School with the Scots

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The school with the Scots was a medieval convent school in Vienna Schottenkloster that existed since the 14th century.

Beginnings

The first mention of students in the Schottenkloster comes from the year 1310. In a document dated February 5, 1310, Chvnrat the Hubmeister in Austria and his housewife Geysel donate an anniversary in the Schottenkloster on which after their death the soul mass and the long vigils were held for them should be. They are to be "sung by the priests and by the schoolchildren according to their age [...] Schoolchildren in the vigili should also be given an emmer of wine from the monastery." Chunrat the Hubmeister, son of the above-mentioned Chvnrat, founded June 1330 one anniversary: ​​“[...] vnd schol daz happen with self-masses, with long vigils, on the same day the gentlemen sang along with the schoolchildren according to old gwonhait suln in all the mazz, like iz my father and my mum , the paiden got grace, is also written in irm business certificate emaln, and schol also the apt on the same day of the Samnung two good judge of vischen give zv irr pfruend and dez pesten weinz vnd protez, if iz daz chloster has swaz ir emergency need. Schoolchildren from the monastery in di Vigili were also given a single emergence, and the schoolmaster four and two phennings and the sacristan twelve phennings. "

15th century

In the following time, with the monastery life, the school also fell into disrepair. It cannot be said whether it continued uninterrupted. In the foundation letter for the University of Vienna from 1384 only the schools at Sankt Stephan, at Sankt Michael and in the hospital were mentioned. There was a new upswing only after 1418. In that year, as part of the Melker reform, a visit to the monastery took place. The monks were obliged by a papal bull to accept not only Iro Scots but also monks from other nations. The Iro Scots then left the monastery. The two following abbots came from Melk Abbey and introduced the reform in the Schottenkloster. During the visitation in 1431 it was determined that the “scolares saeculares” may not be used for choral prayer . The rector should, however, sing the “Missa publica” with them. Classes should take place in a room outside the convent, separate from the internal school. The students are not allowed to enter the cells of the monks. During the visitation, the restoration of the inner school was requested. The novices who are not yet sufficiently educated in the "scientiis primitivis" should be instructed by a clergyman in the retreat. This should give at least one lecture and the necessary exercises every working day. If a suitable clergyman cannot be found, a secular teacher can also be taken. It is not known to what extent these orders were actually implemented. The Schotten school was preserved by the monastery, but was subordinate to the principal of the Sankt Stephan school. Since 1296 this had the supervision of the Viennese schools. In 1446 this supervision was confirmed, whereby the school with the Scots was expressly mentioned. The Rector of Sankt Stephan was allowed to appoint the teachers of the other schools and should visit each school four times a year. Abbot Johann V. von Ochsenhausen (1428–1446) maintained relations with the university. The rector of the university, Urban von Melk, gave several lectures at the Schottenstift. In the summer, two brothers were sent to the university for theological disputations every Friday. They should pass what they hear on to the Convention. Several members of the monastery also held degrees. Abbot Hieronymus (1461–1466) asked the theological faculty that some professors give lectures at the Schottenstift instead of at the university. He probably had the college of the Cistercians in mind as a model . But the faculty refused. One could not control the professors, besides, every other monastery could then make the same demand. Due to the Turkish siege in 1529, the school in the Schottenkloster came to a standstill. Only under Abbot Wolfgang Traunsteiner (1541–1562) can it be reliably proven again.

Schottengymnasium

The Viennese Schottengymnasium refers to this Schottenschule in its history. This grammar school with the official name Public Schottengymnasium of the Benedictines in Vienna is a Catholic private school founded in 1807 by an imperial decree with public rights in the 1st district of Vienna. It is carried by the Schottenstift .

literature

  • Albert Hübl , history of teaching in the Schotten Abbey in Vienna. Vienna 1907.
  • Cölestin Roman Rapf, Das Schottenstift (Wiener Geschichtsbücher 13). Vienna - Hamburg 1974.
  • Documents from the Benedictine Abbey of Our Lady of the Scots in Vienna from 1158 to 1418 (Fontes rerum Austriacarum II / 18). Vienna 1859.
  • Ludwig Koller, German-Austrian school system before the Reformation. Contributions to Austria. Education and school history 15 (1914) 1-19.