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Also known as Schulpforta

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.

Key facts

School.name
Landesschule Pforta
School.image
Logo pforta.svg
School.image_size
100px
School.caption
Logo of Pforta
School.address
Schulstr. 12
School.postal_code
06628
School.city
Schulpforte
School.country
Germany
School.rector
Kathrin Volkmann
School.enrollment
300
School.classes
12
School.avg_class_size
22
School.type
Gymnasium
School.language
German
School.yearbook
Keilzeit
School.colors
purple, white, black
School.staff
48
School.website
http://www.landesschule-pforta.de

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Country
Germany
Located in
Naumburg
Image
Pforta Torhaus.jpg
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Commons category
Schulpforte
inception
1543-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Monastery
  • Boarding school
  • Architecture
  • Notable pupils
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

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.

The site has been a school since the 16th century. Notable alumni include 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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Landesschule Pforta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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