Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Gotha, Germany

The Ernestine Gymnasium is a humanistic and modern gymnasium in Gotha, Germany, the successor of the Illustrious Gymnasium, 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.

Wikipedia: Ernestine Gymnasium, Gotha (EN)

The Staatliche Grundschule "Josias Friedrich Löffler" is a primary school in Gotha, Germany. The schoolhouse, which is a listed building, was built in 1892 and expanded in 1894 to include a gymnasium. The school initially bore the name of Josias Friedrich Löffler and then served as a vocational school from 1959, then named after Käthe Kollwitz. In 1991, the building became a primary school again, which since 1992 has again borne Löffler's name.

Wikipedia: Löfflerschule (DE)

The Ekhof Theater is one of the oldest baroque theater with a functional stage machinery from the 17th century, which is still operated manually today. It is located in the west tower of Schloss Friedenstein in Gotha.

Wikipedia: Ekhof-Theater (DE), Website

The Ducal Museum Gotha, located in the castle park south of Friedenstein Castle, is a museum building in the neo-Renaissance style from the 19th century. Since its reopening in 2013, it has been showing the art collection of the Dukes of Saxe-Gotha with Egyptian and Greco-Roman antiquities, Renaissance paintings, East Asian art from China and Japan, and sculptures from different eras. A masterpiece of the exhibition is the Gotha Lovers, a painting from 1480.

Wikipedia: Herzogliches Museum Gotha (DE), Website

The Gotha Observatory was a ducal foundation for the purpose of astronomical research. It consisted of several research facilities in the city of Gotha, including the building in Jägerstraße, the street façade of which is shown in the accompanying photo.

Wikipedia: Sternwarte Gotha (DE)

The German Insurance Museum Ernst Wilhelm Arnoldi is a museum of insurance history in Gotha, Thuringia, Germany. It is based at Bahnhofstraße 3a, in the former management building of the Gothaer Lebensversicherungsbank. It is operated on behalf of the city of Gotha by the Friends of the Insurance Museum of the same name.

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The Staatliche Regelschule "Andreas Reyher" is a regular school in Gotha. The listed building of the school was built in 1900 as a civic school for boys and girls. The school has always borne the name of the pedagogue Andreas Reyher, who organised the Gotha school system in the 17th century, although the organisational form of the school changed several times. Currently, the building houses a state regular school and a state primary school, which bear Reyher's name.

Wikipedia: Reyherschule (DE)

The Prinzenpalais is an early classicist villa at Mozartstraße 1 in Gotha, Germany. It was built in 1776 and is thus one of the earliest buildings of classicism in Germany, along with Wörlitz Castle near Dessau (1769–1773) and the Friedericianum in Kassel (1769–1785). After many years of vacancy, the ensemble, consisting of the Prinzenpalais and Kavaliershaus, was bought by AWO AJS gGmbH. While the Prince's Palace was being rebuilt and extensively restored, the Cavalier House and the gallery were demolished in protest. Since 6 August 2018, two side extensions with flat roofs have completed the building.

Wikipedia: Prinzenpalais (Gotha) (DE)

The Gotha Orangery is a late Baroque garden in Gotha, Thuringia, Germany. It was built in the 18th century on behalf of Duke Frederick III of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg with the aim of collecting, breeding and presenting exotic plants. It is not only the largest orangery in Thuringia, but also one of the largest such facilities in the German-speaking world.

Wikipedia: Orangerie Gotha (DE)

The Protestant Friedrichskirche, also known as the Siechhofskirche, is the smallest church building in the city of Gotha. It is considered the oldest baroque central building in Thuringia.

Wikipedia: Friedrichskirche (Gotha) (DE)