[1][2][3] The school opened with 23 pupils with lessons being held in the Rathaus, and later in the Catholic Pfarrhaus in the Brunnenstraße and the former Vollmannschen Lateinschule on the corner of Klosterwall and Neustraße.

From 4 October 1945, lessons were held in a shift system in Schule Zweigstraße an in nearby grammar school August-Dicke-Schule.

A World War II Hochbunker still stands on Gymnasium Schwerstrasse's school grounds today.

Until this day, Schwerstrasse students are responsible for projects regarding the Old Synagogue as well as the upkeep of Solingen's old Jewish cemetery.

Gymnasium Schwertstrasse also has a French exchange programme with the Lycée Mathias in Solingen's sister city Chalon sur Saône.

However, regular students who'd like to switch to bilingual can't do so due to the vocabulary discrepancy in History, Geography and Politics.