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Eleven-Year-Old Lina Heider Becomes One of Germany’s Youngest Abitur Graduates

Enrolled in economics courses at the University of Bonn, she plans to explore various disciplines before selecting her degree path.

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Lina Heider, 11-jährige Abiturientin, erhält ihr Abschlusszeugnis
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Overview

  • On Thursday, she received her Abitur diploma at Bonn’s Erzbischöfliches Mädchen‐Gymnasium Sankt‐Adelheid, marking her as one of the country’s youngest graduates.
  • Her six‐year schooling journey included skipping from first to fifth grade, then moving straight through eighth, tenth, eleventh and finally twelfth grade.
  • From infancy she exhibited extraordinary precocity, reading text‐heavy books at one and counting to ten by age two.
  • During pandemic lockdowns she reportedly read up to four books per day and had completed Goethe’s Faust I and II by age eleven.
  • Her parents, initially surprised by her rapid pace, are now supporting her as she evaluates multiple fields of study.