Andrássy Gyula Gimnázium és Kollégium
| Andrássy Gyula Gimnázium és Kollégium | |
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| type of school | high school |
| founding | 1855 |
| address |
Andrássy út 56. |
| place | Békéscsaba |
| County | Békés |
| Country | Hungary |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 40 ′ 19 ″ N , 21 ° 5 ′ 7 ″ E |
| carrier | City of Békéscsaba |
| student | 672 (as of 2008) |
| Teachers | 51 |
| management | István Komáromi |
| Website | www.andrassygimi.hu |
The Andrássy Gyula Gimnázium és Kollégium (German Gyula-Andrássy-Gymnasium and -Wohnheim ) is a nationally important educational institution of the upper secondary level in Békéscsaba . It is mainly known by its former name " Ferenc-Rózsa -Gymnasium" (Hungarian Rózsa Ferenc Gimnázium ), which it carried from 1948 to 2008. It got its current name after the Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary , Count Gyula Andrássy .
history
During its eventful history, the grammar school had different names that are shaped by the respective time. The name changes are symbolic of the various school bodies, the tasks of the school and the social upheavals in Hungary.
From the beginning until 1948
The grammar school was founded in 1855 as a Protestant grammar school (Evangélikus Gimnázium) , the Evangelical Church of Hungary acted as the school authority until the nationalization of the school system in 1948. In the middle of the 19th century, the seat of Békés County was still in Gyula , which is why the budget of the central government went mainly there and a high school was set up in Békéscsaba relatively late. The Békéscsabas bourgeoisie supported the grammar school, which initially consisted of four classes, from the start, but the number of pupils fell after the church introduced a school fee .
In 1895 the grammar school was upgraded from a lower grammar school to a main grammar school and was now eight classes. After several years of construction, a two-story, monumental-looking building in an eclectic style was completed on August 15, 1899 , which still characterizes the city center of Békéscsaba today. In 1901, Emperor Franz Josef donated an extensive collection of scientific and art historical objects to the grammar school. Since then, it was after the heir to the throne, Archduke Rudolf named (Rudolf Főgimnázium) .
The outbreak of the First World War had a decisive effect on school life. In the first year of the war the school building was used as a military hospital, and school operations had to be continued in other buildings in the city. But these facilities were also needed for military purposes in the following year, so that teaching could only be maintained with difficulty. The situation only improved a little in 1917, when the hospital management released the building of another school for teaching. The actual school building was claimed by the Nemzeti Hadsereg after the end of the Romanian occupation in August 1920 . After she had left the building again, numerous damage was found during an inventory, which was only repaired in 1926. During the Horthy period, the introduction of practical exercises in physics, chemistry and biology made considerable progress in the teaching of the natural sciences. Foreign language teaching has also been further developed.
The Second World War, however, caused another turning point. With the exception of a few days, however, teaching was not stopped. A boarding school was introduced in 1941 for students from the area. Apart from two small shell hits, no major damage was caused to the building. In the absence of building material, however, the damage could not be repaired until 1947/48.
From communist rule to the post-reunification period
On June 18, 1948, the school was nationalized and initially renamed "State Boys' High School " (Állami Fiúgimnázium) , a short time later into "State General High School Békéscsaba" (Békéscsabai Állami Általános Gimnázium) . From the 1950/51 school year it was finally called the “State General Ferenc-Rózsa Boys' High School Békéscsaba” (Békéscsabai Állami Rózsa Ferenc Általános Fiúgimnázium) . From the school year 1963/64 it was called the “Ferenc Rózsa High School and Specialized School for Commerce” in Békéscsaba ” (Békéscsabai Rózsa Ferenc Gimnázium és Kereskedelmi Szakközépiskola) . In the following school year, teaching in the technical secondary school was expanded and a printing department was established there, which resulted in another renaming of the “Ferenc Rózsa grammar school and technical secondary school in Békéscsaba” (Békéscsabai Rózsa Ferenc Gimnázium és Szakközépiskola) . With the school year 1970/71, the lessons in the technical secondary school for trade were discontinued, so that from 1971 only the printer training was continued in addition to the grammar school. This was accompanied by a further renaming of the “Ferenc Rózsa grammar school and technical school for the printing industry” in Békéscsaba ” (Békéscsabai Rózsa Ferenc Gimnázium és Nyomdaipari Szakközépiskola) , which lasted until 1980. The company for which the training mainly took place was the printing house KNER, which also provided material support to the school. After the technical secondary school for the printing industry had been outsourced, the school was called "Ferenc-Rózsa-Gymnasium" (Rózsa Ferenc Gimnázium) until 2007 .
New building (from 1994) and recent developments
After the end of socialism in Hungary, the Evangelical Church got the building back and intended to run a Protestant grammar school there again. For this reason the Ferenc-Rózsa-Gymnasium had to look for a new location, which posed a difficult task for the city administration, but they managed to find a compromise solution. Since then, the Protestant grammar school has resided at its traditional location on Szeberényi Square and is enjoying increasing numbers of students. At the beginning of the 1994/95 school year, the Ferenc Rózsa High School moved into its current premises in the former Sándor Nagy barracks (Andrássy Street 56), which was converted into a school building. In 1995/96 the dormitory was handed over to the Ferenc Deák Middle School and integrated into the facility. The last former army buildings were dismantled around the turn of the millennium. The usable area is now 5195 m², there are 24 classrooms. Even after the spatial separation, the connection between the Evangelical Gymnasium and today's Gyula-Andrássy-Gymnasium remained intact, and both schools see themselves as the legal successors of the school supported by the church, which existed until 1948.
In 2005 the school celebrated its 150th anniversary. The number of students fluctuates between 600 and 650, there are 5 classes per year with 30–35 students each. In national school competitions, excellent results in the natural sciences, but also in geography, mathematics, literature, grammar and foreign languages are repeatedly recorded. In 2002 the so-called Eurofakt classes were set up, in which foreign language instruction is given at a high level in the three most important foreign languages English, German and French. A prerequisite for attending school is a successfully completed written entrance examination, as there are more registrations than places year after year. The János Horváth memorial competition will award five more places without an entrance exam for the most successful primary school students in the subjects of Hungarian, mathematics and history.
Change of name in 2008
The former namesake, Ferenc Rózsa, was a member of the Communist Party of Hungary (Kommunisták Magyarországi Pártja) , which was illegal in the interwar period, and a journalist for the newspaper “Free People” (Szabad Nép) . He was a sharp critic of the authoritarian system of the Horthy period, was therefore arrested and died in prison under circumstances that are still unexplained to this day. He was stylized as a martyr by communist historiography.
At the request of a private person, the city administration of Békéscsaba dealt with the name issue again in the summer of 2008 and decided on a name that was neutral in the Hungarian context and not associated with the communist past, and thus on a renaming. The majority of the students were in favor of keeping the previous name, while the teachers were in favor of a name after Andrássy with a convincing majority. Other names were also discussed, including Franz II. Rákóczi (Hungarian II. Rákóczi Ferenc ), for whom the common acronym (RFG) would have been retained.
statistics
Number of graduates with a university degree from the Gyula Andrássy High School and its predecessors:
| Surname | year | number |
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| Rudolf Főgimnázium | 1901-1932 | 955 |
| Rudolf Reálgimnázium | 1933-1948 | 482 |
| Evangélikus Gimnázium (sum) | 1901-1948 | 1437 |
| Állami Rózsa Ferenc Gimnázium | 1949-1991 | 6642 |
| total | 1901-1991 | 8079 |
Dorm
The dormitory, which is part of the school, consists of two parts, one for boys and one for girls. While the capacity of the girls 'dormitory is mostly exhausted, rooms in the boys' dormitory can be given to other interested parties due to the lower number of high school students.
Importance and catchment area
In Békés county, the high school is regularly one of the best schools. In 2006, the grammar school achieved the best results in the written university entrance exams. The students come from Békéscsaba and the surrounding areas ( Gyula , Kondoros , Csorvás , etc.). The graduates then mostly study at the University of Szeged , the ELTE and the Sámuel Tessedik University . The entrance exams pass about 80%. It is thanks to these facts that the University of Szeged has chosen the Gyula Andrássy High School as its “basic school”.
Well-known personalities connected with the school
Many famous people in Hungary have graduated from the grammar school or have taught at it. Only a selection of the personalities known beyond Hungary should be mentioned here.
Teachers
- Béla Mladonyiczky , sculptor
- Győző Takács , ceramist and graphic artist
student
- Endre Bajcsy-Zsilinszky , politician
- Zoltán Berczik , European table tennis champion
- János Gyöngyösi , Foreign Minister
- Pál Hursán , nuclear physicist and university professor
Alumni Foundation
Traditionally, the school's alumni support their former grammar school with more or less high sums or 1% of their annual tax liability.
Partner institutions
As part of the “Bihar-Békés Middle School Bridge”, there was a partnership with two middle schools in Salonta (Romania) from 2003 to 2006 . We currently have close relationships with a similar institution in Oxford, England .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rózsa helyett Andrássy Gyula, gróf nélkül ( Memento from July 31, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), Hír6, July 11, 2008 (Hungarian)
- ↑ Andrássyba járnak ezután a csabai rózsások , BEOL, July 11, 2008 (Hungarian)
