HTBLVA Graz-Ortweinschule


The HTBLVA Graz-Ortweinschule is a high school in the Geidorf district of Graz, Austria.
WWW ortweinschule.at

History

Archduke John of Austria founded a trade association, which established a drawing class for locksmithing, masonry, and carpentry in 1837 at the Universalmuseum Joanneum. Within the framework of the Trades Association, a winter school for master builders and foremen also began in 1866. In 1872, the trade association founded the Styrian Art Industry Association in the Schießstatt building in Pfeifengasse, later Ortweinplatz. The Schießstatt building was extensively rebuilt, and in 1876 the school was elevated to the status of with as the director, and a yearly technical school for civil engineering was established alongside the winter school. With the spin-off of the mechanical and electrical engineering subjects, the was established in 1919 and the Staatsgewerbeschule was renamed the "Bundeslehranstalt für das Baufach und Kunstgewerbe". From 1926 to 1932, a new school building was constructed on Ortweinplatz according to the plans of the architect. Since 1987, the school has been located in a new building on the Körösistraße in the north of Graz, next to the BRG Körösi, which is on the corner of Ortweingasse.

Education programs

;Department of Civil Engineering
;Department of Art and Design

Principals

  • 1876–1879: August Ortwein
  • 1879–1902: Carl Lauzil
  • 1902–1911: August Gunolt
  • 1919–1934: Adolf von Inffeld
  • 1934–1935: Ferdinand Pamberger
  • 1935–1938: Eduard Populorum
  • 1940–1945: Rudolf Hofer
  • 1945–1949: Eduard Populorum
  • 1956–1974: Otto Pilecky
  • 1974–1991: Horst Altenburger
  • 1991–1993: Peter Trummer
  • 1993–2012: Reinhold Neumann
  • 2012: Friederike El-Heliebi
  • since 2012: Manfred Kniepeiss

Well-known alumni and instructors