Schnepfenthal Salzmann School
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The Schnepfenthal Institution is a boarding school in the district of Gotha, Germany, founded in 1784.While adhering to national educational guidelines on science and mathematics, it is also one of the top schools in Germany for the study of foreign languages. In addition to compulsory education in English, German and Latin, students can study Arabic, Chinese, French, Japanese, Russian and Spanish.It is amongst a handful of government supported schools specifically catering to the academically talented in Germany, along with institutions such as Pforta and the Landesgymnasium für Hochbegabte Schwäbisch Gmünd. To gain admission to the school, prospective students have to pass a special entrance examination facilitated by faculty from the University of Erfurt.LocationLocated on the northern slopes of the vast 5,500km2 Thuringian Forest, the school is in Walterhausen in the district of Gotha, near Castle Reinhardsbrunn. Gotha is best known as the ducal capital of the Saxe-Coburg Gotha dynasty, today's British royal family. Reinhardsbrunn was built by Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, father-in-law to Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and was also where Queen Victoria met Prince Albert for the first time.It is 50 km southwest of Erfurt and 200 km northeast of Frankfurt.
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