Daten der Schulgeschichte

1 December 1945: Founding of the Maréchal Ney School in Saarbrücken for French families in the Saarland
1 August 1947: Renamed Maréchal Ney; of a total of 518 pupils, 192 were from the Saarland
7 November 1949: Handover of the new school buildings on Halbergstrasse by Johannes Hoffmann and Gilbert Grandval
1952 / 1953: 1,800 pupils, 1,000 of whom were from the Saarland
23 October 1955: Referendum on the Saar Statute. Following the rejection of the Saar Statute, the school was threatened with closure
Summer 1959: Negotiations between France and the Saarland regarding the establishment of a binational school
25 September 1961: Founding of the Franco-German High School in Saarbrücken
10 February 1972: Binational agreements concerning the building of the Franco-German High School and the introduction of the German-French Abitur
Since 1972: Establishment of partner schools in Freiburg and Buc
6 July 1976: Agreement on the legal status of the Franco-German High Schools
January 1980: Visit by Federal President Karl Carstens
1986–1991: Complete renovation of the school building
3 September 2007: Official induction of the two new headteachers: Hans Bächle and Jean-Paul Seitz.