Federal Gymnasium for Slovenes
The Federal Gymnasium for Slovenes (Slovene: Zvezna gimnazija za Slovence, German: Bundesgymnasium für Slowenen) in Klagenfurt, the capital of Carinthia in Austria, is a public coeducational high school (gymnasium, similar to preparatory school) serving primarily community of Carinthian Slovenes.
| Federal Gymnasium for Slovenes | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 46°37′26″N 14°19′24″E |
| Information | |
| Type | public school |
| Established | 1957[1] |
| Number of students | 543 (2021-2022)[1] |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | www.slog.at |
Background
The school was founded in 1957 and initially operated as an afternoon school in the premises of the Lerchenfeldstraße Gymnasium. In 1975, the school moved to the current building located on Ebenthaler Straße, which is now under protection as a historical monument.
One of the central tasks of the school is to provide members of the Carinthian Slovene ethnic community with a native-language high school education. The school offers instruction in Slovenian, German, English, and Italian to both Slovene and non-Slovene students interested to enrol. Number of students are residents of neighbouring municipalities in Slovenia itself.[2] Slovenian and German are taught in the same duration of school hours.
See also
References
- The Slovene language in education in Austria, 3rd edition (PDF). Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning. 2023. p. 22. ISSN 1570-1239.
- TREGIONAL ACTION PLAN FOR IMPROVING CROSSBORDER PUBLIC TRANSPORT CARINTHIA – KOROŠKA BASED ON REGIONAL ANALYSIS, 2nd Progress Report D.T2.1.4 (PDF) (Report). Interreg. 2018.