| Ernestinum Ernestine Gymnasium | |
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Bergallee 8 99867 Gotha Germany | |
| Coordinates | 50°56′44″N 10°42′02″E / 50.94556°N 10.70056°E |
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| Former names | Gymnasium Gothanum (1524–1600) Illustrious Gymnasium (1600–1853) |
| Motto | Cum Deo et die (With God and in the day) |
| Established | 1524, re-named c. 1600, merged with Ducal Gymnasium and renamed again, 1853, closed 1947, refounded 1991 |
| Founder | Friedrich Myconius |
| Closed | 1947–1991 |
| Principal | Dr. Lutz Wagner |
| Gender | coeducational (since 1991) |
| Website | ernestinum-gotha |
The Ernestine Gymnasium (Latin name: Ernestinum, used in German) is a humanistic and modern gymnasium in Gotha, Germany, the successor of the Illustrious Gymnasium (Gymnasium illustre), founded in 1524, which in 1853 was merged with the recently founded Real-Gymnasium Ernestinum, named in honour of Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. The merged school continued to be known as the Ernestinum. Until 1947, when it was closed, it was considered the oldest gymnasium in the German-speaking world. It was re-founded in 1991, shortly after German reunification.