Founded in 1784, the Schnepfenthal Institution (Salzmannschule Schnepfenthal) is a specialized boarding school for languages located in the Waltershausen district of Gotha, Germany on the northern slopes of the Thuringian forest, near Castle Reinhardsbrunn.
In addition to compulsory education in English and German, students in 6th grade choose from Arabic, Chinese and Japanese. Latin is taught in 5th grade, and the student may continue studying Latin throughout his education at the Salzmannschool, if he wishes. In year 8, students must choose from French, Italian, Russian, and Spanish. 9th grade students have to choose among three of those four languages again, depending on which language they began studying in year 8.
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, prospective students have to pass a special entrance examination facilitated by faculty from the University of Erfurt.
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