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Prva sušačka hrvatska gimnazija

Prva sušačka hrvatska gimnazija osnovana je 23. studenog 1627. godine u Rijeci, na Grivici, kraj katedrale sv. Vida, kada isusovci započinju s gimnazijskim obrazovanjem koje traje neprekidno do današnjeg dana. Svečanu misu prigodom otvorenja vodio je senjsko-modruški biskup Ivan Agatić koji je tom prigodom održao govor na hrvatskom jeziku.

Gimnazijsko obrazovanje trajalo je šest godina, a nastava se, kao i u ostatku Europe izvodila na latinskome jeziku. Iako je red isusovaca ukinut 1773., gimnazija je nastavila s radom.

Školske godine 1848./49., uz veliko zalaganje Frana Kurelca, nastava  se počinje izvoditi na hrvatskom jeziku koji s prekidom, u periodu od 1941.-1943., ostaje u uporabi do danas.

Godine 1868. Hrvatsko-ugarskom nagodbom Rijeka je pripala Ugarskoj. U gimnaziji u uporabi ostaje hrvatski jezik, ali uslijed sveopće mađarizacije počinju pripreme za njegovo ukidanje. Pripreme su počele već 1881., kada je gimnazija preseljena u palaču Adamich–Giacovcich na riječkoj Fiumari. Ukidanje škole spriječio je tadašnji novi predstojnik Vlade za bogoštovlje i nastavu Kraljevine Hrvatske, Slavonije i Dalmacije, Izidor Kršnjavi koji je pronašao i novu lokaciju za školu.

1896. godine gimnazija seli u novoizgrađenu palaču arhitekata Ludwiga i Hulssnera na Sušaku, gdje djeluje i danas.

Gimnazija je tijekom svoje povijesti podučavala brojne učenike, od kojih su mnogi postali poznati i riznati u svojim domenama djelatnosti, npr. Joseph Lorenz von Liburnau, Fran Kurelac, Andrija Mohorovičić, Ivan Dežman, Eugen Kumičić, Rikard Katalinić Jeretov, Antun, Ivan i Matija Mažuranić, Matko Laginja, dr. Viktor Ružić, Drago Gervais, Andrija Rački, Janko Polić Kamov, Ivan Zajc, Antun Motika, Vladimir Nazor, Ivan Kobler, Ljudevit Jonke…

First Croatian Gymnasium in Sušak

The First Croatian Gymnasium in Sušak was founded on 23 November 1627 in Rijeka, at Grivica, near the St. Vitus Cathedral, when Jesuits first established general-programme secondary education (gymnasium education), which has continued until today. The votive mass at the opening was celebrated by the Senj-Modruš bishop Ivan Agatić, who held a speech in Croatian on that occasion.

Gymnasium education lasted for six years, and the classes, the same as in the rest of Europe, were taught in Latin. Even though the Jesuit order was abolished in 1773, the gymnasium continued operating.

In the school year 1848/1849, owing to great efforts of Fran Kurelac, classes started to be taught in Croatian, which, apart from an interruption in the period from 1941 to 1943, has continued until today.

In 1868, Rijeka was placed under Hungarian jurisdiction as a result of the Croatian-Hungarian Settlement. Croatian language remained in use in the gymnasium, but preparations for its abolishment started due to an overall hungarisation policy. The preparations started as early as in 1881, when the gymnasium was moved to the Adamich–Giacovcich palace at Rijeka’s Fiumara. The abolishment of the school was prevented by the new head of the Department of Religious Affairs and Education of the Kingdom of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia, Izidor Kršnjavi, who also found a new location for the school.

In 1896, the gymnasium moved to a newly built palace by architects Ludwig and Hulssner in Susak, where it is still active.

In the course of its existence, the gymnasium has educated numerous students, many of whom became known and renowned in their domains, e.g. Joseph Lorenz von Liburnau, Fran Kurelac, Andrija Mohorovičić, Ivan Dežman, Eugen Kumičić, Rikard Katalinić Jeretov, Antun, Ivan and Matija Mažuranić, Matko Laginja, dr. Viktor Ružić, Drago Gervais, Andrija Rački, Janko Polić Kamov, Ivan Zajc, Antun Motika, Vladimir Nazor, Ivan Kobler, Ljudevit Jonke…