St. Thomas School, Leipzig
| St. Thomas School of Leipzig Thomasschule zu Leipzig Schola Thomana Lipsiensis |
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Hillerstraße 7 04109 Leipzig Saxony  Germany
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| Coordinates | 51°20′13″N 12°21′36″E / 51.33694°N 12.36000°ECoordinates: 51°20′13″N 12°21′36″E / 51.33694°N 12.36000°E |
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| Type | Public Boarding School |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Lutheran. (From 1212 to 1539 Roman Catholic; Lutheran since the Evangelical Reformation) |
| Patron saint(s) | Thomas the Apostle |
| Established | 1212 |
| Founder | Augustinians |
| Superintendent | Burgomaster Prof. Dr. phil. Thomas Fabian (University of Applied Sciences), Alderman for Youth, Social, Health and School |
| Principal | Kathleen C. Kormann |
| Chaplain | Pastor Christian Wolff (St. Thomas Church) |
| Staff | 67 |
| Grades | 5 to 12 |
| Gender | Coed, Boys' choir |
| Age | 10 to 18 |
| Number of students | 485 |
| Language | German |
| Classrooms | 40 |
| Campus | Forum Thomanum |
| Campus type | Urban |
| School colour(s) |
Green and white |
| Newspaper | Kasten Journal |
| Graduates (2007) | 87 |
| Alumni | Old Thomaner |
| Alumni | Thomanerbund e.V. |
| Chair | Prof. Dr. theol. Christoph M. Haufe |
| Choir | Thomanerchor |
| Cantor | Prof. Georg Christoph Biller |
| Website | www.thomasschule.de |
St. Thomas School, Leipzig (German: Thomasschule zu Leipzig Latin: Schola Thomana Lipsiensis) is a co-educational and public boarding school in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. It was founded by the Augustinians in 1212 and is one of the oldest schools in the world.
St. Thomas is known for its art, language and music education. Johann Sebastian Bach held the position of Thomaskantor from 1723 until his death in 1750. The Humanistic Gymnasium has a very long list of distinguished former students, including Richard Wagner (1813–1883) and many members of the Bach family, including Johann Sebastian Bach's son Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788).
From the 800-Year Anniversary Celebration in 2012 the Thomanerchor and St. Thomas School will be part of Forum Thomanum, an internationally oriented educational center.
St. Thomas School was founded in 1212 by Margrave Dietrich von Meißen (1162–1221) making it among the oldest schools in Europe. It was run as schola pauperum, meaning a free school intended to benefit the poor, by the Canons Regular of St. Augustine. The St. Thomas Church was founded with the school. The St. Thomas School is first mentioned in documents dating to 1254.
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