Stiftung Louisenlund is a privately run boarding school

Boarding school

A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals...

 for boys and girls in Güby

Güby

Güby is a municipality in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.Güby is west of the municipality of Fleckeby, but north of Hummelfeld....

, Schleswig-Holstein

Schleswig-Holstein

Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the sixteen states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. The schools main building is in Louisenlund Castle, which was built by Hermann von Motz between 1772 and 1776 for Landgrave Charles of Hesse as a gift for his wife Princess Louise of Denmark, the daughter of King Frederick V of Denmark

Frederick V of Denmark

Frederick V was king of Denmark and Norway from 1746, son of Christian VI of Denmark and Sophia Magdalen of Brandenburg-Kulmbach.-Early life:...

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Louisenlund later became part of the property owned by the dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

The House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg , known as the House of Glücksburg for short, is a German ducal house, junior branches of which include the royal houses of Denmark and Norway, the deposed royal house of Greece, and the heir to the thrones of the Commonwealth realms The House...

, who remodeled the castle to its present state. An English traveler, Horace Marryat, wrote in 1860,
"Louisenlund is a charming residence in
summer time, with its dark beech woods, in spring a
carpet of lilies, herb-paris, hepaticas; and the bright
blue waters of its deep fiordes, waters which could
reveal sad tales . . . ."

Advised by Kurt Hahn

Kurt Hahn

Kurt Martin Hahn was a German educator whose philosophies are considered internationally influential.-Biography:...

, in 1949 Duke Friedrich of Schleswig-Holstein decided to build a boarding school on the grounds and established the Louisenlund Foundation. A foundation set up to administer the Stiftung Louisenlund, a member of the Round Square

Round Square

The Round Square Conference of Schools is a worldwide association of more than 80 schools that allows students to travel between schools,tour foreign countries, involve themselves in community service and discover cultures along the way.-History:...

Conference of Schools.

Books

Journal

External links

• School homepage

Louisenlund in Fiction
Louisenlund boarding school is the setting for the short story "Erlkonig or Turbid Isidor": http://www.short-fiction.co.uk/newstories/show_story.php?story_id=11908