[1] Lying in the south-west of the Hamburg quarter Harvestehude on the border with Eimsbüttel, the Helene-Lange-Gymnasium currently has around 930 students from 46 nationalities.

The Hamburg senate gave the school the name Staatliche höhere Mädchenschule an der Hansastraße.

The change in name from Lyzeum to Oberrealschule created an opportunity to name the school after Helene Lange, a prominent pedagogue and feminist.

[3] The building which today houses the Helene-Lange-Gymnasium was built between 1908 and 1910 by the architect Albert Erbe, and officially opened on 4 January 1910, at the same time as Gymnasium Lerchenfeld, which shared similar characteristics and objectives, and whose main building was designed by the same architect.

[5] It maintains sponsorships with schools in Dar es Salaam, Havana, Chicago, and London.