The Rabanus-Maurus-Gymnasium is a classical gymnasium school in the Neustadt district of Mainz.
The school was founded as a Jesuit school in Mainz on 9 December 1561 and was originally called the Kurfürstliches Kolleg der Gesellschaft Jesu (Prince-Electoral College of the Society of Jesus).
[1] Between 1618 and 1782 the school was co-located with the university in the Domus Universitatis.
[1] In 1773/1774, under the aegis of Emmerich Joseph von Breidbach zu Bürresheim, the school was reformed in line with the ideals of the Age of Enlightenment and was given the name Kurfürstlich Mainzisches Emmerizianisches Gymnasium (Prince-Electoral Mayencian Emmerichian Gymnasium).
[1] In 1859 Heinrich Bone was made director of the school, at the behest of the Bishop of Mainz, Wilhelm Emmanuel Freiherr von Ketteler.