Hohe Karlsschule (''Karl's High School'') was the strict military academy founded by Karl Eugen, Duke of Württemberg in

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. It was first founded in 1770 as a military orphanage, but then converted into a military academy in 1773 for the duke. Politically the duke was quite unimportant and with this school he wanted to enhance his prestige. In 1770, it was moved to Castle Solitude, and in 1775 into the city. Raised in 1781 by

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to university status under the name ''Karls Hohe Schule'', it was disbanded after the death of Duke Carl Eugen by his brother

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in 1794. The building, situated behind Neues Schloss, was destroyed in World War II.

Alumni

Friedrich Schiller Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (, short: ; 10 November 17599 May 1805) was a German playwright, poet, philosopher and historian. Schiller is considered by most Germans to be Germany's most important classical playwright. He was born i ...

was one of its alumni.Barbara Schubert-Felmy, ''Die Räuber und andere Räubergeschichten'', Schöningh, 1999. . p. 217. He spent eight years of his life in this academy and suffered a lot in his first years of his stay. At first he was considered an average student, but in his second year, he often became ill and his performance suffered. When he joined the school's medical faculty, his life took a turn for the better and Schiller began with poetry.Jürgen Schwarz: Schiller kennen lernen. Lichtenau 2004. S. 6-9. Others were

Johann Heinrich Dannecker Johann, typically a male given name, is the German form of ''Iohannes'', which is the Latin form of the Greek name ''Iōánnēs'' (), itself derived from Hebrew name '' Yochanan'' () in turn from its extended form (), meaning "Yahweh is Gracious" ...

(later professor there),

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, Johann Georg Kerner, Johann Heinrich Ferdinand Autenrieth, Philipp Jakob Scheffauer,

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, Antonio Boroni, Ferdinando Mazzanti, Ludwig Abeille, Johann Gottlieb Sämann, Christian Zais,

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, Gottlieb Schick,

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, Johann Christoph Friedrich Haug, Nikolaus Friedrich von Thouret, Johann Friedrich LeBret, Karl Wilhelm Marschall von Bieberstein, Ernst Franz Ludwig Marschall von Bieberstein,

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, Friedrich Fürst von

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and Carl Degenkolb.

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Karlsschule im Schiller-Film gedreht 1923 von Curt Goetz

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