First Grammar School, Celje

infobox high school
name = First Grammar School Celje
native_name = Prva gimnazija v Celju
streetaddress = Kajuhova 2
city = Celje
country = SVN
coordinates = coord|46|13|52|N|15|15|30|E|display=inline,title
head of school = Anton Šepetavc
established = 1808
type = general gymnasium
staff = 79
students = 1066
age range = 15-19
classes = 35
website = [http://www.prvagim.si www.prvagim.si]

First Grammar School in Celje ( _sl. Prva gimnazija v Celju) is a coeducational nondenominational state secondary general education school for students aged between 15 to 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 One 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 almost 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
*Ljerka Bizilj (b. 1953), TV host
*Franjo Bobinac (b. 1958), manager
*Matej Bor (1913-1993), poet
*Marija Boršnik (1906-1982), literary historian
*Gregor Čremošnik (1890–1958), historian
*Karel Destovnik Kajuh (1922-1944), poet
*Anžej Dežan (b. 1987), singer
*Julius Glowacki (1846-1915), natural scientist
*Igor Grdina (b. 1965), historian
*Benjamin Ipavec (1829-1909), physician and composer
*Romana Jordan Cizelj (b. 1966), physicist and politician, Member of the European Parliament
*Matjaž Kmecl (b. 1934), literary historian and critic
*Franjo Malgaj (1894–1919), military hero
*Miloš Mikeln (b. 1930), author
*Anton Novačan (1887-1951), author, diplomat and politician
*Franc Ksaver Meško (1874-1864), author
*Aleš Pipan (b. 1959), basketball coach
*Maks Pleteršnik (1840–1923), linguist and philologian
*Bojan Prašnikar (b. 1953), football coach
*Tanja Ribič (b. 1968), actress and singer
*Jurij Sadar (b. 1962), architect
*Zmago Sagadin (b. 1952), basketball coach
*Lavoslav Schwentner (1865–1952), editor
*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
*Anton Aloys Wolf (1802-1871), Roman Catholic bishop of Ljubljana, lexicographer

External links

* [http://www.prvagim.com/ www.prvagim.com] (page in Slovene)

Sources

* [https://edit.britannica.com/getEditableToc?tocId=33370 Article on Encyclopedia Britannica, referring to the 1895 Government Crisis]