Academic Gymnasium Danzig

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Academic Gymnasium Danzig
Academic Gymnasium Danzig
(painting by Leopold von Winter [de])
Location
Gdańsk

Poland
Information
Established1558
CampusUrban

The Academic Gymnasium Danzig (

Prince-Bishop Stanislaus Hosius
closed them. For most of its existence it had a character similar to that of a university.

History

It was in operation as educational gymnasium for

Lutheran clergy until 1817.[1] It was one of the most developed educational centers in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.[1] It also was the site of Collegium Medicum-one of the first associations of doctors in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.[1]

In the 16th century, as many cities in the Polish province of

University of Wittenberg, was made the first rector, but due to the theological conflicts between Gnesio-Lutherans and Philippists
, he soon left.

In 1580, the school received the title Academic Gymnasium. Along with similar schools in Elbląg and Toruń, the gymnasium transformed the province of Royal Prussia into a center of classical studies in the 16th century.[3] The university ambitions of the Gymnasium can be proved by the fact that in 1580-1611 the following chairs were created: theology, philosophy, law and history, rhetoric, mathematics, medicine with anatomy, Greek, Hebrew and oriental languages. In 1589 a Polish language course was created.[4]

In 1817, after the Partitions of Poland, when Gdańsk became part of the Kingdom of Prussia, the municipal gymnasium was founded and named Städtisches Gymnasium Danzig (City High School of Danzig), in contrast to the earlier (royal) Königliches Gymnasium. The Academic Gymnasium Danzig was in operation until March 1945, when Danzig fell to the Red Army. Subsequently, the city as Gdańsk, became again part of Poland.

Notable people

Notable lecturers of the Academic Gymnasium include Bartholomäus Keckermann, Peter Crüger, Krzysztof Celestyn Mrongovius, Jan Schultz-Szulecki [pl], Abraham Calovius, Michael Christoph Hanow (Hanovius), Gottfried Lengnich, Paweł Świetlicki [pl], Joachim Pastorius [pl], Paweł Pater [pl]. Among its students and alumni were Johannes Hevelius, Andreas Gryphius, Gottfried Lengnich, Hugo Münsterberg, Daniel Gralath, Zbigniew Gorajski [pl], Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau, Paweł Świetlicki [pl], Wawrzyniec Gabler [pl], Márton Szepsi Csombor [hu].

In June 2008, the National Museum in Gdańsk unveiled a memorial table dedicated to Academic Gymnasium to mark the 450th anniversary of its founding.[5]

Rectors

Rectors of Akademic Gymnasium Danzig:

First rector

Humanist Achatius Curaeus, advisor Johann Hoppe

References

  1. ^ a b c "Gdańskie Gimnazjum Akademickie - Encyklopedia PWN - źródło wiarygodnej i rzetelnej wiedzy". encyklopedia.pwn.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-01-03.
  2. ISBN 3-8258-3490-5 [1]
  3. ^ Urban Latin schools were remodelled into institutions of higher learning; from the middle of the sixteenth century, the three academic Gymnasia in Danzig, Thorn and Elbing transformed Royal Prussia into a centre of classical studies - Karin Friedrich: The Other Prussia: Royal Prussia, Poland and Liberty, 1569-1772 [2]
  4. ^ "GIMNAZJUM AKADEMICKIE – Encyklopedia Gdańska". www.gedanopedia.pl. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
  5. ^ "Aktualności". www.sprawynauki.edu.pl.

Literature

External links

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