Sombor Gymnasium
Veljko Petrović Gymnasium | |
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Location | |
Coordinates | 45°46′18″N 19°06′50″E / 45.77167°N 19.11389°E |
Information | |
Type | public school |
Established | 1872[1] |
Campus | Urban |
Website | www.gimnazijaso.edu.rs |
The
Alongside Veljko Petrović, notable alumni of the school include Ivan Radović, Milan Konjović, Gaja Alaga, Bogdan Maglich, Tihomir Novakov, Sima Ćirković, Iván Gutman, Irinej Bulović and others.[3] In 2022 the 150 Years of Gymnasium in Sombor book by Dr. Attila Pfajfer, assistant professor at the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Novi Sad, was published with support from the City of Sombor and the Provincial Secretariat for Education of Vojvodina.[4]
History
Establishment
The first educational institution at the site of gymnasium was the Latin Grammar School established in 1781.
Austro-Hungarian period until the World War I
At the beginning the school enrolled only four grades of students but with one additional higher grade introduced each subsequent school year until 1876/77 when it expanded to eight grades institution.[3] In 1886 the school was moved to the current building inspired by North German architecture, where classes were now conducted in Hungarian exclusively all the way up until the end of World War I when Banat, Bačka and Baranja joined the newly created Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.[1] On average, at that time the school had between 250 and 350 students in each class with about half of them from Sombor, and other half from the Bács-Bodrog County or neighbouring areas.[3]
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Between 1918 and 1923 classes were again conducted both in Serbian and Hungarian while from 1923 classes in Hungarian were discontinued.[1]
SFR Yugoslavia
In the immediate aftermath of the liberation of Sombor in October 1944 and until the end of April 1945, the gymnasium building housed a military hospital for the
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Gimnazija "Veljko Petrović"". Moj Sombor Citizens' Association (in Serbian). Moj Sombor Citizens' Association. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ "ГИМНАЗИЈА "ВЕЉКО ПЕТРОВИЋ" ОДЛИКОВАНА СРЕТЕЊСКИМ ОРДЕНОМ". Sombor.rs (in Serbian). The City of Sombor. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Somborska gimnazija". Ravnoplov (in Serbian). Ravnoplov. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ "Промоција монографије 150 година Гимназије у Сомбору". M. Mć. (in Serbian). Dnevnik. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2023.