St. Thomas School, Leipzig

St. Thomas School of Leipzig Thomasschule zu Leipzig Schola Thomana Lipsiensis
Location
Hillerstraße 7 04109 Leipzig Saxony Germany
Coordinates	51°20′13″N 12°21′36″E / 51.33694°N 12.36000°E / 51.33694; 12.36000
Information
Type	Public Boarding School
Religious affiliation(s)	Lutheran. (From 1212 to 1539 Catholic; Lutheran since the Protestant Reformation)
Patron saint(s)	Thomas the Apostle
Established	1212; 812 years ago (1212)
Founder	Augustinians
Superintendent	Burgomaster Prof. Dr. phil. Thomas Fabian (University of Applied Sciences), Alderman for Youth, Social, Health and School
Principal	Michael Rietz
Chaplain	Christian Wolff [de]
Staff	70
Grades	5 to 12
Gender	coed, Boys' choir
Age	10 to 18
Number of students	700
Language	German
Classrooms	37
Campus	Forum Thomanum
Campus type	Urban
Colour(s)	Green and white
Newspaper	Kasten Journal
Graduates (2007)	87
Alumni	Old Thomaner
Alumni	Thomanerbund
Chair	Christoph M. Haufe
Choir	Thomanerchor
Cantor	Andreas Reize
Website	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. His responsibilities included providing young musicians for church services in Leipzig. 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 has been part of Forum Thomanum, an internationally oriented educational campus.