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. 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 Professors Georg Fabricius - Rector (1546-1571) See also Landesgymnasium für Hochbegabte Schwäbisch Gmünd in Baden-Württemberg Internatsschule Schloss Hansenberg in Hesse Landesschule Pforta in Saxony-Anhalt Gymnasium St. Augustine in Grimma, Saxony Schnepfenthal Salzmann School in Thuringia References Opening Speech by Dr. Matthias Rößler in Meißen (2001) Portrait in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (2007) Article in the Berliner Zeitung (2001) External links Alumni Association 1543 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire Educational institutions established in the 1540s Gifted education Boarding schools in Germany Meissen Schools in Saxony