Pforta
Gymnasium school in Schulpforte, Germany / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Schulpforta, otherwise known as Pforta, is a school located in Pforta monastery, a former Cistercian monastery (1137–1540). The school is located near Naumburg on the Saale River in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.
Landesschule Pforta | |
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Address | |
Schulstr. 12 Schulpforte , 06628 Germany | |
Coordinates | 51°08′33″N 11°45′08″E |
Information | |
Type | Gymnasium |
Opened | 1543; 481 years ago (1543) |
Rector | Kathrin Volkmann |
Staff | 48 |
Number of students | 300 |
Classes | 12 |
Average class size | 22 |
Language | German |
Color(s) | purple, white, black |
Yearbook | Keilzeit |
Website | http://www.landesschule-pforta.de |
The site has been a school since the 16th century. Notable alumni includes mathematician August Ferdinand Möbius, historian Leopold von Ranke, and philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. Today, it is a notable public boarding school for academically gifted children, otherwise called Landesschule Pforta. It is coeducational and teaches around 300 high school students.
Pforta was proposed for inscription in the World Heritage List as one component of the German nomination Naumburg Cathedral and the High Medieval Cultural Landscape of the Rivers Saale and Unstrut.