Wilhelmsgymnasium (Königsberg)

Its first director, Karl Urban of Roßlau,[2] led the effort to move the school to a new building near the Schlossteich in Hintertragheim,[3] which was dedicated in 1879.

[1] The Wilhelmsgymnasium's auditorium was decorated with East Prussian-themed paintings by artists from Königsberg in 1889, including Carl Steffeck, Emil Neide, and Georg Knorr.

[2] Steffeck created a cycle of paintings depicting Prussian history, starting with the entrance of Grand Master Siegfried von Feuchtwangen into Marienburg Castle.

[citation needed] Notable teachers included Otto Portzehl, senior instructor from 1888 to 1905, and Hans Lullies, a geographer who also taught at the Handelshochschule.

[4] Its most famous alumni were the mathematicians David Hilbert and Jürgen Moser, pianist Alfred Reisenauer, and politician Friedrich von Berg.