Type Gymnasium Rector Bart Vieveen Province South Holland Motto Uno Sumus Animo Staff 160 | Established <1323 Phone +31 71 512 1365 Founded 1323 Number of students 1,800 | |
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Address Fruinlaan 15, 2313 EP Leiden, Netherlands Similar Bonavent, Bonavent Burggrav, Visser 't Hooft Lyceum, Adelbert College, Marecolle | ||
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Stedelijk Gymnasium Leiden is a gymnasium in the Netherlands. Located in Leiden, it is one of the oldest schools in the Netherlands. Its history dates back to the Middle Ages. The Stedelijk Gymnasium Leiden is the biggest gymnasium-only school in the Netherlands, with over 1,800 pupils (in 2014).
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History
The school is named in a charter of count William III of Holland in 1323 under the name schole or scoele, and is probably founded in the second half of the 13th century. After the Siege of Leiden (1573-1574) Nicholaus Stochius was named rector. Around 1700 the school was named gymnasium in official Latin documents (in Dutch: Latijnse school). The name Stedelijk ('municipal') Gymnasium was introduced in 1838, together with a new educational approach.
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LEMUN and international contacts
Since 2001 Stedelijk Gymnasium organizes the Leiden Model United Nations (LEMUN), which is part of the international Model United Nations (MUN)-conferences. The Stedelijk Gymnasium has contacts with schools from Sweden, Poland, Hungary, Germany, Italy and Belgium to exchange students.