Karlsschule

Karlsschule, also known as Hohe Karlsschule, was a military academy and higher education institution in Stuttgart, Württemberg (present-day Germany). Founded in 1770 by Duke Karl Eugen of Württemberg, it combined military training with instruction in the arts, sciences, and medicine and served to educate officers and civil servants for the duchy.

In the Enlightenment spirit, the school functioned as a center for liberal education in the region. It attracted students from within Württemberg and from neighboring territories. Among its better-known pupils was the poet and dramatist Friedrich Schiller, who studied medicine there in the early 1780s before continuing his literary career.

The Karlsschule remained an important institution through the late 18th century, but it was dissolved toward the end of the century, and its functions were absorbed by other Württemberg educational establishments. Its legacy includes influence on later educational reforms in Württemberg and the development of a state-sponsored model for higher education that combined practical and humanistic training.