School on the Hill

The School on the Hill (Romanian: Școala din deal; German: Bergschule) is an educational institution in Sighișoara, Romania. It is located next to the covered wooden Stairs, bears Schola Seminarium Republicae and is dated 1619. Its formal name is the Joseph Haltrich High School (Liceul Teoretic Joseph Haltrich).^[1]

The school was first mentioned in a document from 1522, which referred to a rector scholae with the academic degree of baccalaureus, to whom the City Council offered a coat worth four guilders for his merits and "to try his best with the youngsters".^[2]^[3]

Teachers

Michael Albert [ro]^[1]
Josef Haltrich [de; ro]^[1]
Eckhard Hügel [ro]
Georg Friedrich Marienburg [de]

Alumni

Johann Michael Ackner
Hugo d’Alési [de]
Albert Amlacher [de; ro]
Zaharia Boiu [ro]^[1]
Ilarie Chendi^[1]
Remus Răduleț^[1]
Michael von Melas
Hermann Oberth^[3]
Friedrich Teutsch [de; ro]
Erwin Wittstock [de; ro]
Hans Zultner [ro]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Prezentare". www.liceulhaltrich.ro. Liceul Teoretic Joseph Haltrich. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
^ "Mureș: Sărbătoare la Sighișoara - Școala din Deal împlinește 500 de ani de la prima atestare documentară" (in Romanian). Agerpres. May 27, 2022. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Lazar, Simona; Țigău, Valentin (September 2022). "Școala din Deal a sașilor sighișoreni – o jumătate de mileniu de existență". Jurnalul Național (in Romanian). Retrieved April 27, 2024.