The Hermann Lietz Boarding School Village is unique in German education.

The school focusses on shaping well-rounded personalities and allowing young people to grow up close to nature. Taking joy in learning is the pre requesite for lifelong learning, which is why the school aims to instil and nurture a love of learning in our pupils.

The children and young people learn to take responsibility for the community and solve issues independently and democratically.

The extremely rural location is purposely chosen and a great asset in this respect. Situated idyllically in the south of the German state of Thuringia (Thüringen), the students grow up in a safe and nurturing village community.

The boarding school is organised around units of 8 to 12 pupils to reflect their nature as a home from home and safe space for our boarders. Each boarding family has its own house featuring accommodation in double or single rooms, a resident house master or mistress and a communal space to meet and chat. For communal use by all students, there is a bakehouse, the garden with a greenhouse, a large organic farm, a large modern sports hall and spacious workshops for wood and metal work. All of these are essential elements of life in Haubinda.