State Gymnasium in Sombor started to work 11.XI 1872 Teaching is initially flowed in Serbian and Hungarian language.There is a long list of deserving people from the ranks of former high school students in Sombor. Here are some names: Veljko Petrovic writer, Milan Konjović painter, Sima Cirkovic doctor of historical sciences, Mladen Leskovac writer, scientist Dr. Rajko Tomovic and Dr. Bogdan Maglić, pianist Dušan Trbojević and many others.