Pforta

Landesschule Pforta
Logo of Pforta
Address
Schulstr. 12 Schulpforte , 06628 Germany
Coordinates	51°08′33″N 11°45′08″E / 51.14250°N 11.75222°E / 51.14250; 11.75222
Information
Type	Gymnasium
Opened	1543; 481 years ago (1543)
Rector	Kathrin Volkmann
Staff	48
Number of students	300
Classes	12
Average class size	22
Language	German
Color(s)	purple, white, black
Yearbook	Keilzeit
Website	http://www.landesschule-pforta.de

Schulpforta, otherwise known as Pforta, is a school located in Pforta monastery, a former Cistercian monastery (1137–1540). The school is located near Naumburg on the Saale River in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.

The site has been a school since the 16th century. Notable alumni include mathematician August Ferdinand Möbius, historian Leopold von Ranke, and philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. Today, it is a notable public boarding school for academically gifted children, otherwise called Landesschule Pforta. It is coeducational and teaches around 300 high school students.

Pforta was proposed for inscription in the World Heritage List as one component of the German nomination Naumburg Cathedral and the High Medieval Cultural Landscape of the Rivers Saale and Unstrut.