Marianum (Free City)

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The south wing of the Marianum

The Marianum is a monastery of the Marianists and a new secondary school in Freistadt in Mühlviertel (St. Peter-Straße 2).

The three-storey, mighty building was built between 1901 and 1908 as a school with a boarding school and a monastery and housed a military hospital during World War II . Originally a boys-only school, girls have also been allowed to attend school since the 1986/87 school year.

history

In 1900 the Marianists found out about an idle foundation to run a school in Freistadt. This was set up by the daughters of the mayor of Freistadt, Ferdinand von Schiffer (1664–1742), out of his fortune, in order to promote the teaching and education of the youth of Freistadt. In 1752 the Piarists became heirs to this foundation, and from 1760 they ran a number of schools in Freistadt (the Piarist House is today's Sparkasse on the main square). Here they had a country house. After the Piarist branch was closed in 1875, the foundation lay fallow.

The first Marianists, director Johann Zach and Adolf Smetana, came to the city on August 21, 1900, after the Bishop of Linz, Franz Maria Doppelbauer, and the superior of the Marianists in Graz , Father Hippolyt Hamm, had negotiated with the city about the continuation of the foundation . In autumn 1900 a private boys' elementary school was set up in the former country house of the Piarists. At the same time, a playground and sports field was created behind the house, today's Marianumhof . The existing country house soon proved to be too small, so a new building was built under the direction of the architect Josef Grill from Freetown.

The first thing that was completed in 1902 was the east wing on the promenade side, and the elementary school moved there. The west wing followed in 1904 and the teacher training college was housed here. The north wing was completed in 1905 and houses a gym on the ground floor, a dormitory on the first floor and a chapel on the second floor. Finally, the south wing was completed at the former location of the country house; the student dormitory and the educational center were located here.

In addition to the school and the monastery, an agricultural facility was set up in the Marianum to provide supplies. For this purpose, a farm, the Lester-Hof , was bought in Lest (municipality of Kefermarkt ) and the necessary stables, barns and huts were built in the building. A separate building was also built north of the Marianum for the laundry and carpentry. The storage rooms and the kitchen were located in the basement, the tailor and shoemaker's workshop in the attic rooms in the west wing. The attics of the south wing served as dormitories for the order candidates . These rooms have long been used for other purposes.

After the Anschluss , the school was closed in the summer of 1938. At the beginning of the Second World War, the building was used as a Nazi student home (in addition to the municipal student convict) and as a military registration office. In the last years of the war it was claimed by the military as a reserve hospital. In 1945 the Marianum briefly served as the city's hospital. An eviction by the Soviet occupying power could just be avoided, and so the Marianists were able to start school again in autumn 1945. The school still exists today with minor changes. In 1986 the farm (Lester-Hof) was sold.

construction

Entrance portal with shell niche

The historically preserved, three-storey building is grouped in four wings around an inner courtyard. Above the former chapel is a roof turret with a bell helmet. The late historical facade is characterized by cornices and roofed windows on the first floor. The facade is further subdivided by risalits . The arched entrance portal is flanked by columns, and above it is a shell niche with a statue of the Virgin Mary.

Inside, arched arcades with cap vaults on pillars can be found in the foyer. In the side wings there are two-flight stairwells with cast iron railings. A bell with the year 1644 is kept inside the building.

monastery

Superior (leader) of the community

  • Zach Johann 1900-1922
  • Münch Karl 1922–1924 and 1942–1945
  • Vogel Emil 1924–1939
  • Reisp Franz 1939–1942 and 1945–1951
  • Barth Franz 1951–1953 and 1985–1986
  • Buchinger Franz 1953–1959
  • Penall Josef 1959–1965 and 1971–1979
  • Astleitner Ludwig 1965–1971
  • Peyr Gottfried 1979–1985, 1989–2001, 2007–2013, 2015–
  • Baier Joseph 1986–1989
  • Brandstetter Helmut 2001-2007
  • Leitner Alois 2013 - 2015 (died on October 19, 2015)

Hauptschule / New Middle School

history

In autumn 1900, a private boys' elementary school with three classes and 75 students was set up in the former country house of the Piarists . In addition, according to the foundation statutes, a low-level commercial training school had to be set up. In February 1901 the elementary school was given public rights .

In 1904 the Marianists' scholastics moved from Graz to Freistadt, and in 1910 the teacher training institute was granted public rights. In 1907 the Marianists also founded a community school , at that time the first and only in the entire Mühlviertel (public law 1910). In 1908 a student hostel was added. During the First World War , many teachers were drafted into the military; it was often difficult to provide the necessary teaching staff.

The three-class community school also offered a one-year teaching course between 1915 and 1922 to prepare for middle school or teacher training college. The citizen school was closed in the summer of 1929 and continued as a secondary school . The last citizen student of the Marianum had the catalog number 1,700.

After the connection , the school year 1937/38 could still be completed; on July 26, 1938, the 'Marianum' was revoked of its public rights. The school was closed. Again, many Marianists had to enlist in the military or went abroad.

In the autumn of 1945 the elementary and secondary schools were able to start teaching again, the teacher training institute no longer due to a lack of staff. At first the public rights were extended annually, in 1953 it was granted permanently.

In the first few years the school was very popular. In 1962 the elementary school was closed due to financial difficulties. The boarding school was mainly used by the secondary school students. Due to the competition from Linz with cheaper homes, the number of students also decreased here. In addition, because the regional management finally moved to the Greisinghof in Tragwein, which was acquired in 1904 , there were fewer religious to supervise the students, so the student hostel was closed in the summer of 1988.

With the school year 1986/87, the new secondary school began with performance groups instead of class trains. In the same school year, girls were allowed to attend school for the first time.

As the first secondary school in the Mühlviertel, the Marianum is still one of the largest secondary schools in the Mühlviertel with around 300 students. The number of students is growing steadily and the school is known for its good fistball student team; the girls' team became national champions in the 2006/2007 school year. At the Austrian school championships for fistball players in 2015, eight male “under 14 teams” won the national championship title to the team from the Neue Mittelschule Marianum.

particularities

  • Voluntary fistball lessons from 2nd grade onwards
  • Computer science lessons in the 3rd and 4th grade with the opportunity to acquire the ECDL
  • Library
  • Marianumball (every 3 years)

Directors

  • Zach Johann 1900-1937
  • Reisp Franz 1937–1938 and 1945–1953
  • Buchinger Franz 1953–1959
  • Penall Josef 1959-1965
  • Pachinger Friedrich 1965–1996
  • Brandstetter Helmut 1996–2011
  • Hartmann Hedwig since 2011

Well-known graduates and people working here

The list is not a complete listing:

Web links

Commons : Schools in Freistadt  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

proof

  • Bundesdenkmalamt Austria (Ed.): Dehio -Handbuch, the art monuments of Austria. Topographical inventory of monuments. Department: Upper Austria. Volume 1: Peter Adam: Mühlviertel. Berger, Horn et al. 2003, ISBN 3-85028-362-3 , p. 189.
  • Chronicle , website Marianum Freistadt
  1. ↑ East. Fistball Federation: Fistball Federal Championship Lower School Girls (PDF; 21 kB, cdn1.vol.at)

Coordinates: 48 ° 30 ′ 41 ″  N , 14 ° 30 ′ 5 ″  E