Catholic University High School Budapest

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Budapesti Egyetemi Katolikus Gimnázium
Catholic University High School Budapest 2011
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 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.

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