Jan III Sobieski High School in Kraków
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Jan III Sobieski High School in Kraków - high school
in Kraków, Poland
founded in 1883.
. The new building, which is still the location of Jan III Sobieski High School was completed in 1887. The students took part in both World Wars, fighting for the independence of Poland.
During the Nazi occupation of Poland the Germans made an office building of the school and destroyed all the book collection. After the leaving Kraków by Wehrmacht
the school was first in the city that started educating again.
Since 1969 the school has been an organizer of a theatrical contest Festiwal Małych Form Teatralnych (Small Theatrical Forms Festival), where many famous Polish actors started their careers.
A student of Sobieski High School, Przemysław Mazur, was awarded a gold medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad
in 2006, 2007 and 2008.
Sobieski High School is a member of Towarzystwo Szkół Twórczych (en. Society of Creative Schools) - movement of Polish schools willing to share experiences in order to increase students' development. Since 2009 it's also a part of international network of schools teaching German language Schulen: Partner der Zukunft (en. Schools: Partners of Future).
Sobieski High School officially opened a new athletic center with sports hall, two-level gym and fitness room in September 2008. Costs of the investment were around 2.5 mln USD (7.2 mln PLN).
released in 2010 tells a story of a young boy, Ludwik, who moved along with his family from Lviv
to Kraków
and attended Sobieski High School. It won an honorary Special Award at the 35. Polish Film Festival
.
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
in Kraków, Poland
Kraków
Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...
founded in 1883.
History
The school was founded as a tribute to King Jan III Sobieski and his victory at battle of ViennaBattle of Vienna
The Battle of Vienna took place on 11 and 12 September 1683 after Vienna had been besieged by the Ottoman Empire for two months...
. The new building, which is still the location of Jan III Sobieski High School was completed in 1887. The students took part in both World Wars, fighting for the independence of Poland.
During the Nazi occupation of Poland the Germans made an office building of the school and destroyed all the book collection. After the leaving Kraków by Wehrmacht
Wehrmacht
The Wehrmacht – from , to defend and , the might/power) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the Heer , the Kriegsmarine and the Luftwaffe .-Origin and use of the term:...
the school was first in the city that started educating again.
Since 1969 the school has been an organizer of a theatrical contest Festiwal Małych Form Teatralnych (Small Theatrical Forms Festival), where many famous Polish actors started their careers.
A student of Sobieski High School, Przemysław Mazur, was awarded a gold medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad
International Mathematical Olympiad
The International Mathematical Olympiad is an annual six-problem, 42-point mathematical olympiad for pre-collegiate students and is the oldest of the International Science Olympiads. The first IMO was held in Romania in 1959. It has since been held annually, except in 1980...
in 2006, 2007 and 2008.
Sobieski High School is a member of Towarzystwo Szkół Twórczych (en. Society of Creative Schools) - movement of Polish schools willing to share experiences in order to increase students' development. Since 2009 it's also a part of international network of schools teaching German language Schulen: Partner der Zukunft (en. Schools: Partners of Future).
Facilities
The library holds approximately 20000 books, among which 10% are dated before 1939. Core of the collection is built of popular scientific positions covering all sciences. Students can also check out books published in foreign languages including English, German, French and Russian.Sobieski High School officially opened a new athletic center with sports hall, two-level gym and fitness room in September 2008. Costs of the investment were around 2.5 mln USD (7.2 mln PLN).
Famous alumni
- Jan Stanisław Bystroń - sociologist and ethnographer
- Leon ChwistekLeon ChwistekLeon Chwistek was a Polish avant-garde painter, theoretician of modern art, literary critic, logician, philosopher and mathematician.-Logic and philosophy:...
- painter, philosopher - Marian JedlickiMarian JedlickiMarian Zygmunt Jedlicki was a Polish lawyer, historian and a professor at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków and the University of Poznań. He is well known for his translation of the Thietmar Chronicle, an early 11th century document Marian Zygmunt Jedlicki (born April 30, 1899 in Kielce, died...
- historian - Zdzisław Krygowski - mathematician
- Józef LustgartenJózef LustgartenJózef Lustgarten was a Polish Jewish footballer.Born in Cracow, he represented Cracovia, and was the fist manager of the Poland national football team in 1922. During World War II, he was arrested in Lviv in 1939 by NKVD and send to the Gulag, where spent 17 years...
- soccer player - Franciszek Macharski - archbishop of Kraków
- Bronisław Malinowski - anthropologist
- Tadeusz PeiperTadeusz PeiperTadeusz Peiper was a Polish poet, art critic, theoretician of literature and one of the precursors of the avant-garde movement in Polish poetry. Born to a Jewish family, Peiper converted to Catholicism as a young man and spent several years in Spain...
- poet - Edward RaczyńskiEdward Raczynski (1891-1993)Edward Bernard Raczyński was a Polish aristocrat, diplomat, writer, politician and President of Poland in exile ....
- president of Poland in exile - Henryk ReymanHenryk ReymanHenryk Tomasz Reyman was an attacking soccer player, sports official and military officer. He fought in World War I in the Austrian Army, then in the Polish Army in the Polish-Soviet War, and also participated in the Silesian Uprisings.-Sports career:He came to Wisła in 1910 and remained with the...
- soccer player - Jan Marcin SzancerJan Marcin SzancerJan Marcin Szancer was a Polish illustrator.He studied at Kraków's Academy of Fine Arts, and later in France and Italy.Szancer illustrated 150 books. He was a friend of Jan Brzechwa....
- illustrator - Tomasz SzczypińskiTomasz SzczypinskiTomasz Szczypiński is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 7399 votes in 13 Kraków district, candidating from Platforma Obywatelska list.He was also a member of Sejm 2001-2005....
- politician - Jan SztaudyngerJan SztaudyngerJan Izydor Sztaudynger was a Polish poet and satirist. He enjoyed enormous popularity as a poet in Poland after the Second World War....
- poet, satirist - Jerzy TurowiczJerzy TurowiczJerzy Turowicz was a leading Polish Catholic journalist and editor for much of the post-Second World War period.He edited the Catholic weekly Tygodnik Powszechny from 1945 until his death in 1999, with only a three-year interruption beginning in 1953....
- journalist - Jerzy ZubrzyckiJerzy ZubrzyckiProf. Jerzy B. Zubrzycki AO CBE was a Polish-born Australian sociologist, widely regarded as the "Father of Australian Multiculturalism". He was a member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.-External links:*...
- sociologist
Cultural references
The semi-biographical movie Mała matura 1947 by Janusz MajewskiJanusz Majewski
-Filmography:Majewski has directed over 40 films since 1957.*1975: Zaklęte rewiry. The film was entered into the 26th Berlin International Film Festival....
released in 2010 tells a story of a young boy, Ludwik, who moved along with his family from Lviv
Lviv
Lviv is a city in western Ukraine. The city is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of today's Ukraine and historically has also been a major Polish and Jewish cultural center, as Poles and Jews were the two main ethnicities of the city until the outbreak of World War II and the following...
to Kraków
Kraków
Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...
and attended Sobieski High School. It won an honorary Special Award at the 35. Polish Film Festival
Polish Film Festival
The Polish Film Festival is an annual film festival first held in Gdańsk, now held in Gdynia, Poland....
.
See also
- Nowodworek