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In 2019, LSH Marquartstein counts about 650 students and 60 teachers. It features extensive sports-related programs for skiing, tennis and more as well as mandatory courses in handicraft work in addition to academic education. This approach to school as a place of wholesome education and character
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and a boarding school that accepts both girls and boys was new at that time and had only been implemented in a handful of schools across
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Since all the facilities are situated at the bottom of a mountain, parts of the school are built into the surrounding terrain, making them semi-subterranean. Generally, though, the school is known for its scenic location amidst the alpine foothills.
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which was eventually purchased in 1965. After the increase of student numbers since the boarding school's reopening for girls, new buildings for specific purposes were built like a science tract with appropriate equipment for
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in 1943. Although now under the regime's control, coeducation and mixed-sex boarding houses remained in place at the
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Marquartstein was situated on Marquartstein Castle for 30 years since it was founded. Male students had their dorms in a nearby farmhouse called
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by ministerial decree. Due to dwindling numbers of boarding school residents, the mixed-sex system was brought back in 1989.
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