Pestalozzi-Gymnasium Biberach

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The Pestalozzi-Gymnasium in Biberach an der Riß, Baden-Württemberg, Germany is a Gymnasium (high school) founded in 1860. In 2005 it has some 1,250 students and 100 teachers.

The school was founded in 1860 by Fortunée Niederer, a student of Swiss educationalist Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, and was originally named the Paritätische private Töchterschule ("Equal participation private daughters' school"). Originally an all-girls' school, in 1970 it was renamed "Pestalozzi-Gymnasium" at the same time it became co-educational.

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