Schulgeschichte

Just yesterday, today was tomorrow

1912	All-boys school “Realschule Zuffenhausen” founded.
1919	First girls allowed.
1926	School consists of six Grades leading to “Mittlere Reife” qualification. School premises consist of the “Rosenschule”, the children's school and two sheds on the “Kelterplatz”.
1930	School moves to its own premises on the third and fourth floor of the new “Hohenstein” school building
1943	All classes evacuated to Aalen, Wasseralfingen, Esslingen, and Oberkochen.
October 1945	Classes resume at Zuffenhausen with roughly 200 students divided into six classes.
1954/55	754 students divided into 20 classes. Extreme lack of rooms.
Spring 1957	First graduation exams.
June 21, 1958	School becomes full-time establishment under the name of “Gymnasium Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen”.
February 15, 1960	Foundation block laid for the new school building in Haldenrainstraße.
February 15, 1962	Consecration of the new school building.
1971/72	School split resulting in the creation of “Echbach Gymnasium” in Stuttgart Freiberg.
June 21, 1983	25th anniversary of “Gymnasium Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen”. Local council of the state capital Stuttgart calls the school “Ferdinand-Porsche-Gymnasium Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen”.
1994	Lounge and cafeteria open. Three lunches a week delivered by the Porsche AG cafeteria have been served to students ever since thanks to their parents' voluntary work.
July 2008	The FPGZ joins the largest school network in Germany: school without racism – school with courage. Uwe Hück, company council member and deputy chairman of the Porsche AG board of directors champions this project.
Fall 2008	Start of construction work on the science building. The last class of the “G9” system graduates. The long-tenured principal Erhard Hönes retires.
2012	100th anniversary festivities spanning both school grounds and the Porsche subsidiary in Zuffenhausen.
2013	The new NwT-Building opens.
2014	Introduction of PorscheLab.
2015	The international class IFC's first school year. Our school social worker Chris Cuthbertson opens the student café.
2017	Remake of the upper school yard. Introduction of the school ambulance.