Artland-Gymnasium
school in Germany
The Artland-Gymnasium Quakenbrück (AGQ) is a secondary school in the Artland region for students in grades 5 to 13. The Gymnasium dates back to a Latin school first mentioned in 1354, making it one of the oldest schools in Lower Saxony.
History
The Artland-Gymnasium and its predecessors have been the only secondary school in the Osnabrück region for centuries.
So far it has not been possible to conclusively clarify when the first higher education institution was built in Quakenbrück. What is certain is that in 1354 a school director in Quakenbrück (Latin: rector scolarum in Quakenbr.) is mentioned in a document. The chroniclers agree that this was an institution of the St. Sylvester Church, which originally had to care about new clergy. The city of Quakenbrück must have participated since 1507 at the latest, which is evident from a series of invoices. Until 1893, the school was housed in an annex to the St. Sylvester Church.
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Contemporary correspondence, administrative files and participant testimony can test how later narratives organized the event or institution. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q713563. VIAF identifies the subject as 134367979. Authority coordinates are 52.672, 7.965. 3 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1354, 1507 and 1893.
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