kerpe ) is the most populated town in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis ( North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany ). It is located about 20 kilometres southwest from Cologne . As of 2023, Kerpen has a total population of 67,627.
4-563: The town of Kerpen was created in 1975, when the previously independent municipalities Balkhausen, Blatzheim, Brüggen, Buir, Horrem, Kerpen, Manheim, Mödrath, Sindorf and Türnich were merged. In 2008, Gymnasium der Stadt Kerpen was considered the largest school in Germany. Kerpen is twinned with: This Rhein-Erft-Kreis location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Gymnasium der Stadt Kerpen The Gymnasium der Stadt Kerpen ( German , High school of
8-562: The 1995/1996 school year, a bilingual German - English branch is offered. In grades 5 and 6, students who choose the bilingual branch have seven lessons in English a week instead of five. Geography is taught in English from grade 7, politics from grade 8 and history from grade 9. In the sixth form (formerly grades 11 to 13, now grades 10 to 12) the curriculum is divided up into “ social sciences ”, “ Mathematics and natural sciences ”, “ languages ” and “other subjects”. Special subjects at
12-571: The City of Kerpen ) is a Gymnasium in Kerpen , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany . The school was founded in 1968. In 2001, it was certified as a Europaschule (de) by the Ministry of Schools of North Rhine-Westphalia . The school has an auditorium , a cafeteria , a refectory , two triple gyms , a library with more than 33,000 books and CD-ROMs , band practice rooms and different school yards. Since
16-421: The sixth form are pedagogy , psychology , social sciences, nutrition science , technology , foreign language correspondence English respective economy English, Italian and literature . In the sixth form the students can take a vocational education as foreign language correspondent. Students who pass get, in addition to their Abitur , a finished apprenticeship /vocational education. Students have
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