Catholic University High School Budapest
Budapesti Egyetemi Katolikus Gimnázium | |
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Catholic University High School Budapest | |
type of school | high school |
founding | 1687 |
address |
Szabó Ilonka utca 2-4 |
place | Budapest |
city | Budapest |
Country | Hungary |
Coordinates | 47 ° 30 '14 " N , 19 ° 2' 4" E |
carrier | Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest |
Website | egyetemi.hu |
The Catholic University High School Budapest ( Hungarian: Budapesti Egyetemi Katolikus Gimnázium és Kollégium ) is the oldest secondary school in Budapest . It was founded by the primate and archbishop of Esztergom , György Széchényi , after the Turkish period in 1687 under the name Academicum et Universitatis Collegium as a Jesuit high school. Today the grammar school trains young people between the ages of 12 and 18 in the Buda Castle District in co-educational classes.
history
The first school building belonging to the Jesuits was located next to the Matthias Church in 1687 on the site of today's Hotel Hilton. From 1698 it was a full high school with six grades and a high school diploma .
After the dissolution of the Jesuit order in 1773 it was converted into a royal catholic grammar school due to the patronage rights of King Joseph II . Now secular priests and secular teachers taught. The new school regulations (the so-called "Ratio Educationis") linked the grammar school with the Buda University and in 1776 raised it to the rank of a main grammar school . This connection with the university lasted until 1784, when the university moved to Pest, but the grammar school remained in Buda.
From 1832 to 1851 the grammar school was run by the Piarists . During neo-absolutism , the Benedictines operated it as a German-speaking imperial and royal high school with eight grades. In 1861 it became a Hungarian-speaking “Buda Main High School”, then in 1876 “Royal Catholic University High School” and new school buildings were built in the immediate vicinity.
After its nationalization in 1948/49, another state high school on the Rosenhügel continued some of its traditions.
In 1991 the Archdiocese of Esztergom got back many of its former owners (including the high school buildings), and so the high school was able to begin its Catholic education in 1997, first with a few classes, then in 2001 with boarding school . In 2017, his 330th birthday was celebrated in six years with 22 classes.
Today the grammar school is attended by 600 students from grades 7 to 12; they are taught by around 50 teachers.
Cultural history
- Late 17th century: Jesuit theater
- 1751: first Hungarian-language school theater
- 1843: first high school chair for Hungarian language and literature
- 1885: first Hungarian school football tournament
- 1909/10: first Hungarian scout group
- since 2010: Hadik - Ball
Known students
- Ludwig Mandl (1812–1881), Hungarian-French physician
- Gyula Andrássy (1823–1890), Hungarian magnate, leading politician in the Austro-Hungarian dual monarchy
- Victor Babeș (1854–1926), pathologist and microbiologist of Romanian origin
- István Csáky (1894–1941), Hungarian Foreign Minister
- József Eötvös (1813–1871), Hungarian writer and statesman
- Miklós Kállay (1887–1967), Prime Minister
- Pál Kitaibel (1757–1817), Hungarian botanist, doctor and chemist
- Menyhért Lónyay (1822–1884), Prime Minister
- Sándor Márai (1900–1989), Hungarian poet, writer and playwright
- Ignaz Semmelweis (1818–1865), Hungarian surgeon and obstetrician
literature
- Budó, Jusztin: Az első kultúrtörekvések Budán a visszafoglalás után. In: Tanulmányok Budapest múltjából V. Budapest 1936.
- Hajnády, György: Az alapítástól az államosításig. Iskolatörténeti összefoglaló. Budapest 2001.
- Horváth, Jenő (ed.): A 250 éves Budapesti Királyi Egyetemi Katholikus Gimnázium 1687–1937. Budapest 1932.
- Madzsar, Imre: A budai jezsuita Akadémia története. Budapest 1926.
- Nagy, István: Az Egyetemi Katolikus Gimnázium 17. századi indulása és 20. századi újraindulása. Piliscsaba 2004.
- Nagy, István: A Jézus Társaság budai gimnáziuma. Grammar school of the Jesuit order in Buda. In: Magyar Egyháztörténeti Vázlatok. Regnum 15. 2003, pp. 89-106.
- Nagy, István - Virághalmy, Lea (eds.): A Budapesti Egyetemi Katolikus Gimnázium Jubileumi Szentévi Évkönyve az 1999-2000. tanévről. Budapest 2000.