Gymnasium (Germany) - Gymnasien For Girls

Gymnasien For Girls

The early twentieth century saw an increase in the number of Lyzeum schools for girls, which offered a six-year course. The rising prominence of girls' gymnasien was mainly due to the ascendancy of the German feminist movement in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, corresponding to the rising demand for women's university education.

Co-educational gymnasien have become widespread since the 1970s, and today, single-sex gymnasien are rare in Germany.