St. Thomas School, Leipzig
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St. Thomas School, Leipzig 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.
Thomasschule Leipzig
St. Thomas Church, Leipzig
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The St. Thomas Church is a Lutheran church in Leipzig, Germany, located at the western part of the inner city ring road in Leipzig's central district. Martin Luther preached in the church in 1539. It
St. Thomas School, Leipzig
…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. In 1539 the city of Leipzig took over ownership of…
Leipzig Thomaskirche
Interior, 2008
Statue of Johann Sebastian Bach at the Thomaskirche
Bach's grave beneath the floor of the choir (sanctuary) of the church