Established 1 December 1879 | Principal Károly Hegedűs | |
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Type industrial secondary school Closed 1947 (continued by three successor institutions) Faculty chemistry, architecture, engineering | ||
Hungarian Royal Public Secondary Industrial School (Hungarian: Állami Középipartanoda) was established by Ágoston Trefort, Minister of Education, on 1 December 1879. The institution trained students to the occupation of chemist, machinist and architect.
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Antecedent
The political and economical consolidation of Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 made different industries develop faster and urged the inflow of western capital for the investments of railways, shipping and mining industry. Machinery manufacturing, sugar, alcohol and textile industry increased fastly, the milling industry was a world-class. It was necessary to create the perfect educational background for these fields. József Eötvös, Ministry of Education in Batthyány government, recinised the importance of this plan and encouraged the founding of an industrial school. Nevertheless, it was completed by Trefort.
Establishment
The institution was established on 1 December 1879 and officially opened six days later. The official form of the school was ratificated according to the Ministerial Decree No. 16352 in 1880. Curriculums were form by the requirement industries wrote. Three main professions were chemistry, engineering and architecture. The original building located in 4 Főherceg Sándor Square (today it is Gutenberg Square) in Budapest.
Károly Hegedűs, first principal, defined practices to be the most important part of their courses. He employed such great teachers like Lajos Petrik, Gyula Jalsoviczky, Gusztáv Klemp and Károly Gaul, who were well-known in their profession and knew everything about their occupation both in theory and in practice. In addition, they published their achieves frequently.
Reorganization
In 1881 Trefort set up a committee in order to organise the building of a new institution called Technological Industry Museum. It was placed under 9 Kerepesi Street (former Beleznay Garden). The Museum opened on 14 July 1883, involving one of the biggest professional library of Hungary.
After the School reached great successes, Trefort thought that it would be useful if these two institutions were working together. He entrusted Alajos Hauszmann (one of the best known architectures in this time) to make a plan for the new, common building. The building complex was built in the empty area on the corner of József Avenue and Népszínház Street, the ceremonial opening was on 15 September 1889. The common principal was Károly Hegedűs since 1 July 1884. He led the reorganised institution for 35 years.
The turn of the century
In 1898 after great successes in the way of education, the School got the marker 'Higher' and was renamed as 'Hungarian Royal Public Higher Industrial School' (Hungarian: Magyar Királyi Állami Felső Ipariskola). The three main courses complemented with metal-iron industry and timber industry. Due to huge number of applying students, the architecture class separated out in the same year and in 1902 it was established a new institution under 74 Thököly Street named Hungarian Royal Public Higher Architectural Industrial School (Hungarian: Magyar Királyi Állami Felső Építő Ipariskola). The interest of chemical class increased sharply, that is why the leading commission decided to move to an own building. The temporary location was under 19 Vas Street, however after a few years the class should go back. Finally, in 1940, they could move into their new building located under 48-54 Thököly Street, where it is still. The name of it was Chemical Secondary School. The original school was eliminated in this year.