St. Georgs College

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St. Georgs College
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type of school Secondary school and commercial academy
School number 032210
founding 1882
address

Kart Çınar Sokak No. 24
Karaköy , Beyoğlu

place Istanbul
province Istanbul
Country Turkey
Coordinates 41 ° 1 '28 "  N , 28 ° 58' 24"  E Coordinates: 41 ° 1 '28 "  N , 28 ° 58' 24"  E
carrier Lazarists
student 545 ( Turkish ) TurkeyTurkey
Teachers 43 Austrian , 25 TurkishAustriaAustria
TurkeyTurkey
management Paul Steiner
Website www.sg.k12.tr
The connecting stairs between the courtyards of the former boys 'and girls' school of the St. Georgs Kolleg. The staircase is modeled on the Camondo staircase near the school.
Sign of the Austrian hospital (Turkish Sen Jorj Hastanesi ), directly opposite the Austrian school
Postcard of the church, girls' school and college around 1900

The St. Georgs Kolleg ( Turkish St. Georg Avusturya Lisesi ve Ticaret Okulu ) is an Austrian educational institution in Istanbul , Turkey . In addition to the schools in Guatemala City , Prague , Budapest , Shkodra , Santiago de Quéretaro and Triesen, the St. Georgs College is one of the eight Austrian schools abroad .

history

The Cologne- born Lazarist Conrad Stroever (1823-1891) was sent to Istanbul by the Superior General in 1874 to do missionary work for Catholic Germans. In 1882 he was appointed Superior of the Catholic Works for German-Speakers in Istanbul for Germans and members of Austria-Hungary , and acquired a church and monastery from the Franciscans of the Bosnian province . On November 25, 1882, he bought the St. Georg asylum from donations . In 1889 St. George was founded by Austrian Lazarists ( Graz ) and Sisters of Mercy from St. Vincent was taken over by Paul and used as a Catholic school and orphanage for German-speaking children. Over the years the school grew and expanded, so that in 1913 the first student was able to take his school leaving examination.

Shortly before the First World War , part of the school was demolished for a new building. Since the war prevented the new building, it was necessary to move to other premises. The number of pupils rose sharply as all French schools closed when the war began.

After the First World War the staff of the school were expelled from Turkey at the request of the French city commander in Istanbul (1919) and the school remained closed until the establishment of the Turkish Republic (1923, see also History of Turkey ).

By the annexation of Austria in 1938, the Austrian St. George's College for was the German St. George's College . When Turkey broke off relations with the German Reich in 1944 , the school was closed. The Lazarists and Sisters of Mercy were interned in Yozgat , Kırşehir and Çorum for a year and a half . The school was only able to resume its activities in 1947.

In the course of the major Turkish school reform in 1998 (including the introduction of the 8-year uninterrupted Turkish elementary school) the range of courses was reduced to four school levels and now only includes Hazırlık and Lise 1-4.

1983-2010 was HR. Mag. Franz Kangler, CM director of the school. He was also the representative of the school maintainer , the Catholic religious orders of the Lazarists (and earlier also the Sisters of Mercy ) of St. Vincent de Paul . In 2010 he was awarded the Great Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria (1952) .

Today around 545 students are taught by 42 Austrian subsidy teachers and 25 Turkish teachers at the St. Georgs College. Due to local legal regulations, the entrance exams to foreign language schools are only in Turkish, so all students are Turkish citizens. You learn German in the preparatory class (Hazırlık) , after which you attend the upper school classes Lise 9-12 . They can complete these with both a Matura and a Turkish diploma. With the exception of Turkish and the Turkish cultural subjects (geography, history, religion), all subjects are taught in German.

The director of the school was Alexander Zabini from mid-2010 to 2013, followed by Paul Steiner in 2013.

curriculum

The curriculum is a combination of the Austrian and the Turkish curriculum, so that the requirements for both the Turkish and the Austrian higher education entrance qualification are given for the graduates. The students at the St. Georgs Kolleg learn up to three foreign languages. German is taught as the first foreign language, also the language of instruction, and English as the second foreign language . The students can choose French as their third foreign language .

Diploma

  • Turkish school leaving certificate (Lise Diploması)
  • Austrian Matura certificate : Since the 1995/96 school year, students at St. Georgs Kolleg have been able to take an Austrian matriculation examination . If you pass the exam, you will acquire an Austrian secondary school leaving certificate in addition to the Turkish diploma, with which you can study at a university in the EU .

Former students

Graduates

The graduates of the St. George's College meet every year in April at the so-called Strudel Day at the school in Istanbul. A second strudel day takes place every year in May in Vienna.

social commitment

There are a number of social activities around the school:

  • Socially disadvantaged pupils are granted exemptions from school fees
  • Income from the Easter Bazaar is used for charitable purposes
  • The Vinzenz Conference St. Georg cares since its inception October 8, 1991 to the needy

literature

  • Sankt Georgs-Kolleg: Yearbook of the Austrian St. Georgs-Kolleg . Self-published, Istanbul (German, Turkish, ZDB -ID 2657633-8 , OBV - date of publication: 1957–2016).
  • Franz Kangler: The origin of the St. Georgs College in Constantinople: Contributions to the history of the activity of the Austrian Lazarists in Turkey . University of Graz, Graz 1975 (German, Spanish, OBV - diploma thesis).
  • Robert Gratzer : St. Georg in Istanbul . St. Georgs College, Istanbul 1996 ( OBV ).
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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Franz Kangler: History of the Austrian (Eichisch) St. Georgs College in Istanbul . In: Rudolf Agstner (Hrsg.), Elmar Samsinger (Hrsg.): Austria in Istanbul. K. (u.) K. Presence in the Ottoman Empire . Research on the history of the Austrian Foreign Service, Volume 1, ZDB -ID 2579594-6 . Lit-Verlag, Vienna (among others) 2010, ISBN 978-3-643-50230-8 , pp. 175-200.
  2. ↑ Little Chronicle. (...) deaths. (...) Joseph Jarosch (...). In:  Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 13231/1901, June 26, 1901, p. 5 middle. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.
  3. ↑ Ernest Raidl CM: As a testimony for you: The Sankt-Georgs-Werk in Istanbul. (PDF; 252 kB) In: lazaristen.at. January 29, 2009, p. 3 .;
  4. ↑ a b c d Franz Kangler: From the Ottoman Empire to the Turkish Republic. History of a school. In: sg.k12.tr. March 6, 2008, accessed April 1, 2020 .
  5. ↑ P. Siegfried Pruscinsky CM (author) Exiled to Anatolia: Records 1944-1945 , Verlag Alt-Mödingen 2015, ISBN 978-3902405081
  6. ↑ a b school management in St. Georg. In: www.sg.k12.tr. Retrieved April 1, 2020 .
  7. ^ BM Claudia Schmied signs Memorandum of Understanding in Istanbul with her colleague Ertugrul Günay. In: APA-OTS . June 4, 2010, accessed April 1, 2020 .