Kk Academy for Oriental Languages

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The Imperial and Royal Academy for Oriental Languages (also known as the Oriental Academy ) was founded in 1754 by Empress Maria Theresa in Vienna .

history

As early as 1674, classes in Turkish and Arabic began in Vienna on imperial orders. The Turkish wars , but also the economic and cultural exchange, made interpreters necessary and the scientific interest in the Orient awakened.

In 1754, at the suggestion of Wenzel Anton Graf Kaunitz , Empress Maria Theresa founded the Imperial-Royal Academy for Oriental Languages , where Oriental studies were taught alongside Turkish, Persian and Arabic. Most of the students entered the diplomatic service, where they were called "language youths" because of their age.

The building in which the Consular Academy (successor organization to the Kk Academy for Oriental Languages ) resided, now the seat of the US Embassy.

At the end of the 19th century, the Oriental Academy was reorganized and renamed the Consular Academy . In 1902 the academy relocated to a new building in Boltzmanngasse designed by the architect Ludwig Baumann . After the " Anschluss " in 1938, the new National Socialist rulers severely restricted the Academy's activities. From 1941 the building was used as a hospital for the German army. In 1947 it was bought by the US government for $ 392,139. It initially served as the US embassy and from 1951 as the United States embassy in Vienna . The Academy was reopened in 1964 as the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna in the Theresianum building .

One of the most famous students was Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall .

See also

literature

  • Victor Weiss von Starkenfels: The imperial-royal oriental academy in Vienna, its foundation, further training and current establishment. Gerold, Vienna 1839 ( full text ).
  • Erich Schlöss: From the language boys to the beginnings of the Oriental Academy. In: Viennese history sheets. Vol. 56, No. 1, 2001, ISSN  0043-5317 , pp. 70-76.
  • Marie de Testa, Antoine Gautier: L'Académie Orientale de Vienne, 1754–2002, une création de l'Impératrice Marie-Thérèse et list des jeunes de langues d'Autriche (1719–1903). In: Marie de Testa, Antoine Gautier (ed.): Drogmans et diplomates européens auprès de la Porte ottomane (= Analecta Isisiana. Vol. 71). Éditions Isis, Istanbul 2003, ISBN 975-428-258-7 , pp. 53-75.
  • Oliver Rathkolb (Ed.): 250 years, from the Oriental to the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna. = 250 years, from the Oriental to the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna. = 250 Années de l'Académie Orientale à l'Academie Diplomatique à Vienne. Studien-Verlag, Innsbruck et al. 2004, ISBN 3-7065-1921-6 .
  • Hana Navrátilová, Roman Míšek: The Oriental Academy, Birth of a New Era of Austrian Diplomacy in the Orient. In: Archiv orientální , Volume 71, Issue 2 (2003), pp. 199–204.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ US Embassy: History of the Consular Academy and Boltzmanngasse 16 ( Memento of the original from February 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Retrieved Oct. 22, 2012  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / german.austria.usembassy.gov