Middle School in Wejherowo

Initial schools in Pomerania were established near churches. Jakub Wejher was the patron of the Collegium of the Reformed Order Monastery opened in 1651. In 1826, after the dissolution of the Franciscan Order by the Prussian state, this school was closed. On October 15, 1857, a four-class gymnasium was established, and the school was located in the deserted monastery buildings. In 1861, this institution was transformed into a full classical gymnasium, offering education in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. Its official name was: Königliches Katholisches Gymnasjum zu Neustadt in Westpreussen (Royal Catholic Gymnasium in Wejherowo in West Prussia). Boys were admitted to the gymnasium after completing a 4-year elementary school, preparing them under the care of a home teacher or after completing the so-called preparatory classes. Initially, students received education in the gymnasium for 7 years, and from 1881 for 9 years, following the principles of a classical gymnasium. In 1922, the status of the institution was changed by adding a lyceum to it. One of its graduates was Paweł Nipkow, the inventor of the Nipkow disk, a device that initiated television research, and Dr. Florian Ceynowa, a physician and creator of the modern Kashubian movement.