Pforta

Landesschule Pforta
Logo of Pforta
Address
Map
Schulstr. 12

Schulpforte
,
06628

Germany
Coordinates51°08′33″N 11°45′08″E / 51.14250°N 11.75222°E / 51.14250; 11.75222
Information
TypeGymnasium
Opened1543; 481 years ago (1543)
RectorKathrin Volkmann
Staff48
Number of students300
Classes12
Average class size22
LanguageGerman
Color(s)purple, white, black
YearbookKeilzeit
Websitehttp://www.landesschule-pforta.de

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.

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.