Einstein Castle

Television series
Original title	Einstein Castle
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Year (s)	since 1998
Production company	Seasons 1–10: Askania Media Filmproduktion from season 11: Saxonia Media Filmproduktion
length	25 minutes
Episodes	974 in 23+ seasons
genre	Soap opera
Theme music	The Einsteins feat. Julian - Everything is relative (up to season 19 (2016)) Larissa Kerner  - Everything is relative (from season 20 (2017))
production	Seasons 1–10: Ceylan Yildirim, Martin Hofmann from season 11: Katharina Rietz, Hans-Werner Honert from season 12: Katharina Rietz from season 14: Yvonne Abele, Hans-Werner Honert
music	Seasons 1–9: Franz Bartzsch (up to episode 380), Eike Hosenfeld (from episode 381), Moritz Denis Season 10–21: Andreas Bicking (up to episode 898), Uli Beck (from episode 899)
First broadcast	September 4, 1998 on KiKA
occupation
See list of performers

Current backdrop for the high school

Schloss Einstein ( SE ) is a German television series in the form of a soap opera for children and young people that depicts the lives of young people at the fictional boarding school Schloss Einstein . Stories from the areas of comedy , action , drama (first love, problems with parents and classmates) and infotainment ( natural sciences ) are interwoven in different storylines. The target group for the series are 8 to 14 year olds.

With 974 episodes produced in 23 seasons so far, Schloss Einstein is the world's longest fictional television series with children for children. Filming for season 24 began on July 6, 2020.

history

The first episode of Schloss Einstein was broadcast on September 4, 1998 in the children's channel (now KiKA ). Since the series established its own genre as a long-running children's weekly, there was no experience with such a series. Therefore, initially smaller units with 76 planned episodes were produced. When the success was certain, the ARD went over to annual sequels and by June 2007 480 episodes had been filmed.

Since the eleventh season (episode 481) the location has been moved to Erfurt , the first episode of the season was broadcast on January 5, 2008.

Content and concept

Framework

In the (fictional) Brandenburg village of Seelitz near Potsdam , Dr. Emanuel Stollberg ( Wilfried Loll ) a lifelong dream - he founded in 1995 in an old castle building a private school : the Albert Einstein - high school , boarding school Schloss Seelitz . It is not without reason that the founder of the theory of relativity gives its name, because the school is scientifically oriented. However, this tapeworm name is quickly abbreviated by the students - Einstein Castle is born.

Dr. Stollberg would like to encourage his students to the best of his ability. In addition to imparting knowledge, this also includes a character education. Violence is an absolute taboo. The children should solve upcoming problems peacefully and, if possible, themselves. Newcomers are provided with an older student as a mentor who helps them to get used to the situation. Of course, all of this does not always go smoothly - but teachers, educators and students have to master their everyday lives under one roof.

In episode 480, the last to play in Seelitz, the school caretaker, Heinz August Pasulke ( Gert Schaefer ) receives a call from his sister who - as it turns out later - has to travel for a long time. Her brother is supposed to take care of her daughter Paulina ( Anna Steinhardt ) for as long and therefore moves to the Albert Einstein Gymnasium in Erfurt, to which the teachers Mark Lachmann ( Jan Hartmann ) and Michael Berger ( Robert Schupp ), who last taught in Seelitz, will also be transferred . Heinz August Pasulke was the only person to be seen in all school years until the actor's death in 2014.

Conception

Hunting lodge Grunewald  - The building backdrop for the boarding school

The series focuses on the independent life of the young people from grades 6 to 10. Since there are no parents in the boarding school, they have to make their own decisions and be responsible for the consequences. The few adults only act as advisors. The pupils grapple with typical problems such as grades , puberty , friendship , divorce or unemployment of their parents, envy , alcohol abuse , professional dreams, intrigues of classmates or their first great love. In many stories they experience adventures and learn to deal with conflicts , but they also enjoy all sorts of pranks . There is a special field of tension between the boarding school students and village children. You don't necessarily value each other, but you have to get along. Here, willingness to compromise and tolerance count .

At the beginning of the eleventh season, the location was relocated from the fictional Seelitz to Erfurt in the sponsored KinderMedienZentrum . According to the MDR editor-in-chief for children, Karl-Heinz Staamann, they want to reflect real life even more closely. This is also a reaction to the changing viewing habits of the audience.

Identification figures

Schloss Einstein is a series with children for children, which accompanies the viewer throughout the year and offers them figures of identification. There is the shy kind, the good-looking athletic, the knowledge genius, the scheming bitch, the talented practitioner, the chubby wallflower or the mathematical prodigy - and many others. The audience can judge the characters, support or reject them and maybe sometimes recognize themselves. The protagonists experience their stories on behalf of the growing audience and show them possible approaches. In the foreground is a humanistic tendency - no matter what happens - there must always be an acceptable solution. Since the performers are the same age as their audience, their play appears authentic : the audience perceives them as their own.

Knowledge transfer

Entrance area of ​​the hunting lodge

Real technical knowledge flows into the presentation of the lesson. As a result, the series offers entertainment and learning in equal measure; the public broadcaster fulfills its educational mandate in a relaxed manner. With this concept, Schloss Einstein is unique in the world. The series has already been the subject of media studies studies several times.

production

Schloss Einstein was produced from 1998 to 2007 by Askania Media Filmproduktion GmbH on behalf of ARD for KiKA under the leadership of MDR and WDR. From September 2007, Saxonia Media Filmproduktion GmbH took over the production. The scripts are produced by over ten well-known TV authors with experience in series production, for example Uschi Flacke , Dieter Saldecki , Michael Demuth and Dana Bechtle-Bechtinger. Renata Kaye, Peter Zimmermann , Wolf Vogel and Klaus Kemmler have already directed .

Locations

Schloss Einstein was filmed from 1998 to 2007 on the premises of the Babelsberg film studio in Potsdam, Brandenburg . The interior of the school and other backdrops - for example an ice cream parlor, discotheque and warehouse - were set up there. The Grunewald hunting lodge in Berlin served as the backdrop for the building . External shoots took place in the Klein Glienicke district of Potsdam and in some of the surrounding villages, which together form the backdrop for the film village of Seelitz.

On September 4, 2007, the shooting of the eleventh season began in the newly built KinderMedienZentrum Erfurt . The new Schloss Einstein is produced by Saxonia Media Filmproduktion GmbH . The external shoots take place on the neighboring egapark site and at Neideck Castle ( Arnstadt ). The interior backdrops, such as the boarding school, the dining and recreation room as well as the classrooms, are all located in the building that can be seen on television as a school. On June 1, 2015, filming for the nineteenth season began. The filming location for the boarding school was relocated to the Alte Schauspielhaus in Erfurt . In the KinderMedienZentrum Erfurt , which can be seen as a school, only the interior backdrops of the classrooms have remained since then.

In the 22nd season , which was produced from June to November 2018, the Einstein was merged with the fictional sports high school in Erfurt . The location for the boarding school of the sports high school is a former children's home in Erfurt, which was renovated prior to the shooting. Here are the bedrooms and common rooms, a kitchen and training rooms. The classrooms are still in the KinderMedienZentrum. The training of the running team is filmed in the Steigerwald Stadium.

Opening credits

Entire palace complex

→ Main article : List of cast members from Schloss Einstein

Since the first season there have always been new opening credits that are all similar. In the opening credits, the current main actors who play the students are presented with their respective role names. The actors appear either alone or in pairs. In the background is the song Alles ist relativ by Die Einsteins feat. Julian to hear. All opening credits up to the end of the fourth season had a duration of 47 seconds. From the fifth season, the opening credits and the background music were extended by seven seconds so that additional actors could be presented. In the further course of the series, the opening credits were constantly developed and adapted to changed scenery and characters. Since season 16, the opening credits have been back to the original length of the first season. In the 17th and 18th season the opening credits no longer name the roles, you only see the people. This was changed again for the opening credits of the 19th season.

Before the opening credits, a full moon with the sound of an owl could be seen in seasons 1 to 10. In season 20 there is a new recording of the song Everything is relative , which is now sung by Larissa Kerner , and the sound of the eagle owl has also been incorporated again. An eagle owl can also be seen in season 21.

First season

Episodes 1–76:
In the order of appearance:
Philip Baumgarten (Tom), Laura Laß (Katharina), Juliane Brummund (Nadine), Paula Birnbaum (Iris), Georg Malcovati (Marc), Katrin Blume (Alexandra), Geertje Boeden ( Antje), Florens Schmidt (Oliver), Anja Stadlober (Vera), Kumaran Ganeshan (Budhi)

Second season

Episodes 77–128:
In the order of appearance:
Katrin Blume (Alexandra), Christoph Kozik (Franz), Marie-Luisa Kunst (Elisabeth), Kumaran Ganeshan (Budhi), Anja Stadlober (Vera), Geertje Boeden (Antje), Florens Schmidt (Oliver), Marcus Wengler (Sebastian), Paula Birnbaum (Iris), Juliane Brummund (Nadine)

Third season

Episodes 129–180:
In the order of appearance:
Marcus Wengler (Sebastian), Josefine Preuß (Anna), Christoph Kozik (Franz), Marie-Luisa Kunst (Elisabeth), Maximilian Oelze (Johannes), Jerusha Kloke (Paula), Martin Krahn (Max), Anina Abt-Stein (Louisa), Christian Karn (Hendrik), Sarah Blaßkiewitz (Josephine)

Fourth season

Episodes 181–232:
In the order they appear:
Jerusha Kloke (Paula), Martin Krahn (Max), Anina Abt-Stein (Louisa), Christian Karn (Hendrik), Marcus Wengler (Sebastian), Josefine Preuß (Anna), Christoph Kozik (Franz), Dennis Habedank (Benjamin), Paula Schramm (Emely), Maximilian Oelze (Johannes), Kristin Bohm (Sylvia)

Fifth season

Episodes 233–284:
In the order of appearance:
Adrien Löffler (Romeo), Jerusha Kloke (Paula), Martin Krahn (Max), Sofie Popke (Charlie), Max Fritzsching (Josh), Emely Neubert (Manuela), Josefine Preuß ( Anna), Dennis Habedank (Benjamin), Paula Schramm (Emely), Philipp Scheffler (Tobias), Kristin Bohm (Sylvia)

Sixth season

Episodes 285–336:
In the order of appearance:
Ronja Prinz (Tessa), Lucas Scupin (Felix), Raphael D'Souza (Dennis), Sofie Popke (Charlie), Anna Majtkowski (Tinka), Felix Rehn (Kai), Katharina Vienna (Sue), Dennis Habedank (Benjamin), Paula Schramm (Emely), Philipp Scheffler (Tobias), Kristin Bohm (Sylvia)

Seventh season

Episodes 337–392:
In the order of appearance:
Anna Majtkowski (Tinka), Lucas Scupin (Felix), Raphael D'Souza (Dennis), Joanna Eichhorn (Billi), Max von Hören (Jonas), Katharina Wien (Sue), Klaus-Georg-Gustav Schöning (Chui), Paula Schramm (Emely), Sofie Popke (Charlie), Laura Stahnke (Konny), Paul Niemann (Lukas)

Eighth season

Episodes 393–428:
In order of occurrence:

• Version 1: Ronja Prinz (Tessa), Patrick Baehr (Anton), Lucas Scupin (Felix), Sofie Popke (Charlie), Paul Niemann (Lukas), Klaus-Georg-Gustav Schöning (Chui), Laura Stahnke (Konny), Joanna Eichhorn (Billi), Felix Rehn (Kai), Katja Großkinsky (Verena), Sandrina Zander (Sophie)
• Version 2: Ronja Prinz (Tessa), Lucas Scupin (Felix), Sofie Popke (Charlie), Katja Großkinsky (Verena), Raphael D'Souza (Dennis), Katharina Wien (Sue), Klaus-Georg-Gustav Schöning (Chui) , Laura Stahnke (Konny), Patrick Baehr (Anton), Lieven Wölk (Valentin), Sandrina Zander (Sophie)
• Version 3: Anna Majtkowski (Tinka), Felix Rehn (Kai), Laura Stahnke (Konny), Katharina Wien (Sue), Lieven Wölk (Valentin), Ronja Prinz (Tessa), Klaus-Georg-Gustav Schöning (Chui), Joanna Eichhorn (Billi), Raphael D'Souza (Dennis), Patrick Baehr (Anton), Sandrina Zander (Sophie)

Ninth season

Episodes 429–457:
In the order of appearance:
Paul Niemann (Lukas), Joanna Eichhorn (Billi), Klaus-Georg-Gustav Schöning (Chui), Antonia Münchow (Marleen), Shalin-Tanita Rogall (Annika), Katharina Wien ( Sue), Antoine Brison (René), Katja Großkinsky (Verena), Tobias Weihe (Moritz), Felix Rehn (Kai), Vivienne Puttins (Vanessa), Zoe Luck (Lilly), Josepha Niebelschütz (Saira), Dorian Brunz (Eugen) , Sandrina Zander (Sophie), Kevin Köppe (Alex), Patrick Baehr (Anton), Laura Stahnke (Konny)

Tenth season

Episodes 458-480:
In the order of appearance:
Joanna Eichhorn (Billi), Klaus-Georg-Gustav Schöning (Chui), Antonia Münchow (Marleen), Shalin-Tanita Rogall (Annika), Katharina Wien (Sue), Antoine Brison ( René), Katja Großkinsky (Verena), Tobias Weihe (Moritz), Felix Rehn (Kai), Vivienne Puttins (Vanessa), Zoe Luck (Lilly), Josepha Niebelschütz (Saira), Dorian Brunz (Eugen), Sandrina Zander (Sophie) , Kevin Köppe (Alex), Patrick Baehr (Anton), Laura Stahnke (Konny)

Eleventh season

Episodes 481–532:
In the order they appear:
David Röder (Max), Gustav Grabolle (Hannes), Luisa Liebtrau (Coco), Max Reschke (Tim), Ferdinand Dölz (Bruno), Wassilij Eichler (Mounir), Florian Wünsche ( Manuel), Nini Tsiklauri (Layla), Sina Radtke (Julia), Jana Röhlinger (Mia), Constantin Hühn (Ole), Hendrik Annel (Fabian), Esther Kraft (Marie-Luise), Ronja Peters (Karla), Julia Nürnberger ( Milena), Sabrina Wollweber (Felicitas), Liesa Schrinner (Vivien), Anna Steinhardt (Paulina)

Twelfth season

Episodes 533-584:
In the order of appearance:
David Röder (Max), Gustav Grabolle (Hannes), Luisa Liebtrau (Coco), Max Reschke (Tim), Ferdinand Dölz (Bruno), Wassilij Eichler (Mounir), Florian Wünsche ( Manuel), Nini Tsiklauri (Layla), Sina Radtke (Julia), Jana Röhlinger (Mia), Daniel Conrad (Lucky), Hendrik Annel (Fabian), Esther Kraft (Marie-Luise), Ronja Peters (Karla), Julia Nürnberger ( Milena), Sabrina Wollweber (Felicitas), Liesa Schrinner (Vivien), Anna Steinhardt (Paulina)

Thirteenth season

Episodes 585–636:
In the order of appearance:
Wassilij Eichler (Mounir), Nini Tsiklauri (Layla), Florian Wünsche (Manuel), Lucas Leppert (Tommy), Anica Röhlinger (Sophie), Luisa Liebtrau (Coco), Mareike Ludwig ( Magda), Viviane Witschel (Emma), Paul Ziegner (Nino), Liesa Schrinner (Vivien), Sabrina Wollweber (Felicitas), Ferdinand Dölz (Bruno), Miriam Katzer (Ronja), Robert Reichert (Justus), Gustav Grabolle (Hannes) , Julia Nürnberger (Milena), Lisanne Frontzek (Kim), Pascal Kleßen (Berti), Jacob Gunkel (Phillip), Julia Turkali (Tatjana)

Fourteenth season

Episodes 637–688:
In the order of appearance:
Miriam Katzer (Ronja), Sabrina Wollweber (Felicitas), Edzard Ehrle (Tamas), Lennart König (Sándor), Luisa Liebtrau (Coco), Paul Ziegner (Nino), Mareike Ludwig ( Magda), Sophie Imelmann (Mary), Albert Wey (Elias), Ferdinand Dölz (Bruno), Jacob Gunkel (Phillip), Pascal Kleßen (Berti), Lucas Leppert (Tommy), Anica Röhlinger (Sophie), Stefan Wiegand (Tobias) , Viktoria Krause (Liz), Alexandra Milena Schiller (Annika), Robert Reichert (Justus).

Fifteenth season

Episodes 689–740:
In the order of appearance:
Jacob Gunkel (Phillip), Sophie Imelmann (Mary), Henrieke Fritz (Constanze), Lennart König (Sándor), Lena Ladig (Jo), Lucas Leppert (Tommy), Anica Röhlinger ( Sophie), Miriam Katzer (Ronja), Robert Reichert (Justus), Lena Schneidewind (Clara), Edzard Ehrle (Tamas), Viktoria Krause (Liz), Sabrina Wollweber (Felicitas), Marie Borchardt (Pippi), Hugo Gießler (Hubertus) , Stefan Wiegand (Tobias), Albert Wey (Elias), Ferdinand Dölz (Bruno), Alexandra Milena Schiller (Annika), Paul Hartmann (Jonny)

Sixteenth season

Episodes 741–792:
In the order of appearance:
Helene Mardicke (Roxy), Henrieke Fritz (Constanze), Marie Borchardt (Pippi), Viktoria Krause (Liz), Paul Hartmann (Jonny), Robert Reichert (Justus), Lucas Leppert ( Tommy), Jacob Körner (Nils), Yannick Rau (Dominik), Hugo Gießler (Hubertus), Jelena Herrmann (Miriam), Svea Engel (Serena), Ruth Schönherr (Ming), Lukas Lange (Adrian), Oskar Kraska Mc Kone ( Raphael), Marie Meinzenbach (Bella), Stefan Wiegand (Tobias), Johna Fontaine (Daphne), Lena Ladig (Jo)

Seventeenth season

Episodes 793–818:
In the order of appearance:
David Meier (David), Yannick Rau (Dominik), Hugo Gießler (Hubertus), Marie Borchardt (Pippi), Lukas Lange (Adrian), Jelena Herrmann (Miriam), Henrieke Fritz ( Constanze), Stefan Wiegand (Tobias), Lucas Leppert (Tommy), Paul Hartmann (Jonny), Oskar Kraska Mc Kone (Raphael), Ruth Schönherr (Ming), Svea Engel (Serena), Johna Fontaine (Daphne), Jacob Körner ( Nils), Helene Mardicke (Roxy)

Eighteenth season

Episodes 819–844:
In the order of appearance:
David Meier (David), Marie Borchardt (Pippi), Kaja Eckert (Kathi), Hugo Gießler (Hubertus), Noah Alibayli (Henk), Paul Hartmann (Jonny), Lisa Nestler ( Lotta), Ruth Schönherr (Ming), Paul Uhlemann (Friedrich), Flavius ​​Budean (Orkan), Jelena Herrmann (Miriam), Juliette Hartig (Hedda), Lukas Lange (Adrian), Stefan Wiegand (Tobias), Johna Fontaine (Daphne) , Yannick Rau (Dominik), Oskar Kraska Mc Kone (Raphael), Helene Mardicke (Roxy), Henrieke Fritz (Constanze), Annalisa Weyel (Alva), Lucas Leppert (Tommy)

Nineteenth season

Episodes 845–870:
In the order they appear:
Paul Uhlemann (Friedrich), Kaja Eckert (Kathi), Marie Borchardt (Pippi), David Meier (David), Johna Fontaine (Daphne), Flavius ​​Budean (Hurricane), Maja Hieke ( Jule), Maximilian Scharr (Jannis), Julian Buchmann (Ben), Tiesan-Yesim Atas (Lejla), Annalisa Weyel (Alva), Yannick Rau (Dominik), Ada Lüer (Mila), Noah Alibayli (Henk), Timon Würriehausen ( Finn), Luna Kuse (Martha), Lisa Nestler (Lotta), Holly Geddert (Olivia), Maximilian Braun (Lennard)

Twentieth season

Episodes 871–896:
In the order of appearance:
Maja Hieke (Jule), Holly Geddert (Olivia), Elena Hesse (Petra), Annalisa Weyel (Alva), Ada Lüer (Mila), Yannick Rau (Dominik), Hanna-Sophie Stötzel (Nele), Selma Kunze (Sarah), Luna Kuse (Martha), Kaja Eckert (Kathi), Maximilian Scharr (Jannis), Flavius ​​Budean (Orkan), Maximilian Braun (Lennard), Tessa Dökel (Luisa), Thanh-Huyen Nguyen (Dodo), Tom Linnemann (Simon), Sinan El Sayed (Kasimir), Noel Okwanga (Pawel), Jakob Menkens (Henri)

Twenty-first season

Episodes 897–922:
In the order of appearance:
Maximilian Scharr (Jannis), Elena Hesse (Petra), Marc Elflein (Moritz), Madeleine Haas (Rike), Ferenc Amberg (Pit), Selma Kunze (Sarah), Sinan El Sayed (Kasimir), Hanna-Sophie Stötzel (Nele), Luna Kuse (Martha), Carlotta Weide (Cäcilia), Noel Okwanga (Pawel), Jakob Menkens (Henri), Laura Eßer (Zoe), Danil Aprelkov (Leon), Fynn Malou Meinert (Paul), Tessa Dökel (Luisa), Holly Geddert (Olivia), Thanh-Huyen Nguyen (Dodo), Tom Linnemann (Simon), Paul Ewald (Julius), Helen Möller (Jona), Thorin Holland (Hermann), Flavius Budean (hurricane)

Twenty-second season

Episode 923-948:
In the order of appearance:
Luca Jung (Timo), Michael Schweisser (Nick), Jonas Kaufmann (Till), Helen Möller (Jona), Thorin Holland (Hermann), Marc Elflein (Moritz), Madeleine Haas ( Rike), Ferenc Amberg (Pit), Paloma Padrock (Carolin), Holly Geddert (Olivia), Karlotta Hasselbach (Rosa), Luna Kuse (Martha), Sinan El Sayed (Kasimir), Fridolin Sommerfeld (Viktor), Carlotta Weide (Cäcilia ), Noel Okwanga (Pawel), Josie Hermer (Sibel), Hanna-Sophie Stötzel (Nele)

Twenty-third season

Episode 949–974:
In the order in which the names appear and the names:
Luna Kuse (Martha), Noel Okwanga (Pawel), Josie Hermer (Sibel), Carla Hüttermann (Flora), Amelie Rafolt Gomes (Finja), Linda Schablowski ( Leni), Jonas Kaufmann (Till), Ferenc Amberg (Pit), Thorin Holland (Hermann), Helen Möller (Jona), Marc Elflein (Moritz), Lasse Timmel (Anton), Madeleine Haas (Rike), Karlotta Hasselbach (Rosa) , Paloma Padrock (Carolin), Arnold Makuissie (Badu), Carlotta Weide (Cäcilia), Fridolin Sommerfeld (Viktor)

Production stages

Season	consequences	Folgen- number	First broadcast	Channel
1	1-76	76	Friday, September 4, 1998 to Friday, February 18, 2000 (5:05 p.m.)	The children's channel
2	77-116	40	Friday, February 25, 2000 to Friday, November 24, 2000 (5:05 p.m.)	The children's channel (from May 5th (episode 11) KI.KA )
3	117-168	52	Friday, December 1, 2000 to Friday, March 2, 2001 (5:05 p.m.) Saturday, March 10, 2001 to Saturday, November 24, 2001 (6:00 p.m.)	KI.KA
4th	169-200	32	Saturday, December 1, 2001 to Saturday, July 6, 2002 (6:00 p.m.)	KI.KA
5	201-232	32	Saturday, July 13, 2002 to Saturday, February 15, 2003 (6:00 p.m.)	KI.KA
6th	233-272	40	Saturday, February 22, 2003 to Saturday, November 22, 2003 (6:00 p.m.)	KI.KA
7th	273-336	64	Saturday, November 29, 2003 to Saturday, February 12, 2005 (6:00 p.m.)	KI.KA
8th	337-392	56	Saturday, February 19, 2005 to Saturday, August 27, 2005 (6:00 p.m.) Saturday, September 3, 2005 to Saturday, March 25, 2006 (5:20 p.m.)	KI.KA
9	393-428	36	Saturday, April 1, 2006 to Saturday, September 16, 2006 (5:20 pm) Saturday, September 23, 2006 to Saturday, December 2, 2006 (5:15 pm)	KI.KA
10	429-480	52	Saturday, December 9, 2006 to Saturday, December 1, 2007 (5:20 p.m.)	KI.KA
11	481-532	52	Saturday, January 5, 2008 to Saturday, February 23, 2008 (4:50 p.m. and 5:15 p.m.) Saturday, March 1, 2008 to Saturday, July 12, 2008 (5:15 p.m.) Saturday, August 30, 2008 until Saturday, December 13, 2008 (5:15 p.m.)	KI.KA
12	533-584	52	Saturday, January 3, 2009 to Saturday, January 31, 2009 (4:45 p.m. and 5:10 p.m.) Saturday, February 7, 2009 to Saturday, November 21, 2009 (5:10 p.m.)	KI.KA
13	585-636	52	Saturday, January 2, 2010 to Saturday, December 25, 2010 (5:10 p.m.)	KI.KA
14th	637-688	52	Saturday, January 8, 2011 to Saturday, May 7, 2011 (5:10 pm) Saturday, May 14, 2011 to Saturday, October 1, 2011 (2:10 pm) Saturday, October 8, 2011 to Saturday, December 24 2011 (2:35 pm) Saturday, December 31, 2011 (7:50 pm)	KI.KA
15th	689-740	52	Saturday, January 7, 2012 to Saturday, December 15, 2012 (2:35 p.m.) Double episode on Saturday, December 22, 2012 (2:35 p.m. and 3 p.m.)	KI.KA (from February 18 (episode 7) KiKA )
16	741-792	52	Saturday, January 5, 2013 to Saturday, December 28, 2013 (2:35 p.m.)	KiKA
17th	793-818	26th	Saturday, January 4, 2014 to Saturday, June 28, 2014 (2:35 p.m.)	KiKA
18th	819-844	26th	Saturday, January 3, 2015 to Saturday, July 4, 2015 (2:35 p.m.)	KiKA
19th	845-870	26th	Tuesday, February 9, 2016 to Tuesday, March 15, 2016 (Mon - Fri 2:35 p.m.)	KiKA
20th	871-896	26th	Tuesday, February 14, 2017 to Tuesday, March 21, 2017 (Mon - Fri 2:35 p.m.)	KiKA
21st	897-922	26th	Wednesday, February 21, 2018 to Wednesday, March 28, 2018 (Mon - Fri 2:35 p.m.)	KiKA
22nd	923-948	26th	Monday, April 1, 2019 to Wednesday, May 8, 2019 (Mon - Fri 2:35 p.m.)	KiKA
23	949-974	26th	Friday, March 13, 2020 to Tuesday, April 21, 2020 (Mon - Fri 2:35 p.m.)	KiKA

Before the start of the twentieth anniversary season (2017), the web series Schloss Webstein was broadcast on the internet at kika.de , which is based on the plot of the new season, but does not belong directly to it. For the 21st season there is the 2nd season of the web series under the title Schloss Webstein - Nachts im Internat , which was broadcast parallel to the television series on kika.de.

Season	Episode count	First broadcast	Channel
1	6th	Sunday, November 27, 2016 to Sunday, December 18, 2016 (Sundays) Saturday, December 24, 2016 to Saturday, December 31, 2016 (Saturdays)	kika.de
2	12	Monday, February 19, 2018 to Thursday, March 29, 2018 (Mondays and Thursdays)	kika.de

School years / generations

From the second to the seventh season, the seasons were not identical to the series school years. This was changed with the start of the eighth season when the seventh generation was introduced; since then a new school year began with a new generation of students with each season. In the second school year, in Erfurt, no new generation was introduced, which means that only the eleventh generation is introduced in the twelfth school year.

school year	generation	consequences	Season (s)
1	1	1-76	1
2	2	77-128	2-3
3	3	129-180	3-4
4th	4th	181-232	4-5
5	5	233-284	6-7
6th	6th	285-336	7th
7th	7th	337-392	8th
8th	8th	393-428	9
9	9	429-480	10
10	10	481-532	11
11		533-584	12
12	11	585-636	13
13	12	637-688	14th
14th	13	689-740	15th
15th	14th	741-792	16
16	15th	793-818	17th
		819-844	18th
17th	16	845-870	19th
18th	17th	871-896	20th
19th	18th	897-922	21st
20th	19th	923-948	22nd
21st	20th	949-974	23

School year motto

Since the eleventh season, every school year has had a specific motto. The overall school motto is “One for All, All for Einstein”.

Season	motto
11	no one should be lost
12	Children are the future
13	do not look away
14th	Einstein goes future
15th	Einstein = Meinstein
16	At home with friends
17th	One for all, all for Einstein
18th	You are never alone on "Einstein"!
19th	The route is the goal
20th	democracy
21st	Einstein is unique
22nd	Learning in motion
23	Einstein for the Future

occupation

→ Main article: List of cast members from Schloss Einstein

Figures timeline

Charisma

The premiere of the first episode of Schloss Einstein was on September 4, 1998 on what was then the children's channel. For about two and a half years, a new episode of the series was shown on Fridays at 5:05 p.m., before the broadcasting slot changed to Saturday at 6:00 p.m. on March 10, 2001. This was kept relatively unchanged for about ten years. Only the beginning time was moved a little forward in September 2005 to 5:15 pm and from January 2008 the episode of the previous week was repeated again immediately before the new episode was broadcast. In May 2011, the starting time was moved forward significantly from the evening before to the afternoon, initially to 2:10 p.m. and a few months later to 2:35 p.m. The new episodes of the series also ran at the same time with the older episodes that had been repeated in a continuous loop in the weekday afternoon programs since September 2006.

With the end of the 18th season on July 4, 2015, after almost 18 years, a new episode was broadcast every week. The 19th season was broadcast for the first time from Monday to Friday from February 9, 2016.

Episodes 1 to 404 (seasons one to nine) were produced in 4: 3 format , and since episode 405 (season nine) the series has been produced in 16: 9 format .

On September 4, 2008, KiKA broadcast a fifty-minute special episode on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the first episode. In this, Heinz ( Gert Schaefer ) and Paulina Pasulke ( Anna Steinhardt ) review the highlights from ten years of Einstein Castle .

Since the 13th season (2010) Schloss Einstein has been produced in HD .

Events

Anne-Sophie Strauss (left) and Ronja Prinz at an autograph session

Various events with the Schloss Einstein stars took place at irregular intervals throughout Germany, including autograph sessions. So far, a total of 76 events have taken place (as of October 28, 2007). The most important and big events include the Gi'me-5 -KiKA-Party (day of action for friendship and tolerance, August 31, 2003); the International Children's Festival ( 23 Nisan ) in Berlin (April 24, 2004); the KiKA party for the 300th episode of Schloss Einstein (June 7, 2004); the Schloss Einstein summer party (June 27, 2005) and numerous KiKA summer tours in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.

Awards and success

• 1999: Goldener Sparrow in the category "short fiction"
• 1999: Golden Telix from the television magazine Gong in the category "Series or film with actors"
• 2007: The series was nominated for the “Kids Choice Award” as “Best Series”.
• 2009: Smoke-free seal 2009
• 2010: Goldener Spatz in the series category
• 2012: Nomination of episode 700 for the Golden Sparrow in the category "Short film, series / series"
• 2013: White Elephant in the category "Special Achievement"

The audience success of the series is not only reflected in the audience ratings, which are consistently high . Schloss Einstein is not only broadcast in Germany, but also in many other countries. This includes, for example, Poland ( TV Puls ), Norway , Russia , Belarus , Ukraine , Slovakia , Slovenia ( RTVSLO ), Hungary , Italy , Liechtenstein , Belgium and the Netherlands . A textbook for German lessons with motifs from Schloss Einstein was even published there. This means that the series is also an internationally recognized figure in children's programs.

media

Josefine Preuß writes autographs.

Books

A total of 16 books on the series have been published so far. Volumes 1 to 5 were written by Simon Hauser, volumes 6 to 11 and 15 by Uschi Flacke and volumes 12 to 14 and 16 by Dana Bechtle-Bechtinger.

In 2000, in addition to these books, the book “Einstein Castle - The Class Book. 100 episodes of Schloss Einstein " , in which the main characters are introduced and the content of the previous episodes is briefly described, published by vgs verlagsgesellschaft.

In 2003 “Schloss Einstein - Cooking with Einstein” by Peter Brandt and Dieter Saldecki was also published by vgs.

For 2004 "The Second Class Register" was announced after 300 episodes. It is in the catalog of various online retailers. Whether it was published cannot be explained with certainty here.

The poster book and a poetry album were also published .

In addition to the books on the series, there are three "Schloss Einstein Exclusive" books in which the stories of the main actors from the first season are told. These were written by Uschi Flacke and published by VGS Verlagsgesellschaft .

stories

Volume 1: The Rival Volume 2: A Strange Guest Volume 3: She loves him, she doesn't love him Volume 4: Blue hair for Sven Weber Volume 5: Albert's grandson Volume 6: Butterflies in the stomach Volume 7: The Stolen Hit Volume 8: Playing with Fire

Volume 9: Scandal at the Lazy Lake Volume 10: A dream in chrome Volume 11: Date with a great brain Volume 12: The treasure of Seelitz Volume 13: The godparents Volume 14: Short and Small Stone Volume 15: Love Story Volume 16: Anna in Love

Exclusive books

• Katharina - model dreams come true
• Little princes
• Nadine's story

E-books

In 2013 the stories 1 to 16 and the exclusive books (numbers 17 to 19) appeared as e-books.

Published in 2014

• No. 20: Jo & Sandor - The great love
• No. 21: Advanced friendship
• No. 22: Dominik & Constanze
• No. 23: princess, nerd and bookworm

Other media

In 2004 a music album was published (also with other bands), several radio plays on cassettes and CDs, a magazine for the series (2001-2003), the cookbook Cooking with Einstein and a best-of DVD. The best-of-DVD criticizes on the one hand that the DVD menus seem a bit confusing when viewed for the first time and, on the other hand, that no subtitles are displayed for the hearing impaired . The bonus material, such as interviews and reports, is rated positively. There is also a Top Trumps Edition for Schloss Einstein and a Rubik's Cube . In February 2009 the first DVD box with eight DVDs for the new episodes of Schloss Einstein was released.

Web links

• Einstein in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Einstein Castle at Fernsehserien.de
• Official website of the television series Schloss Einstein
• Website of the production company Saxonia Media Filmproduktion GmbH
• Website for Schloss Einstein (Seelitz) ( Memento from August 30, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
• Website of the former production company Askania Media Filmproduktion GmbH ( Memento from August 30, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
• Interviews with the developers of the series (with, among others, Dieter Saldecki )
• Information about Einstein Castle (Seelitz) at KiKA
• Wiki about Einstein Castle

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Overview of episodes on schloss-einstein.de
2. ↑ Information on season 22 at schlosseinstein.wikia.com
3. ↑ Press release - Schloss Einstein is celebrating a milestone birthday: On May 20, 2006 the 400th episode will be shown on the screen in KiKA! (PDF; 75 kB) (No longer available online.) Askania Media, archived from the original on July 18, 2011 ; Retrieved April 18, 2009 . 
4. ↑ Florian Gessner: Einstein Castle as a mirror of reality . wunschliste.de, January 1, 2008, accessed April 1, 2009 . 
5. ↑ Monika Brandl: Schloss Einstein - investigations into a popular TV soap for children as well as its literary adaptations, Stuttgart 2002 (thesis on the series)
6. ↑ Dr. Maya Götz (Ed.): How do children deal with Schloss Einstein? ( Memento from November 29, 2004 in the Internet Archive ), in: “Everything soap bubbles? The importance of daily soaps in the everyday life of children and young people ”. KoPäd Verlag, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-935686-26-9 (partial study of the children's weekly Schloss Einstein )
7. ↑ Dr. Maya Götz (Ed.): The importance of daily soaps in the everyday life of children and young people ( Memento of November 29, 2004 in the Internet Archive ); ibid. (summary of the study)
8. ↑ Eva Schäfer: On the development of ambivalent design structures of a children's series star , Forum qualitative social research, Berlin 2002 (excerpts from a study in the context of qualitative biography research; the interviewee was the actress of Vera Seiffert , first generation of students)
9. ↑ Einstein Castle is shooting in the Steigerwald Stadium in Erfurt. Stadtwerke Erfurt Group's blog, accessed on April 20, 2020 . 
10. ↑ Schloss Einstein is entering its seventh successful year with eleven new actors. (No longer available online.) Askania Media, archived from the original on March 20, 2008 ; Retrieved April 18, 2009 . 
11. ↑ Schloss Einstein: New airtime for the premiere broadcast of the popular ARD Children's Weekly on Saturday. (No longer available online.) Askania Media, archived from the original on September 4, 2011 ; Retrieved April 18, 2009 . 
12. ↑ Einstein Castle; Working title: Schloss Einstein from season 11. (No longer available online.) Saxonia Media, archived from the original on February 12, 2009 ; Retrieved April 18, 2009 . 
13. ↑ New season from January 7, 2012 ( Memento from November 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on January 7, 2012
14. ↑ New season from January 5, 2013 ( Memento from November 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on September 4, 2012
15. ↑ 26 new episodes: Schloss Einstein enters its 17th season , accessed on June 30, 2013
16. ↑ Webisodes , accessed June 22, 2017.
17. ↑ Schloss Webstein ( memento from June 19, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) kika.de, accessed on June 22, 2017.
18. ↑ Schloss Einstein website from February 3, 2003. (No longer available online.) Askania Media, archived from the original on February 3, 2003 ; Retrieved April 18, 2009 . 
19. ↑ Schloss Einstein: Continuation of the recipe for success with new SE actors. (No longer available online.) Askania Media, archived from the original on December 20, 2004 ; Retrieved April 18, 2009 . 
20. ^ "Schloss Einstein": Premiere for new actors in episode 393 on Saturday, April 1st, 5:20 pm at KiKA. (No longer available online.) Askania Media, archived from the original on June 8, 2009 ; Retrieved April 18, 2009 . 
21. ↑ "Schloss Einstein": New kids, new stars, new look. (No longer available online.) Askania Media, archived from the original on June 8, 2009 ; Retrieved April 18, 2009 . 
22. ↑ RauchfreiSiegel 2009 Source / reference ( memento from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ).
23. ^ Message from Saxonia Media dated February 9, 2012.
24. ↑ Radiant winners of the “White Elephant” 2013: Katja von Garnier, Hanna Binke, Gabriele M. Walther, Collien Ulmen-Fernandes and many more ( Memento from July 1, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ), accessed on June 30, 2013.
25. ↑ Best of Schloss Einstein. Kabeleins.de, accessed on April 18, 2009 .