Lietz Boarding School Castle Bieberstein

Learning with head, heart and hand

Our educational concept is based on the basic idea of our school founder Hermann Lietz, who, following Pestalozzi, propagated holistic learning with head, heart and hand. 110 pupils from the upper school, the international preliminary course and the E-International of the Gymnasium live and learn together with their teachers in the former summer residence of the prince-abbots of Fulda. The young people of the graduation classes have the possibility to move into single rooms and can prepare themselves in this way still more concentrated for their Abitur. As young adults, the Biebersteiner pupils increasingly assume responsibility for their own learning and life styles.

The team of Lietz Boarding School Castle Bieberstein is committed to the international idea – more than a tenth of our students come to us from all over the world. Over the past few years, the school has been conceptually oriented accordingly and guarantees intensive support and excellent integration of foreign students. The international student body does not form a separate group, but is evenly distributed among the various boarding school families and takes part in the regular classes and courses. In addition, there is a comprehensive support structure. “German as a Foreign Language” (DaF) is taught in all class levels and the subject “Culture and History” (KuGe) teaches the basics of German culture. There is a learning accompaniment in the introductory phase of the 10th grade and vocabulary training in the learning hours. The preparatory year Upper School is a language learning concept specially designed for Castle Bieberstein, which not only gives the student a pronounced vocabulary, but also important experience for the course level in Bieberstein and every other secondary school in Germany. The aim is to prepare as well as possible for the German Abitur and thus offer a perfect basis for further academic training in Germany.