title: Emsland Gymnasium
text: # Emsland Gymnasium
  
  Emsland Gymnasium is a Gymnasium (secondary) school in Rheine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded in 1853.
  
  ## History
  
  Founded as a girls' school, the school became co-educational in 1972.
  
  ## Notable alumni
  
  * Monika Hermanns, judge
  * Gerda Hövel, Member of the Parliament of Lower Saxony
  * Gudrun J. Klinker, computer scientist
  * Rita Süssmuth, politician and former President of the Bundestag
  