Maximiliansgymnasium München

The Maximiliansgymnasium München stands in Schwabing, a district of the city. It is the third-oldest grammar school in Munich and a European school, offering Latin from Year 5 and Ancient Greek from Year 8 alongside English and optional Spanish. The present building is a protected monument and was completed in 1912 to designs by Karl Höpfel for about 1,500 pupils. The school was founded in 1849 by King Maximilian II during the Neuhumanist movement, moving through several temporary sites before settling in Schwabing. During both world wars the building served as a military hospital, and in 1945 it housed refugees who damaged much of the interior. After wartime destruction and postwar occupation, lessons resumed in 1945 and full use returned in 1949. Visitors find a stately schoolhouse of brick and stone set back from the street behind sports grounds. Inside, classrooms and science rooms surround two internal courtyards, and the façade still bears the inscription marking its 1912 completion. The neighbouring Oskar-von-Miller-Gymnasium shares the same campus tradition, with pupils crossing a marked line in the playground to attend joint courses.