Jesuit College Old Scotland
The Collegium was a school of Jesuits in Old Scotland ( Altschottland , Stare Szkoty ) in Gdansk 1621-1780.
history
In 1592 Jesuits from Danzig settled in Old Scotland. This bordered directly on the city, but was subordinate to the Bishop of Włocławek , and was thus removed from the jurisdiction of the Protestant city. In 1621 they founded a five-class middle school there, with a humanistic orientation and subjects such as arithmetic , rhetoric , poetics and Latin . One of the main concerns was to spread Catholic views more widely.
From around 1710 the subjects theology, 1712 philosophy, later history, geography, French and German were added. The college was given the character of an academy , but was not classified as such. It was very popular with the sons of the surrounding Polish aristocracy, but also with sons of citizens.
After the area passed to the Kingdom of Prussia and the Jesuit order was dissolved in 1773, the college was initially continued. In 1780 it was converted into an academic high school, which belonged to the West Prussian and Ermeländisches Schul-Institut . In 1813 it was disbanded during the Russian occupation.
In 1826 a simple middle school was set up in new buildings. Today only parts of the historic church of St. Ignatius of Loyola are preserved.
Web links
- Colegium w Starych Szkotach Gedanopedia
- Literature on Old Scotland High School at WorldCat