The Joachimsthal Gymnasium (

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''Joachimsthalsches'' or ''Joachimsthaler Gymnasium''), was a princely high school (German ''Fürstenschule'') for gifted boys, founded in 1607 in

Joachimsthal, Brandenburg is a small town in the district of Barnim, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated within the Schorfheide-Chorin Biosphere Reserve on the isthmus between the lakes Grimnitzsee in the north and Werbellinsee in the south, about northwest of th ...

. In 1636, during the

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, the school’s buildings were destroyed, and the school migrated to Berlin. In 1912 it moved again, to

Templin Templin () is a small town in the Uckermark district of Brandenburg, Germany. Though it has a population of only 17,127 (2006), in terms of area it is, with 377.01 km2 (145.56 sq mi), the second largest town in Brandenburg (after Wittstock) and ...

, where it was a

boarding school A boarding school is a school where pupils live within premises while being given formal instruction. The word "boarding" is used in the sense of "room and board", i.e. lodging and meals. As they have existed for many centuries, and now exten ...

Closure and re-founding

The school in Templin was closed in 1956, while the area was part of

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, and its buildings were used for other purposes until 1996. After that, they were left empty and fell into danger of decay. In 2005, a new private school was refounded in Joachimsthal which took the name of the former school. In 2013, the initiative ''Joachimsthalsches Gymnasium Templin'' was created, with the aim of converting the traditional school buildings at Templin into a new internationally oriented boarding school. On 6 December 2018, the Board of Governors of the

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, an NGO which has representatives of the Education Ministers of the EU Member States, decided to begin the accreditation process for a "European School Templin" (EST). Work on the renovation of the buildings is now under way, and the opening of the new school is planned for 2023.

Notable Rectors

*1655–1660: Johannes Vorst * 1816–1826: Bernhard Moritz Snethlage * 1826–1856:

August Meineke Johann Albrecht Friedrich August Meineke (also ''Augustus Meineke''; ; 8 December 179012 December 1870), German classical scholar, was born at Soest in the Duchy of Westphalia. He was father-in-law to philologist Theodor Bergk.

Former pupils

Johann Reinhold Forster Johann Reinhold Forster (22 October 1729 – 9 December 1798) was a German Continental Reformed church, Reformed (Calvinist) pastor and natural history, naturalist of partially Scottish descent who made contributions to the early ornithology of ...

(1729–1798), Calvinist pastor *

Friedrich von Gentz Friedrich von Gentz (2 May 1764 – 9 June 1832) was an Austrian diplomat and a writer. With Austrian chancellor Von Metternich he was one of the main forces behind the organisation, management and protocol of the Congress of Vienna. Early ...

(1764–1832), diplomat and writer. * Johann Ernst Plamann (1771–1834), schoolmaster *

Friedrich Ludwig Georg von Raumer Friedrich Ludwig Georg von Raumer (14 May 1781 – 14 June 1873) was a German historian. He was the first scientific historian to popularise history in German. He travelled extensively and served in German legislative bodies. Biography He was bo ...

(1781–1873), historian. *

Achim von Arnim Carl Joachim Friedrich Ludwig von Arnim (26 January 1781 – 21 January 1831), better known as Achim von Arnim, was a German poet, novelist, and together with Clemens Brentano and Joseph von Eichendorff, a leading figure of German Romanticism. ...

(1781–1831), poet and novelist *

Gottfried Bernhardy Gottfried Bernhardy (20 March 1800 – 14 May 1875), German philologist and literary historian, was born at Landsberg an der Warthe (now Poland) in the Neumark. Life He was the son of Jewish parents in reduced circumstances. Two well-to-do un ...

(1800–1875), philologist and literary historian. *

Wilhelm Paul Corssen Wilhelm Paul Corssen (20 January 182018 June 1875) was a German philologist noted for his work on Latin and Etruscan language, Etruscan topics. Biography Corssen was born in Bremen and, after his merchant father moved to Schwedt in the Kingdom ...

(1820–1875), philologist.

Notable teaching staff

Karl Gottlob Zumpt Karl or Carl Gottlob Zumpt ( la, Carolus Timotheus Zumpt; 20 March 179226 June 1849) was a German classical scholar known for his work in the field of Latin philology. Life Karl Gottlob Zumpt was born at Berlin on 20 March 1792. Educated at Hei ...

(1792–1849) *

Karl Wilhelm Krüger Karl Wilhelm Krüger (28 September 1796 – 1 May 1874) was a German Hellenist. Biography He was born at Gross-Nossin in Pomerania, and educated at Halle (1816–20). From 1820 to 1838 he taught at Zerbst, Bernburg, and Berlin where he worked at ...

(1796–1874) *

Roger Wilmans Franz Friedrich Roger Wilmans (18 July 1812, in Bielefeld – 28 January 1881, in Münster) was a German historian and archivist. From 1832 he studied philology and history at the University of Berlin, receiving his doctorate in 1835 with a di ...

(1812–1881) *

Rudolf Köpke Rudolf Köpke (23 August 1813 – 10 June 1870) was a German historian born in Königsberg. Biography From 1832 he studied theology in Berlin, where his interest changed to history under the influence of Leopold von Ranke (1795-1886). With Geor ...

(1813–1870) *

Philipp Karl Buttmann Philipp Karl Buttmann (5 December 1764 – 21 June 1829) was a German philologist of French Huguenot ancestry (original family name "Boudemont"), born in Frankfurt am Main. He was educated in his native town and at the University of Göttingen, ...

(1764–1829), taught at the school 1800–1808.

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* Boarding schools in Germany Gymnasiums in Germany Educational institutions established in the 1600s Schools in Brandenburg Accredited European Schools {{germany-school-stub