The Luitpold-Gymnasium is a secondary school in Munich , Germany. It is located in the Lehel city district, close to Munich's Old Town, and has a long tradition. Established by Prince Luitpold of Bavaria in 1891 as "Luitpold-Kreisrealschule" to serve the eastern part of the city and its suburbs, it originally stood in the Alexandrastrasse opposite the National Museum. The building was completely destroyed by incendiary bombing in 1944, leaving only parts of the outside walls and gymnasium (sports hall). After sharing the facilities of the Wilhelmsgymnasium, the high school was moved to the new building on Seeaustraße 1 in 1958. It introduced the Kollegstufe system in 1975, permitting an individual course of study during the last two years before graduation, and became co-educational in 1983.
4-456: The curriculum allows students to choose foreign languages or natural sciences as their main area of study, as well as electives during the Kollegstufe . There are also several student exchange programs that are being offered. 48°08′39″N 11°35′31″E / 48.14417°N 11.59194°E / 48.14417; 11.59194 This article about a Bavarian building or structure
8-462: A sufficient coverage for different fields of education is achieved and the number of lessons per week covers the required minimum. If you finish the Kollegstufe successfully, which means you comply with all the regulations and pass the final exams, you get the "Abiturzeugnis", formally called "Zeugnis der Allgemeinen Hochschulreife", which entitles one to attend a German university. The regulations for
12-453: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kollegstufe The Kollegstufe , Oberstufe or Sekundarstufe II is the German equivalent of the sixth form of secondary education in the upper stage (grades 12–13, or 11–12) of German high schools . Class groupings are dissolved and instead students choose an individual combination of courses. The idea behind this concept
16-472: Is not to prepare students for university , where they have to create their own timetable, as is sometimes claimed based on the mere analogy. The idea is to allow students to diversify and pick subjects of their personal preference. The Kollegstufe does not yet allow students to specialize on one or very few subjects like the university does, so a complex set of rules for the Kollegstufe ensures that important subjects (e.g. mathematics, languages) cannot be dropped,
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