Ernestine Gymnasium, Gotha

Ernestinum Ernestine Gymnasium
Location
Bergallee 8 99867 Gotha Germany
Coordinates	50°56′44″N 10°42′02″E / 50.94556°N 10.70056°E / 50.94556; 10.70056
Information
Former names	Gymnasium Gothanum (1524–1600) Illustrious Gymnasium (1600–1853)
Motto	Cum Deo et die (With God and in the day)
Established	1524, re-named c. 1600, merged with Ducal Gymnasium and renamed again, 1853, closed 1947, refounded 1991
Founder	Friedrich Myconius
Closed	1947–1991
Principal	Dr. Lutz Wagner
Gender	coeducational (since 1991)
Website	ernestinum-gotha.de

The Ernestine Gymnasium (Latin name: Ernestinum, used in German) is a humanistic and modern gymnasium in Gotha, Germany, the successor of the Illustrious Gymnasium (Gymnasium illustre), founded in 1524, which in 1853 was merged with the recently founded Real-Gymnasium Ernestinum, named in honour of Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. The merged school continued to be known as the Ernestinum. Until 1947, when it was closed, it was considered the oldest gymnasium in the German-speaking world. It was re-founded in 1991, shortly after German reunification.