Schule Schloss Salem

Schule Schloss Salem
Address
Map
Schlossbezirk 1

88682 Salem

Information
School typePrivate School
Founded1920[3]
HeadmasterBernd Westermeyer[1]
Grades5–12 (Abitur),[2] 11–12 (IB)
Enrollment600[2]
LanguageGerman, English
Colour(s)Blue, White
Websitehttp://www.schule-schloss-salem.de
Salem Castle

Schule Schloss Salem (Anglicisation: School of Salem Castle) is a boarding school with campuses in Salem and Überlingen in Baden-Württemberg, Southern Germany.

It offers the German Abitur and the International Baccalaureate (IB). With service-oriented programs like a fire brigade and a THW (Technical Support Organisation), the school seeks to offer education on a social as well as an academic level.

The school was established in 1920 by educator Kurt Hahn with the support of Prince Maximilian of Baden, and was co-educational from the start.[4] In the period of the Third Reich, Hahn, who was Jewish, was forced to emigrate to Scotland, where he founded the British Salem School of Gordonstoun and subsequently the Outward Bound organisation and the United World Colleges.[5]

  1. ^ "The basis of our community: our staff". Schule Schloss Salem. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Facts & Figures: a quick overview". Schule Schloss Salem. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  3. ^ "History of Schule Schloss Salem". Schule Schloss Salem. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Historie | Schule Schloss Salem". www.schule-schloss-salem.de (in German). Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  5. ^ Wiedersheim, William A. (1990). "The Country Boarding Schools in Germany". Die Unterrichtspraxis / Teaching German. 23 (1): 66–68. doi:10.2307/3529960. JSTOR 3529960.