Old St Nicholas School, Leipzig

The Old St. Nicholas School was the first non-church secondary school in Leipzig, Germany. The native German name is Alte Nikolaischule, the Latin name was Schola Nikolaitana. Old St. Nicholas School is also the name of a building on the St. Nicholas Church Square in the Borough of Leipzig-Mitte. It is a listed building and includes part of the building dating from 1553 and a corner house built in 1730 on the corner of Nikolaistrasse. The building was renovated and expanded from 1990 to 1994 in accordance with its status as a listed building. After that, it became the home of the Museum of Antiquities of Leipzig University, a museum about the youth of Richard Wagner, the Kulturstiftung Leipzig (Leipzig Cultural Foundation) and a restaurant with an outdoor seating area.