The HTBLVA Graz-Ortweinschule is a Höhere technische Bundeslehr- und Versuchsanstalt in the district

Geidorf Geidorf () is the 3rd district of the Austrian city of Graz. It is located north of the first two districts Innere Stadt (Graz), I. Innere Stadt and St. Leonhard, II. St. Leonhard. In the east it stretches as far as the Landeskrankenhaus Universit ...

of the Austrian city

Graz Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 331,562 (294,236 of whom had principal-residence status). In 2018, the popul ...

History

Archduke John of Austria Archduke John of Austria (german: Erzherzog Johann Baptist Joseph Fabian Sebastian von Österreich; 20 January 1782 – 11 May 1859), a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, was an Austrian field marshal and imperial regent (''Reichsverwese ...

founded a , which established a drawing class for carpenters, locksmithing,

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and

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in 1837 at the

Universalmuseum Joanneum The Universalmuseum Joanneum is a multidisciplinary museum with buildings in several locations in the province of Styria, Austria. It has galleries and collections in many subject areas including archaeology, geology, paleontology, mineralogy, ...

. Within the framework of the Trades Association, a winter school for

master builder A master builder or master mason is a central figure leading construction projects in pre-modern times (a precursor to the modern architect and engineer). Historically, the term has generally referred to "the head of a construction project in the ...

s and 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 with director , and a yearly technical school for was established alongside the winter school. With the spin-off of the mechanical and electrical engineering subjects, the 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 . 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 offers

;Higher Department of Civil Engineering. * Hochbau (Structural Engineering) * Tiefbau (Civil Engineering) * Holzbau (Timber Construction) * Bauwirtschaft (Construction Industry) ;Higher Department of Art and Design. * Grafik- und Kommunikationsdesign (Graphics and Communication Design) * Film und MultimediaArt (Film and Multimedia Art) * Fotografie und MultimediaArt (Photography and Multimedia Art) * Innenarchitektur Raum- und Objektgestaltung (Interior Design Room and Object Design) * Produktdesign Präsentation (Product Design Presentation) * Bildhauerei Objektdesign Restaurierung (Sculpture Object Design Restoration) * Keramik Art Craft (Ceramics Art Craft) * Schmuck Metall Design (Jewellery Metal 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 former students and professors

Annemarie Avramidis Annemarie (or Annamarie, Annmarie) is a Danish, Dutch and German feminine given name. It is merging of the names Anne and Marie. Notable people named Annemarie * Annemarie Biechl (born 1949), German politician * Annemarie Bischofberger (born 19 ...

* Maria Biljan-Bilger * Erwin Bohatsch * Hans Brandstetter *

Günter Brus Günter Brus (born 27 September 1938, Ardning, Styria, Austria) is an Austrian painter, performance artist, graphic artist, experimental filmmaker and writer. Brus grew up in Mureck, attended the Kunstgewerbeschule Graz and went to Vienna in 195 ...

* Karl Fischl * Wilhelm Gösser *

Marion Kreiner Marion Kreiner (born 4 May 1981 in Graz) is an Austrian snowboarder known for Parallel Giant Slalom. She won gold at the FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2009 for Parallel Giant Slalom. She earned a bronze medal at the 2010 Winter Oly ...

Monika Martin Monika Martin (born Ilse Bauer on May 7, 1962, in Graz) is an Austrian singer of Pop music, pop and folk music. Between 1999 and 2021, several of her singles have charted on the Ö3 Austria Top 40, the Swiss Hitparade, and the :de:Deutsche Albumc ...

* Franz Leopold Schmelzer *

Werner Schwab Werner Schwab (4 February 1958 – 1 January 1994) was an Austrian playwright and visual artist. Biography From 1978 to 1982 he studied sculpture at the Akademie der bildenden Künste in Vienna. During the 1980s he worked as a sculptor and wo ...

Soap&Skin Soap&Skin is the experimental musical project of Austrian artist Anja Plaschg (born 5 April 1990). Life Anja Plaschg grew up in a small village called Poppendorf (near Gnas) in south east Styria, where her parents have a farm. She has played ...

* Markus Wilfling

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