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22-591: In addition to compulsory education in English and German, students in 6th grade choose from Arabic, Chinese and Japanese. Latin is taught in year 5, and the student may continue studying Latin throughout his education at the Salzmannschool, if he wishes. In year 8, students must choose from French, Italian, Russian, and Spanish. 9th grade students have to choose among three of those four languages again, depending on which language they began studying in year 8. It

44-516: A national school in the abbey, appropriating for its use the revenues of the suppressed monastery of Memleben Abbey . At first the number of scholars was 100; in 1563, fifty more could be accommodated. The first rector was Johann Gigas , renowned as a lyric poet. Under Justinus Bertuch (1601–1626) the school attained the zenith of its prosperity. It suffered greatly during the Thirty Years' War , in 1643, there being only eleven scholars. After

66-556: A relative of Bruno's, replaced the Benedictines by Cistercian monks from Walkenried Abbey . The situation here proved undesirable, and in 1137 Udo transferred the monastery to Pforta, and conferred upon it fifty hides of arable land, an important tract of forest, and two farms belonging to the diocese . The patroness of the abbey was the Blessed Virgin Mary . The first abbot was Adalbert, from 1132 to 1152. Under

88-400: 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. Pforta was proposed for inscription in

110-668: Is a district in Thuringia , Germany . It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the district of Greiz , the Burgenlandkreis ( Saxony-Anhalt ), and the districts Leipzig , Mittelsachsen and Zwickau in Saxony . The district is a member of the Central German Metropolitan Region . Altenburger Land is the easternmost district of Thuringia. It is largely agricultural with three quarters of

132-660: Is amongst a handful of government supported schools specifically catering to the academically talented in Germany, along with institutions such as Pforta and the Landesgymnasium für Hochbegabte Schwäbisch Gmünd . To gain admission, prospective students have to pass a special entrance examination facilitated by faculty from the University of Erfurt. Located on the northern slopes of the Thuringian Forest ,

154-656: The Napoleonic Wars (1815), Pforta became a part of Prussia , and then the Imperial Germany . From 1935 until 1945 Schulpforta served as a Nationalpolitische Erziehungsanstalt ( NPEA ). The NPEAs (37 in all) promoted National Socialist ( Nazi ) ideals, encouraging boys between the ages of 11 and 18 to pursue occupations (including the SS ) which supported the National Socialist cause. In 1949,

176-853: 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 . The abbey was at first situated in Schmölln on the Sprotta, near Altenburg . In 1127, Count Bruno of Pleissengau founded a Benedictine monastery there and endowed it with 1,100 hides of land. This foundation, not being successful, on 23 April 1132, Bishop Udo I of Naumburg  [ de ] ,

198-540: The 10th century, it became an imperial seat. In the following centuries German settlers from other parts moved in. It was part of the Margravate of Meissen in the 14th century. At this time most of the forests were cleared. The town of Altenburg and the surrounding lands were the tiny Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg from 1826 to 1918; afterwards it was a state within the Weimar Republic for a short time, before it

220-465: The 18th century British feminist philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft . In the book Child of the Enlightenment , Rotterdam University professors Arianne Baggerman and Rudolf Dekker stated: "We know a lot about the ideological basis of Salzmann's school, because he outlined it in a detailed prospectus published in 1785. He began by stating that for the last fifteen years, people had been waking up to

242-640: The Freemasons of Gotha and the patronage of Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau were also integral to the founding of the school. Leopold III was a noted liberal and social reformer, who also supported the founding of the first Jewish newspaper in Germany. Since its early days, the school was internationally known as a pioneer in education and was visited by many pedagogues and intellectuals including Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Christoph Martin Wieland . The husband of Queen Victoria, Albert, Prince Consort ,

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264-491: The abbot; an inspection by Duke George of Saxony reported that morality had ceased to exist in the monastery. The last abbot, Peter Schederich, was elected in 1533. When the Catholic Duke George was succeeded by his Protestant brother Henry , the monastery was suppressed on 9 November 1540, with the abbot, eleven monks, and four lay brothers being pensioned off. In 1543, Henry's son Duke Moritz opened

286-444: The fact that much of the 'wretchedness and misery' in the world had been caused by a misspent education. Like the other philanthropists, he was keenly aware of being an innovator. He chose the village of Schnepfenthal because, he said, it was 'not situated so close to the city that it could be badly influenced by it, yet it was close enough to allow the pupils to associate with upright, enlightened and cultivated people'." The support of

308-467: The first 140 years of its existence its possessions had increased tenfold. At the end of the 13th and the beginning of the 14th centuries, after a period of strife, the monastery flourished again. The last quarter of the 14th century witnessed, however, the gradual decline of its prosperity, and also the relaxation of monastic discipline. When Abbot Johannes IV was elected in 1515, there were forty-two monks and seven lay brothers who later revolted against

330-417: The institute became co-educational. Today the school is maintained by the German state of Saxony-Anhalt , but still supported by its own Schulpforta Foundation. The remains of the monastery include the 13th century gothic church; it is a cross- vaulted , colonnaded basilica with an extraordinarily long nave , a peculiar western façade , and a late Romanesque double-naved cloister . What remains of

352-763: The northernmost foothills of the Ore Mountains slopes gently away to the plains of eastern Saxony-Anhalt. The region on the Pleiße River was part of a huge forest, where the Thuringii formed the Thuringian Kingdom. After this, the Kingdom was in 531 taken over by the Franks , Slavic people were also moving in. Thuringians reestablished independent rule. The castle of Altenburg already existed in

374-862: The original building (1137–40) is in the Romanesque style, while the restoration (1251–1268) belongs to the early Gothic. Other buildings are now used as dormitories and lecture halls. There is also the Fürstenhaus ("prince's house"), built in 1573. Schulpforta was one of the three Fürstenschulen ("prince's schools") founded in 1543 by Maurice, Elector of Saxony (at that time Duke), the two others being at Grima and at Meissen . Notable pupils include: "Landesschule Pforta: Begabtenförderung & Internatsleben" . Landesschule Pforta (in German). 22 September 2014 . Retrieved 22 January 2017 . Attribution Altenburger Land Altenburger Land

396-465: The school is in Waltershausen in the district of Gotha , near Castle Reinhardsbrunn . The linguist and theologian Christian Gotthilf Salzmann founded the school in 1784, with the intention to focus on languages, practical work and physical exercise. Salzmann was an influential theorist in childhood education, and his treatise 'Elements of Morality' was translated into the English language by

418-558: The third abbot, Adetold, two daughter houses were founded under Pforta's auspices, in the Mark of Meissen and in Silesia , and in 1163, the monasteries of Altzella and Leubus were also established in the latter province. At this period the monks numbered about eighty. In 1205, Pforta sent a colony of monks to Livonia , founding there the monastery of Dünamünde . The abbey was distinguished for its excellent system of management, and after

440-517: The total area being used for agriculture. In contrast, forests make up only around 10% of the area, especially in the south of the district there are only few forests. This can be explained by a high soil fertility with a Loess -layer of up to 3.5 meters. The main river is the Pleiße , a tributary of the White Elster , crossing the district from south to north. The hilly Osterland constituting

462-514: Was dissolved in 1922 in order to join the Free State of Thuringia . The district in its present borders was established in 1922 under the name "Altenburg". In 1952 there was an administrative reform splitting the districts into two smaller units, called "Altenburg" and "Schmölln". They were merged again in 1994 under the name Altenburger Land . Source: from 1994 Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik – values from 31st December The 46 seats in

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484-564: Was frequently sent there as a boy to play with the students. Some of the people who have taught or studied there include Pforta 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

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