Database of Benedictine Schools Worldwide

Austria

Name and Address of School

Head of School

Stiftsgymnasium und ORG der Benediktiner in Melk Mag. Anton Eder
Abt Berthold Dietmayr Str. 1
Melk
A-3390

Phone

+43 (2752) 555411

Fax

+43 (2752) 555414

e-mail

Web Site

www.gymmelk.ac.at

Type of School

Day

Co-Ed

yes

Number of Students

907

Age range

Male

425

Number of teaching Staff

84

Female

482

Staff of Religious Order

4

Religious Diversity

Ethnic Diversity

Address of Head where different from above

Phone

+43 (2752) 555410

Fax

e-mail

School Statement

HISTORY:
1199: First documented reference
1692: Public Latin school established
ca 1750: public secondary school (Gymnasium)
1811: Boarding School (Konvikt) opened
1849: Secondary school with 8 classes
1905: Diocesan seminary opened
1938: National Socialists close the Gymnasium
1946: Reopening of Gymnasium
1967: School becomes Co-educational
1977: Higher level secondary school with scientific bias opened.

FUNDING Fees and taxes are covered by the school authorities; teaching staff are paid by the State.

Exchange Note

An exchange scheme with St. John´s, Minnesota, USA has operated since 1966. Annual on-week exchanges with Pannonhalma, Hungary and Demotz de La Salle (France).

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