Schloss Einstein is a long-running, popular German television series which is designed as a teenage soap opera.

The series combines the genres of comedy, action, drama (e.g., first love, problems with parents and schoolmates), and natural science.

Schloss Einstein was developed and produced by Askania Media Filmproduktion [de] by order of the ARD under the auspices of the MDR and WDR.

Because the show has its own genre as a Kinder-Weekly (children's weekly), the producers had had no experience with this kind of series.

Worldwide, Schloss Einstein is the longest-running fictional children's television series (among those that employ child actors).

The show guides its viewers through the entire school year and offers characters with whom children can identify.

Because it has implemented this concept, Schloss Einstein is unique worldwide and has been made the object of several scientific studies.

The school bears the name of the founder of the theory of relativity because it teaches natural science.

The students experience problems such as grades, cliques, envy, friendships, puberty, first love, career hopes, alcoholism, and the divorce or unemployment of their parents.

With the advent of the eleventh season on January  5, 2008, (episode 481) the setting was transferred to the real city of Erfurt.

Since September 2007, Schloss Einstein is produced by Saxonia Media Filmproduktion and filmed at the Kindermedienzentrum Erfurt.

Schloss Einstein is shown not only in Germany but also in many other countries: in Norway, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Slovakia, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Belgium, and the Netherlands.

[citation needed] A textbook for use in German schools, containing themes from Schloss Einstein, has been published.

In all opening credits, some current actors who play the students are shown with their respective character names.

The ninth season featured a completely redesigned opening credits sequence, which lasts 54 seconds.

At irregular intervals, events featuring the actors of Schloss Einstein take place in Germany.

A "Best of" DVD, several radio dramas on cassettes and CDs, and a magazine about the show covering the years 2001 to 2003, have also been released.