HLMW9 Michelbeuern
| HLMW9 Michelbeuern | |
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| type of school | Higher federal college ( HLM , HLW ) |
| founding | 1908 |
| address |
Michelbeuerngasse 12 |
| place | Vienna-Alsergrund |
| state | Vienna |
| Country | Austria |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 13 '20 " N , 16 ° 21' 2" E |
| carrier | Republic of Austria |
| student | around 700 (January 2013) |
| Teachers | around 100 (January 2013) |
| management | Johannes Töglhofer |
| Website | www.hlmw9.at |
The HLMW9 Michelbeuern is an institution of higher education for fashion and clothing technology (HLM) and a higher commercial school (CPR) in the district Michelbeuern in the 9th Viennese district of Alsergrund . The school was founded in 1908 as the "Wiener Schneiderakademie" and is today one of the human vocational schools in Austria.
education
All students learn up to four foreign languages: English and optionally French, Italian and Spanish. English is the working language in many subjects. Austrian sign language is used in the training branches for the hearing impaired . The focus is on project and action-oriented lessons ( fashion shows , culture and event catering , cooperation with partners from business and culture) as well as dealing with new media and working in laptop classes.
Higher school for fashion
Branches of education
- Higher educational institution - fashion and production techniques (5 years old with maturity and diploma examination)
- Higher education institute - fashion management and design (5 years with maturity and diploma examination)
- Technical college - trade and design (3 years with final examination)
- Advanced course - fashion and production technology (3 years with maturity and diploma examination based on technical school)
- College - Fashion Management and Design (4-semester training after Matura with diploma examination)
Training content
- Specialized training in men's and women's clothing making
- Creation of prototypes and collections
- Planning and implementation of fashion shows and fashion events
- Participation in national and international competitions and tenders
- comprehensive commercial training
Higher educational establishment for economic professions
Branches of education
- Higher educational institution - international cultural and congress tourism (5 years old with matriculation and diploma examination)
- Higher educational institution - cultural tourism (5 years old with maturity and diploma examination)
- Technical school - cultural and congress tourism (3 years with final examination)
Training content
- Subject-specific communication in the mother tongue and in two foreign languages
- professional commercial training
- Development and organization of cultural and marketing concepts for national and international destinations
- Produce and serve food and drinks from local and international cuisine and advise guests on food and drink choices
Training for the hearing impaired
Branches of education
- Technical school for business professions (3-year-olds)
- Advanced course for business professions (3 years with maturity and diploma examination)
- Business school for the hearing impaired (1 year)
history
Prehistory and foundation
Around 1900 there were around 180 to 220 clothes making businesses in Vienna. For centuries, the tailor's training center had been his own workshop, but with the advent of industrialization and commercialization and the production of mass-produced articles in the second half of the 19th century, there was a steady decline in the craft industry.
To counteract this trend, at the beginning of the 20th century, higher technical schools for clothing making began to be established, which not only train students, but also make the practices of the new era known to ordinary masters. Tailoring and fashion should become attractive and competitive again through high artistic quality.
After there were already several role models for vocational training institutions in Vienna, in 1904 in Vienna at the 1st Congress of Austrian Dressmakers, training centers for dressmaking were again called for.
The "Wiener Schneiderakademie" was finally opened on February 2, 1908 at Johannesgasse 4 in the 1st district. It was financed as a private school by the Vienna Dressmakers' Cooperative with a foundation contribution of 30,000 kroner and had to apply for public rights annually. The number of students when the school opened was 43.
Technical school for the clothing industry
In 1909, the director of the Imperial and Royal Trade Promotion Service, Wilhelm Exner , granted the school state subsidies, and in return a technical school for ladies' dressmakers was founded. After the name “Wiener Schneiderakademie” was challenged by the academy in Vienna, the school was renamed “Higher Technical School for the Men's and Women's Dressmaking Trade” in 1913, the training lasted two years and the school also had the right to pass master’s exams for the To hold men's and women's clothing-making trades.
With the outbreak of the First World War in July 1914, most of the teachers were called up and the school in Johannesgasse was almost completely shut down.
Move to Michelbeuern
From 1920 the school was renamed “Fachlehranstalt für das Clothinggewerbe”, and in 1921 the move from Johannesgasse 4 to Michelbeuerngasse 6-8 due to lack of space. However, at the beginning only parts of the building in Michelbeuerngasse were available to the technical college, as the Imperial and Royal Technical Research Institute, the Imperial and Royal Census Department (until 1925) and the river engineering laboratory were also housed in the same building. The number of students increased to 1,361 in 62 courses.
During the Second World War , teachers and students were hired for operations and tasks that were important to the war effort or were called up for military service. A workshop for uniform sewing was established at the school, and a certain number of uniforms had to be delivered every week. The number of students decreased to 105 students.
New main building and additional type of school: Higher educational institute for cultural tourism
After the war, in 1949 the school was taken over by the Federal Ministry as the “Federal Teaching Institution” . In 1953 a branch for the hearing impaired was founded (today in Maygasse in the 13th district). In 1963 the federal school was placed under the supervision of the City School Council for Vienna . In 1982, after the TGM moved out, additional rooms in Michelbeuerngasse 12, the former factory building from 1890, were taken over; today Michelbeuerngasse 12 is the main building of the school.
In 1995 Austria joined the European Union , and in view of the expected growth potential in the field of cultural tourism , a new branch with a focus on cultural tourism was introduced at the Higher Federal College. Since 1997 the school has officially been called the "Higher Federal College for Fashion and Cultural Tourism". In 1999, after a year of renovation work, the newly adapted Wilhelm Exner Hall was officially opened. In February 2008, the school celebrated its 100th anniversary.
The buildings
Before the incorporation , the area of today's Michelbeuerngasse as well as the adjacent properties belonged to the suburban properties of the Michaelbeuern monastery near the city of Salzburg. Already under Josef II. In 1786 the property of the monastery was sold to the magistrate of the city of Vienna and thus formed part of the later Alservorstadt.
In 1850 the incorporation took place and in 1861 this part is counted for the first time to the 9th district. After the Alser and Währinger brooks were regulated , in the 2nd half of the 19th century. Intensive construction activity and after parceling out the streets Severingasse, Michelbeuerngasse, Prechtlgasse and Eisengasse (today Exnergasse), on which mainly factory buildings were erected, such as the Siglsche Lokomotivfabrik (today the WUK ).
Many new "apartment buildings" were also built in the vicinity. The line wall in the immediate vicinity was abandoned in 1893 and today's Gürtel Straße was built.
The building at Michelbeuerngasse 12
The building complex at Michelbeuerngasse 12, which is still almost unchanged in outline, was built as a factory building in 1890 by the architects Helmer and Fellner for the Anglo-American Brush-Light Corporation limited, based in London.
Incandescent lamps and electrical components for lighting fixtures were produced in the building. In the courtyard of the building there was a huge steam boiler system with a factory chimney for driving the machines and flywheels. The foundations of the boiler system can still be seen in large parts in the basement of the building. The ceilings were designed - according to the state of the art at the time - for the highest loads.
In order to accommodate the Imperial and Royal Trade Promotion Office, the then Imperial and Royal Ministry of Commerce bought the factory in 1899, which had now come into the possession of Siemens-Schuckert-Werke . From 1900, parts of the building were used to house the offices of the "Technical Service for the Promotion of Austrian Small Business at the Technological Trade Museum". The funding agency, initially referred to as the “trade promotion service”, was given the status of a “trade promotion office” from 1908 onwards. The management of this position was taken over by Wilhelm Exner and Adolf Vetter. They laid the foundations for the now well-known business development .
Model companies for courses for various trades such as joiners, carpenters, tailors, shoemakers and others have now also been housed in the same building. An extensive library was available to the course participants. The renovation work to create the office space of the trade promotion office was carried out by architect Heinrich Katrein with the assistance of Josef Hoffmann , whereby the design of the conference room (Wilhelm-Exner-Saal) should be mentioned (1911–1913). All interior work for the office space was carried out by the commercial model companies set up in the building of the kk Gewerbeförderungsamt. Until 1924, part of the building housed an operating system for the production of filaments for electric lamps (Elektro Glühlampen Fabrik Watt AG), which belonged to Siemens.
After the Second World War, the building complex showed only minor war damage. In addition to splinter damage to the facade and small artillery hits in the area of the library at that time, bullet holes from submachine guns can still be seen at the entrance portal at Severingasse 9. From 1956 to 1963, the building complex was rented by the Economic Development Institute (Wifi) to the Chamber of Commerce . After the chamber moved out and moved to the new building on the Währinger Gürtel, the building areas that had become free were made available to the TGM in 1963 for teaching and training purposes.
In addition to the model companies managed by the TGM, the building also housed the departments for “Unique Vehicle Technology”, “Silicate Technology” and “Plastic Technology”, to name just a few. With the move of the TGM to the new building in Wexstrasse in 1982, the rooms of the Michelbeuern Federal College were made available as expansion areas for teaching purposes. In addition, in 1982 when the district heating was installed in the courtyard, the old factory chimney and the ground-level courtyard installations were demolished; today there are parking spaces in the courtyard.
In 1983 the “Center for Sports and Equipment Rental and Sports Ground Maintenance” of the Ministry of Education and in 1984 the “Institute for Medical Psychology” were sublet in the building complex, but since 1985 the building has been fully available to HLMW9. After renovation work in 2005, all management and administration areas moved to this building, and the former branch became the new main building.
The building at Michelbeuerngasse 6–8
The building Michelbeuerngasse No. 6-8 (House B) was built in 1884 as a workshop building for the production of iron furniture, including a boiler house and machine house. In 1896 another factory wing was built on No. 8. These two buildings were then acquired by the kk Ärar , then represented by the Ministry of Public Works, in exchange for a property in the 5th district. Even today, cast-iron columns and girders from the former factory can still be seen in the wall and ceiling area, unless they were walled in. The current auxiliary building was the main building of HLMW9 from 1921 to 2005.
After about a year of renovation work, the outbuilding was reopened on September 29, 2014. In the course of the work, many cast iron columns and beams were exposed again, which despite numerous modern elements retain the original character of the house. During the renovation, the fire protection precautions were also brought up to the latest technical standards and handicapped accessible access (including elevator system ) was created.
reachability
Line U6 - Währinger Straße / Volksoper; Tram lines: 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 5, 33 (Währinger Straße / Spitalgasse)
literature
- HLMW9 Michelbeuern Festschrift - 100 years of Michelbeuern
- School profile HLMW9 Michelbeuern