2nd High School in Wrocław
The 2nd High School in Wrocław a public high school in Wrocław, Poland, named after Silesian Piasts, part of the 22nd Secondary School Complex, located at Parkowa 18–26 street. Built in 1929 as Mary Magdalene's Gymnasium.
Shortly after World War II the building was destined as middle school and secondary school, and soon – after education reform – merged into a secondary school. After many years of operating it earned, thanks to inter alia hard work of long-term mentor to the School's Sports Circle and P.E. teacher, Adam Dotzauer, a reputation of a sport's school, and later on a title of the School of Sport's Mastery.- Wanda Rutkiewicz – Polish mountaineer, the first woman to successfully summit K2,
- Kinga Preis – Polish actress,
- Prof. Andrzej Pękalski, PhD.– Polish physicist, professor at University of Wrocław,
- Maciej Popowicz – creator of nasza-klasa.pl,
- Andrzej Siemieniewski – Auxiliary bishop of Wrocław, professor of Theology,
- Prof. Jan Sobczyk, PhD. – Polish physicist, professor at University of Wrocław,
- Andrzej Śliwak – Polish TV and movie screenwriter,
- Prof. Tadeusz Piotrowski, PhD.– Polish linguist,
- Jacek Kalinowski – basketball player, and coach,
- Jacek Krawczyk – swimmer, won the Polish Championship, participated in 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico,
and many other athletes.
