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The Marnix College is an ecumenical secondary school in the city of Ede, Gelderland.

History
In 1937 a number of inhabitants of Ede took the initiative to ask the municipal government to have a secondary school built in Ede. Previous attempts, in 1926 and 1935, were dismissed due to financial cuts. The founders of the school were both people from Ede who wished to build a school based on protestant beliefs, and people from other cities who wanted a religiously more neutral school. Eventually it was agreed upon to build a school on the foundation that "education shall be given with respect to the Christian faith". The original school had around 20 teachers and 30 pupils.

In the beginning the school was located in the southern part of the city, across the train station Ede-Wageningen. After World War 2 a hotel belonging to the ENKA-factory was utilized. In 1954 the school moved to a newly constructed building in the center of Ede, where it acquired its current name. It is named after the scholar Filips van Marnix van Sint-Aldegonde. Because the school was gaining students quickly, the building had to be expanded. In 1968 it was decided to move the students in 1st and 2nd grade to a nearby building, just outside the center. In 1989 the school fused with the Klaphekmavo and in 1992 it fused with the Padbergmavo. In 1997 all locations were abandoned and the school moved to its current location. The building across the street is now used as an annex to house the first and second grade, and it is known as Marnix College Junior.

Education
The Marnix College provides the following levels of education:


 * vmbo
 * havo
 * vwo
 * Atheneum
 * Gymnasium
 * Bilingual education, Dutch and English (senior level)