Hogere Burgerschool

A former HBS for girls in Rotterdam
The King William III HBS in Batavia (now Jakarta) in 1910–1932

The Hogere Burgerschool (HBS) (Dutch: Higher Civic School) was a secondary school type that existed between 1863 and 1974 in the Netherlands and the Dutch Empire. These schools, with a five- or sometimes six-year program, continued in 1968 as VWO. The last HBS diplomas were given out in 1974.


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