Sächsisches Landesgymnasium Sankt Afra zu Meißen is a boarding school for highly gifted students in the German city of Meissen, Saxony. Founded in 1543 as Fürstliche Landesschule and re-established in 2001, the stated aim of the school is to promote the intellectual and social development of highly gifted students. The costs for attending the school comply with the maxim of social balance; the boarding and schooling fees are considerably low in contrast to similar institutions. It is the first publicly funded school for highly gifted students in Germany and is a role model for similar schools.
The school has no official English name. Its German name translates to "Saxon State Gymnasium Saint Afra in Meissen", and is derived from the former Augustinian monastery of the Canons Regular that had been built around the local Saint Afra church.
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Notable students and professors
Students
Petrus Albinus
Karl Salomo Zachariae von Lingenthal
Christian Fürchtegott Gellert
Gottlieb Wilhelm Rabener
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Samuel Hahnemann
Friedrich Naumann
Ernst Schnabel
Wilhelm Knabe
Silvana Konermann
John Windrich
Professors
Georg Fabricius - Rector (1546-1571)