DFG LFA Saarbrücken (, is a French-German international
gymnasium/
collège and lycée (grades 5 to 12) in
Saarbrücken
Saarbrücken (; Rhenish Franconian: ''Sabrigge'' ; ; ; ; ) is the capital and largest List of cities and towns in Germany, city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken has 181,959 inhabitants and is Saarland's administrative, commerci ...
, Germany. It is jointly administered by the French education agency
AEFE
The Agency for French Education Abroad, or Agency for French Teaching Abroad, (; AEFE), is a national public agency under the administration of the Minister of Foreign Affairs (France), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France that assures the qualit ...
and the local
Regionalverband Saarbrücken district.
The school is one of the
DFG / LFA established in the 1963
Élysée Treaty
The Élysée Treaty was a treaty of friendship between France and West Germany, signed by President Charles de Gaulle and Chancellor Konrad Adenauer on 22 January 1963 at the Élysée Palace in Paris. With the signing of this treaty, Germ ...
between France and
West Germany
West Germany was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. It is sometimes known as the Bonn Republi ...
; the school was established in as a cooperation between a French and a German school and later became one school.
[Un peu d'histoire]
Archive
Schulgeschichte
Archive
. DFG / LFA Buc. Retrieved on 28 April 2015.
The school's operation is detailed in the Schwerin Agreement signed by France and Germany in 2002. For instance, the students enter the school into a French or a German branch. They are integrated for the last three years before graduation, during which they are co-taught in both French and German. Students receive marks on a scale from 1 to 10, which differs both from the German and French school marks system.
See also
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DFG / LFA
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La Gazette de Berlin
''La Gazette de Berlin'' was a monthly French-language newspaper published and circulated in Germany from 1 June 2006 until 2009. Its editorial office was in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin
Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest c ...
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German international schools in France:
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Internationale Deutsche Schule Paris
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DFG / LFA Buc
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Deutsche Schule Toulouse
References
External links
DFG LFA Saarbrücken
French international schools in Germany
1961 establishments in France
Educational institutions established in 1961
Schools in Saarbrücken
France–Germany relations
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