HTBLVA Graz-Ortweinschule
school in Graz, Austria
The HTBLVA Graz-Ortweinschule is a high school in the Geidorf district of Graz, Austria.
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 Staatsgewerbeschule with August Ortwein 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 Höhere technische Bundeslehr- und Versuchsanstalt Graz-Gösting 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 Adolf von Inffeld. Since 1987, the school has been located in a new building on the Körösistraße in the north of Graz, next to the BRG ("Bundesrealgymnasium") Körösi, which is on the corner of Ortweingasse.
Education programs
Department of Civil Engineering
Structural engineering (Hochbau)
Civil engineering (Tiefbau)
Timber construction (Holzbau)
Construction industry (Bauwirtschaft)
Department of Art and Design
Graphics and communication design (Grafik- und Kommunikationsdesign)
Film and multimedia art (Film und MultimediaArt)
Photography and multimedia art (Fotografie und MultimediaArt)
Interior design room and object design (Innenarchitektur Raum- und Objektgestaltung)
Product design presentation (Produktdesign Präsentation)
Sculpture object design restoration (Bildhauerei Objektdesign Restaurierung)
Ceramics art craft (Keramik Art Craft)
Jewellery metal design (Schmuck Metall 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
References
Further reading
Reinhold Neumann, Ewald Reiter (1996). Der Weg zur Topqualität: Organisationsentwicklung am Beispiel Ortweinschule, Graz.
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