Celje First Grammar School
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Celje First Grammar School I. gimnazija v Celju | |
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Address | |
Kajuhova 2 Slovenia | |
Coordinates | 46°13′52″N 15°15′30″E / 46.23111°N 15.25833°ECoordinates: 46°13′52″N 15°15′30″E / 46.23111°N 15.25833°E |
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Type | general gymnasium |
Established | 1808 |
Head of school | Anton Šepetavc |
Staff | 79 |
Age range | 15-19 |
Number of students | 1066 |
Classes | 35 |
Website | www.prvagim.si |
The Celje First Grammar School (Slovene: I. gimnazija v Celju) is a coeducational nondenominational state secondary general education school for students aged between 15 and 19 in Celje, Slovenia. It was the first high school built in the region, established in 1808 by the Austrian Empire. Initially, the language of instruction was only German, although the great majority of the pupils came from the Slovene Lands. In 1895, the first classes with Slovene as the language of instruction were established. German nationalists in Austria-Hungary fiercely opposed this move, which resulted in a government crisis and fall of the cabinet of prince Alfred III. zu Windisch-Grätz. After the end of World War I and the formation of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (later Kingdom of Yugoslavia), the high school switched to Slovene as the language of instruction. During its 200-year history, many of its pupils have become prominent individuals.
Prominent alumni[]
- Anton Aškerc (1856–1912), poet
- Anton Bezenšek (1854–1915), shorthand expert and author
- (b. 1953), TV host
- (b. 1958), manager
- Matej Bor (1913–1993), poet
- (1906–1982), literary historian
- (b. 1960), historian
- (1890–1958), historian
- Karel Destovnik Kajuh (1922–1944), poet
- Anžej Dežan (b. 1987), singer
- (1846–1915), natural scientist
- (b. 1965), historian
- Benjamin Ipavec (1829–1909), physician and composer
- Romana Jordan Cizelj (b. 1966), physicist and politician, Member of the European Parliament
- (b. 1934), literary historian and critic
- Marianne Elisabeth Lloyd-Dolbey (1919–1994), personal secretary to the Sultan of Brunei Omar Ali Saifuddien III
- Franjo Malgaj (1894–1919), military hero
- Miloš Mikeln (1930–2014), author
- Anton Novačan (1887–1951), author, diplomat and politician
- (1874–1864), author
- Aleš Pipan (b. 1959), basketball coach
- (1840–1923), linguist and philologian
- Bojan Prašnikar (b. 1953), football coach
- Tanja Ribič (b. 1968), actress and singer
- (b. 1962), architect
- Zmago Sagadin (b. 1952), basketball coach
- (1865–1952), editor
- Mojmir Sepe (1930–2020), composer, conductor, arranger, trumpeter
- Blessed Anton Martin Slomšek (1800–1862), Roman Catholic bishop
- Katarina Srebotnik (b. 1981), tennis player
- Bojan Šrot (b. 1959), politician
- Beno Udrih (b. 1982), basketball player
- Bogumil Vošnjak (1882–1955), jurist, politician, diplomat, historian
- Josip Vošnjak (1834–1911), politician, physician and author
- Anton Aloys Wolf (1802–1871), Roman Catholic bishop of Ljubljana, lexicographer
- Marko Šuštaršič (1927–1976), painter
External links[]
- www.prvagim.si (page in Slovene)
Sources[]
- Article on Encyclopædia Britannica, referring to the 1895 Government Crisis[permanent dead link]
- Buildings and structures in Celje
- Secondary schools in Slovenia