The Fulda monastery school, also known as the Rabanus Maurus School after its founder Abbot

Rabanus Maurus Rabanus Maurus Magnentius ( 780 – 4 February 856), also known as Hrabanus or Rhabanus, was a Frankish Benedictine monk, theologian, poet, encyclopedist and military writer who became archbishop of Mainz in East Francia. He was the author of the ...

, is a high school in the German city of

Fulda Fulda () (historically in English called Fuld) is a town in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the river Fulda and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district (''Kreis''). In 1990, the town hosted the 30th Hessentag state festival. History ...

. It developed from the monastery school founded in AD 748 and is therefore one of the oldest schools in Germany.

External links

Rabanus Maurus School website
(in German) Gymnasiums in Germany 8th-century establishments in Germany Buildings and structures completed in 748 Catholic secondary schools in Germany Schools in Hesse Buildings and structures in Fulda {{Germany-school-stub