Wilhering College

Wilhering College
Stiftsgymnasium Wilhering
Location
Wilhering, Upper-Austria, Austria
Information
School type Independent grammar school
Established 1895
Founder Abbot Theobald Grasböck
Age range 10-18
Enrolment ca. 500 students
The schoolyard with the remarkable rococo church of Wilhering Abbey

Wilhering College is an Austrian independent grammar school, situated in Wilhering, Upper Austria. It was founded in 1895 and is operated by the Cistercian monastery of Wilhering Abbey.[1]

History

The school was founded in 1895 by Abbot Theobald Grasböck as an all-boys boarding school. In 1904 it was acknowledged by the Imperial-Royal Ministry of Culture and Education as private school under public law. Being home for several intellectuals resisting Nazism, the school was closed after the German Annexation of Austria in 1938 but reopened immediately after the World War II in 1945.[2]

In 1980 Wilhering College first admitted girls to lessons and is now fully coeducational. The boarding home was closed in 1990.[3]

Old Hilarians

Former pupils of Wilhering College are known as Altwilheringer or Althilarier (engl. Old Hilarians, from the latin name of Wilhering hilaria). From 1923 to 1938 and from 1968 to 2003 some of them were organised in the student fraternity Hilaria which was originally founded under the patronage of Abbot Gabriel Fazeny.[4]

Notable pupils and alumni of Wilhering College include Theoderich Hofstätter (1906–1981, Cistercian and member of the Austrian Resistance), Balduin Sulzer (*1932, Austrian composer),[5] Beppo Mauhart (*1933, Austrian manager), Peter Huemer (*1941, Austrian journalist), Anton Zeilinger (*1945, Austrian quantum physicist and member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences), Wolfgang Holzmair (*1952, Austrian baritone) and Walter Gugerbauer (*1955, Austrian conductor and chief musical director of Erfurt Theatre).[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Neue Leitung im Stiftsgymnasium Wilhering" [New headmaster at Wilhering College]. Diözese Linz. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "History of Wilhering College" (PDF) (in German). Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Sonnleitner, Robert. "Direktor des Stiftsgymnasiums Wilhering tritt zurück" [Headmaster of Wilhering College retires]. Ordensgemeinschaften Österreich. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Unsere Geschichte - K.Ö.St.V. Hilaria - Webseite" [Our history - Hilaria fraternity]. www.hilaria.eu. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
  5. ↑ "Privat-Gymnasien boomen mehr denn je" [Private grammar schools more than ever on the boom]. OÖNachrichten. [search archive for article]. 15 September 2007. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  6. ↑ Adressenverzeichnis [List of Old Hilarians] (5. ed.). Wilhering: Verband der Altwilheringer. 1995.

Coordinates: 48°19′26″N 14°11′25″E / 48.3239°N 14.1902°E / 48.3239; 14.1902

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