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17-452: In 1879, Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin decided to establish a gymnasium in Doberan , a city of 4000 inhabitants which had been granted town rights in the same year. The school was officially opened by its first principal Wilhelm Kraner on April 21, 1879. It was located at Dammstraße , today’s Beethovenstraße . Students at the age of 10 to 14 attended the school in

34-554: The German reunification , the school was adjusted to West German educational norms in 1991. The course system was adopted and students attended the gymnasium from grade 5 on. Additionally, the original name Friderico-Francisceum has been reintroduced. A newly built extension building right behind the main building opened in 2001, providing modern-day classrooms and teaching material. Due to school closures in Schwaan and Neubukow ,

51-614: The Second Schleswig War , Frederick Francis served on the staff of Generalfeldmarschall Friedrich Graf von Wrangel , having refused a command in the fight against Denmark since Christian IX of Denmark was a close friend. During the Austro-Prussian War he commanded the forces that occupied Leipzig and lay siege to Nuremberg . He also took part in the Franco-Prussian War , during which he

68-560: The armée de la Loire with the 18th Corps (General Billot ) and the 20th Corps (General Crouzat). The force was beaten on 28 November at the Battle of Beaune-la-Rolande (Loiret) by the Prussians and fell back on Orléans. On 1 and 2 December, the 16th and 17th corps were the victors at Villepion and Terminiers (1 December), against forces led by Prince Leopold of Bavaria but beaten at the Battle of Loigny-Poupry on 2 December. Orléans

85-420: The battle of Le Mans to the south-west of Le Mans on 11 and 12 January 1871, with 7,000 of its troops dead or wounded, 22,000 captured and 50,000 deserters. The battles continued at Sillé-le-Guillaume (Sarthe) on 15 January and at Saint-Mélaine on 18 January. The armée thus retrenched behind the river Mayenne , until the armistice signed by the provisional government on 28 January 1871. On 14 March 1871

102-505: The 16th Corps (General Antoine Chanzy ) and the 17th Corps (General Louis-Gaston de Sonis ). It beat the Bavarians at Coulmiers (Loiret) on 9 November and retook Orléans but the Bavarians were reinforced by Frederick Francis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin who had besieged Toul and later by the contingents of Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia , made available by the surrender of Marshal Bazaine at Metz (27 October). Gambetta reinforced

119-540: The French defeat at Sedan on 2 September 1870 had destroyed the Imperial field army. The newly raised force was formed out of francs-tireurs (volunteer irregulars), provincial Gardes Mobiles (territorials), naval forces, zouaves and tirailleurs from Algeria , plus regular soldiers in depots and reservists. Together these diverse units formed the 15th army corps under Joseph Édouard de la Motte Rouge . Apart from

136-957: The North African units, the Army had few officers with fighting experience, insufficient artillery, and under-trained troops. It fought at the Battle of Orléans (1870) and Battle of Le Mans (1871) and was dissolved on 14 March 1871. On 10 October, at Artenay ( Loiret ), the armée de la Loire was defeated by the I Bavarian Korps (General von der Thann ), protecting the south flank of the German forces besieging Paris. The armée had to abandon Orléans on 11 October and Léon Gambetta sacked La Motte-Rouge and replaced him with General Louis d'Aurelle de Paladines , who set up base in Salbris , in Sologne . The armée with 70,000 men and 150 guns reinforced

153-650: The eldest son of Hereditary Grand Duke Paul Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Princess Alexandrine of Prussia . He became heir apparent to the grand duchy following the death of his great-grandfather Frederick Francis I on 1 February 1837. Frederick Francis was privately educated until 1838. He then attended the Blochmann institute in Dresden before going to the University of Bonn . Frederick Francis succeeded his father as Grand Duke on 7 March 1842. During

170-549: The first year. They were educated by four teachers. Initially a Progymnasium with only lower grades, the school was granted expansion to a full gymnasium by the grand duke in 1883. After Frederick Francis II died in 1883, his successor Frederick Francis III named the school Friderico-Francisceum in honour of the founder. In 1889, the gymnasium moved into its present-day building at Alexandrinenplatz . The schoolhouse had been constructed by Doberan-based architect Gotthilf Ludwig Möckel . Female students were allowed to attend

187-572: The gymnasium's enrollment grew in recent years. An auxiliary building at Verbindungsstraße has been in use since 2017. Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Frederick Francis II ( German : Friedrich Franz II; 28 February 1823 – 15 April 1883) was a Prussian officer and Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin from 7 March 1842 until 15 April 1883. He was born in Schloss Ludwigslust ,

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204-485: The school for the first time in 1927. Several teachers as well as students died in both World War I and II . The school was renamed Goethe -Oberschule after the Second World War and adapted to the new East German educational system . In 1958, the school was designated an Extended Secondary School . Starting in 1983, only grade 11 and 12 students attended the school due to an educational reform. After

221-699: Was Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt on 4 July 1868. They had four children: [REDACTED] Media related to Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin at Wikimedia Commons Army of the Loire The Armée de la Loire was a French army of the Franco-Prussian War . It was formed in October 1870 by Léon Gambetta , interior minister and minister for war in the Government of National Defence , then taking refuge in Tours after

238-699: Was also a Russian General Field Marshal. Frederick Francis died on 15 April 1883 in Schwerin and was succeeded as Grand Duke by his eldest son, Frederick Francis III . Frederick Francis was first married to Princess Augusta Reuss of Köstritz (26 May 1822 – 3 March 1862) on 3 November 1849 in Ludwigslust . They had six children: Frederick Francis married for a second time in Darmstadt to Princess Anna of Hesse and by Rhine (25 May 1843 – 16 April 1865) on 4 July 1864. They had one daughter: His third wife

255-767: Was based at Gien and Salbris in order to send help to Belfort then resisting the Germans. The other part, 16th and 17th corps, commanded by Chanzy , set up base in Beaugency and thus became the second armée de la Loire . To it were also added the 19,000 poorly equipped troops left over from the closure of Camp Conlie in December 1870. It met the Prussians at Josnes and Villarceaux on 7 and 8 December, at Beaugency from 8–10 December, then at Fréteval and Château-du-Loir ( Sarthe ) on 14 and 15 December. Although reinforced by 21st corps under general Jaurès , it lost

272-628: Was made Governor-General of Reims and commanded the German forces laying siege to Toul . He defended the Prussian forces during the Siege of Paris from attack by the Army of the Loire . He defeated French forces at the battles of Beaune-La-Rolande and Beaugency . He was the maternal first cousin of both German Emperor Frederick III and Russian Tsar Alexander II . He held the rank of Prussian general and

289-556: Was re-taken by the Germans on 4 December in the Second Battle of Orléans . After the defeat at Loigny and the reoccupation of Orléans by the Germans on 4 December, the armée de la Loire found itself separated into two groups. Gambetta thus decided to reorganise its troops into two armées and to dismiss general d'Aurelle de Paladines. One part, regrouping 15th, 18th and 20th corps to form the Armée de l'Est , under General Bourbaki ,

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