HTL Vienna West
| HTL Vienna West | |
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| type of school | Higher Technical Institute |
| School number | 901437 |
| founding | 1846 and 1999 |
| address |
Thaliastraße 125, |
| place | Ottakring |
| state | Vienna |
| Country | Austria |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 12 '42 " N , 16 ° 18' 45" E |
| student | 1550 |
| Teachers | 167 |
| management | Peter Johannes Bachmair |
| Website | www.htlwienwest.at |
The HTL Wien West (formerly HTL Ottakring ) is a vocational higher school ( Höhere Technische Lehranstalt ) in the 16th district of Vienna Ottakring . In 1999, what was then HTL Schellinggasse moved from the 1st district of Vienna to the building of the tobacco factory Ottakring , which had been converted into a school , whereby it was renamed HTL Ottakring , on January 14, 2020 the school was renamed HTL Wien West .
history
Commercial drawing school
The origins of HTL Wien West lie in the commercial drawing school planned in 1842 and opened in 1846 (drawing institute). The focus was on training in technical drawing , which is also reflected in the four departments at the time:
- Preparatory school for small businesses
- Drawing school for the construction industry
- School for manufacture drawing
- Drawing school for mechanics
Organizationally, the school was subordinate to the Imperial and Royal Polytechnic Institute on Karlsplatz (today's Vienna University of Technology) and was located on the site of the Polytechnic as an independent institution. The classes were divided into Sunday and weekday classes.
In 1865 there was a restructuring and the school was separated from the polytechnic and placed under the direction of the architect Wilhelm Westmann , who until then had served as a teacher in the construction and metalworking school. The drawing school moved to the Sigl'sche Lokomotivfabrik in Währinger Straße, the building of today's WUK . In 1867 the technical disciplines were deleted from the curriculum of the Realschulen, which increased the need for a higher technical college. In 1868 later, Westmann, as head of the school, was commissioned to work out a new school concept in which the focus was on a day school for teaching theoretical and technical education. In the same year the school moved to the Gußhaus auf der Wieden in today's 4th district of Vienna.
Kk building and machine trade school
In 1870 the new concept was implemented and the school was renamed the kk Bau- und Maschinengewerbeschule . It was the first commercial middle school in Austria and a forerunner of the later state trade schools . Part of the school has moved to the St. Anna building in the inner city (Annagasse 3), which previously housed the painting school of the Academy of Fine Arts. Westmann remained director until his retirement in 1875.
Kk State Trade School
In 1880 it was renamed the Imperial and Royal State Trade School , which was introduced across Austria as part of the reorganization of the technical and commercial school system based on the French model. It was organized in four branches, which were strongly oriented towards the demands of business and industry at the time:
- Higher trade school: A four-year school with two departments (construction and engineering)
- Foremen's school with a construction department: A two-year school with a construction department (closed in 1910/11) and a mechanical engineering department (closed in 1889/90).
- Special courses for boiler heaters, locomotive drivers, etc. Ä.
- Commercial Drawing School: This school was a holdover from the original school and was closed in 1904/05
If the master builder examination was passed after the master craftsman school, one could call oneself an architect . By issuing a so-called frequency certificate, a school leaving certificate could also be obtained without a school leaving examination. In 1883 the urban planning theorist Camillo Sitte was appointed director and the new school building at Schellinggasse 13 in the inner city was ordered. The building was planned by the architects Dominik Avanzo and Paul Lange . It was completed in 1885 after two years of construction. The corner tower facing Schwarzenbergstrasse and the rich ornamental and grotesque painting on the facade of the building are remarkable.
In 1883 the age of the students varied between 13 and 36 years. In 1897 excursions and training workshops were introduced. In addition, the admission requirements were tightened: From then on, four classes of middle school or community school or the completion of an eight-year elementary school were required. In the 1909/10 school year the curriculum was reformed. The school time was extended to four and a half years (nine semesters) and in addition, practical work had to be done on a building site in the 6th semester.
A year later, in the school year 1910/11, the foremen's school was replaced by the building trade school for assistants. These were three courses of five months each for assistants who had learned the masonry or carpentry trade. Successful completion of the 3rd grade of a general commercial or the 2nd grade of a specialist training school for the construction industry was necessary for admission. The minimum age was set at 17 years and an apprenticeship had to be completed in a corresponding subject before entry.
In 1912 a training workshop (school building yard) was built at Lebergasse 4 in Landstrasse and the building trade school was relocated to Lebergasse, as the capacity of the building in Schellinggasse was no longer sufficient. Due to the First World War , the school building was converted into a reserve hospital in 1914 and the school operations were relocated to Eugenstrasse 81 (now Pernerstorfergasse) in the 10th district . Lessons were limited to the higher departments and in 1918 the school returned to Schellinggasse. War damage was repaired and supplementary courses were offered for those pupils who had interrupted their school attendance due to military service.
Technical and commercial federal school
In the school year 1922/23, the school was renamed the Technical-Commercial Federal School and departments for civil engineering and mechanical engineering were introduced. In 1939 the engineering title was introduced for graduates of the state engineering schools and the state building school. The title was issued after successfully completing the school leaving examination with the engineering certificate.
After the end of the Second World War , the so-called Ischl conference took place. New curricula were drawn up, the school building yard operations were modernized and the building school was redesigned: From then on, there was a five-year, higher department for building construction, which concluded with the school leaving examination. After four years of practical experience, the engineer title was awarded. In addition, there was an actual three-year construction school in which the building trade could be learned. The special thing is that the entire first class was run together and only then was the division. In addition, a building trade school for bricklayers and carpenters was introduced, which consisted of three half-year courses. After the war, the chemistry evening school was run by the chemist Richard Henke . In 1956, the second educational path for employed people was introduced, and from 1962 the school was run by the Research Institute for Building Materials as a higher technical federal teaching and research institute (HTBLuVA).
Higher technical federal teaching and research institute Vienna I
In 1963 the school was renamed the Higher Technical College and Research Institute Vienna I (so-called HTL Schellinggasse). The construction and mechanical engineering departments were then separated due to lack of space. Parts of the school were gradually moved to Leberstraße 4c in the 3rd district , with the departments still subordinate to the HTL Schellinggasse. At first only the building yard classes and a few other classes moved, including the flight technology department, which later moved to the HTBLA Eisenstadt . After the redesign of the building complex by the architects "Nehrer & Medek and Partners" in Vienna, the departments for building construction, civil engineering and construction finally moved completely in 1982–1983, and the school was renamed the Camillo Sitte Lehranstalt (Higher Technical College and Research Institute Vienna III ) independent.
In the mid-1970s, the Austrian architect Helmut Leierer taught as a teacher in the civil engineering department.
HTL Ottakring
Once again, the spatial capacities became too tight and the local conditions were no longer sufficient for modern school operations. At the end of the 1990s, the HTL Schellinggasse was to be relocated to the renovated building of the former Ottakring tobacco factory in Thaliastraße in Vienna's 16th district. The project was carried out by the Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft (BIG) and the architects "Nehrer & Medek und Partner". The side outbuildings and the rear raw material magazine of the old factory were demolished. By grinding the middle wing, a modern, multi-story class wing could be built. For the first time, it was possible for the school to combine the theoretical wing, workshops and gymnasium in one house, which made teaching much easier for students and teachers. The workshops and laboratories have been set up in the main building, which is a listed building, and most of the equipment and machines come from Schellinggasse. As a result of the move in 1999, the school was renamed HTL Ottakring and on 14 January 2020 the school was renamed HTL Wien West .
On the square in front of the school there is a stone structure designed by Leo Zogmayer, which from a bird's eye view represents the word "NOW". It is a work of art, which was built as part of the opening of the U3 underground line in 1999 to enhance the cultural value of the area - alongside other works of art.
In 1999, Carmen Lechner was the first woman in Austria to be appointed director of an HTL. In 2005, 30 liters of hydrochloric acid leaked out due to a leaky water tank. The building was evacuated and the acid was neutralized by the fire brigade with sodium carbonate. In 2017, in the semifinals of the ideas and project competition Jugend Innovativ, the Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Culture and the Federal Ministry for Economics, Family and Youth awarded HTL Wien West the prize for the most innovative school in Vienna based on the projects submitted.
Departments
The HTL Wien West today offers four training focuses, which in turn offer day and evening school forms. The evening school form enables part-time training and offers a training path with Matura and a college course. In the day school form, it is possible to complete with a high school diploma (so-called "higher educational institution", 5-year course) or with a technical college final examination (4-year).
Electronics and technical informatics
- Higher college for electronics (day and evening school)
- Technical college mechatronics (day school)
Electrical engineering
- Higher education institute for electrical engineering (day and evening school with a focus on renewable energies)
Information technology
- Higher education institute for information technology (day school with a focus on network and media technology and evening school with a focus on software development, media and network technology, database and information systems)
- Technical college for information technology (day school)
mechanical engineering
- Higher educational institute for mechanical engineering (day school with a focus on systems engineering and evening school)
- Technical School of Mechanical Engineering (day school)
people
Well-known graduates
- Martha Bolldorf-Reitstätter , Architect (HTL Schellinggasse)
- Julius Eberhardt , building contractor and architect (HTL Schellinggasse)
- Richard Lugner , master builder and project developer (HTL Schellinggasse)
- Hans Mayr , SPÖ local politician (state trade school)
- Ludwig Tremmel , Architect (State Trade School)
- Helmar Weseslindtner , mechanical engineer and professor (HTL Schellinggasse)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Wir über uns Website of HTL Ottakring, accessed on June 8, 2017.
- ^ History of the Vienna State Trade School, Architectural Center, accessed on June 8, 2017.
- ↑ architektenlexikon.at - Dominik Avanzo , accessed on June 8, 2017.
- ↑ architektenlexikon.at - Paul Rudolph Lange , accessed on June 8, 2017.
- ^ The tobacco factory in Ottakring became the Wiener Zeitung school, accessed on June 8, 2017.
- ↑ For the first time a woman as director of an HTL OTS press release, accessed on June 9, 2017.
- ^ Chemical accident at the Vienna School: Hydrochloric acid in HTL Ottakring left news.at, accessed on June 8, 2017.
- ↑ HTL Ottakring honored as most innovative school Website of HTL Ottakring, accessed on June 8, 2017.