Lycée Henri IV

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Lycée Henri IV
Entrance on Rue Clovis
type of school Lycée (secondary school)
founding 1795
address

23, rue Clovis
75005 PARIS

place Paris
Department ParisTemplate: Infobox School / Maintenance / ISO 2 !
Country France
Coordinates 48 ° 50 '45 "  N , 2 ° 20' 52"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 50 '45 "  N , 2 ° 20' 52"  E
student 2500
Website lyc-henri4.scola.ac-paris.fr (French)

The Lycée Henri IV is one of the most famous Lycées in Paris , France , located at 23 rue Clovis in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, near the Latin Quarter . Nearby are the late Gothic parish church of Saint-Étienne-du-Mont and the Pantheon .

The Lycée Henri IV is considered one of the most demanding and prestigious secondary schools in France. It is known for its excellent results in the Baccalauréat , the French Abitur, and in the Concours , the selection process for the Grandes écoles , the French elite universities, especially in the humanities.

Some of the school's buildings are listed buildings, for example the remains of the Sainte-Geneviève Abbey from the 12th or 13th century, including the former bell tower of the monastery church, the Tour Clovis (see photo), the former refectory (now a chapel) or the Cabinet des Médailles (medal room). In 1996 , remains from the Carolingian era were discovered during renovation work .

history

The Tour Clovis

It all began with the Sainte-Geneviève Abbey, a Benedictine monastery founded in 502 by the Frankish King Clovis I in honor of the Apostles Peter and Paul . The body of St. Genoveva of Paris has been there since 512 . After the monastery had been plundered several times by the Normans , it was taken over by secular canons who were subsequently referred to as génovéfains , a derisive corruption from “St. Genoveva ”and“ profane ”. In the 12th century, the monastery was reformed by Suger of Saint-Denis , the abbot of Saint-Denis abbey , and occupied by canons of Saint Victor . He set up a scriptorium and a library. In the following period, however, the discipline subsided again. In 1619 King Ludwig XIII transferred. the abbey to Cardinal de la Rochefoucauld as abbot in commendam , who founded the Congrégation de France there as a congregation of the Augustinian Canons in France.

During the French Revolution , the monastery was abolished and declared national property. The large library (58,000 printed works and 2,000 manuscripts) escaped destruction. The abbey became an educational institution, first named after the nearby Pantheon École centrale du Panthéon , later renamed the Lycée Napoléon . This makes the Lycée Henri IV the first French school to be called the Lycée . In the era of the Restoration , the school was renamed the Lycée Corneille and finally the name Lycée Henri IV prevailed. It subsequently became a school for the upper classes, attended by the sons of King Louis Philippe and the high nobility.

The school today

The Lycée Henri IV comprises a Collège (four-year intermediate level), the actual Lycée (three-year upper level) and the Classes préparatoires (preparatory classes) for applying to the Grandes écoles and has a total of around 2500 students.

The college is attended by around 600 students, mainly from the south of Paris. Because of its good reputation and its preferred location in an upscale neighborhood near the Sorbonne , the students mostly come from “better” backgrounds, often children of university professors. However, there are also students from other districts, especially if they choose Russian as their first foreign language, as very few schools offer this option.

In contrast to the Collège , the students at the Lycée are selected based on their school performance and come from schools across Paris and the surrounding area. Around 10 to 12 percent of the students come from declared problem areas. Due to the strict admission requirements, the school achieves well above-average success rates in the Baccalauréat , which almost all students pass.

The selection for the roughly two dozen Classes preparatoires is also strictly based on performance. Since the preparatory classes at the Lycée Henri IV are among the most prestigious in France, students from all over the country apply for admission. In a national comparison, the school's graduates regularly achieve the highest success rates in the concours for the Grandes écoles . Within Paris there is a traditional rivalry with the also very successful Lycée Louis-le-Grand .

Famous former students

Former famous teachers

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Comparative results of the preparatory classes in the magazine L'express 2009

See also

Web links

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