Fürstenschule Grimma
Gymnasium St. Augustine in Grimma (''Gymnasium St. Augustin zu Grimma'', historically known as Landes- und Fürstenschule Grimma is the only regular Gymnasium (school), gymnasium offering boarding school, boarding in Saxony. It is heavily steeped in tradition as one of the foremost schools in the country. Founded in 1550 as one of the three ''Fürstenschulen'' in Saxony, it has prepared young people for university studies since then. History Foundation Following the Protestant Reformation, Maurice, Elector of Saxony had the school founded in 1550 as the third of the ''Fürstliche Landesschulen'' ("Princely State Schools") after Sächsisches Landesgymnasium Sankt Afra zu Meißen, St. Afra in Meißen and Pforta near Naumburg (founded in 1543) with the aim of educating able and reliable scholars for the evangelical church and the administration of the Saxon lands. These schools contributed substantially to the stabilisation of the Reformation and the Lutheranism, Lutheran church ...
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