Jan III Sobieski High School in Kraków is a

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in Kraków, Poland. It was founded in 1883.

History

The school was founded as a tribute to King Jan III Sobieski and his victory at

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. The new building, which is still the location of ''Jan III Sobieski High School'' was completed in 1887. The students took part in both World Wars, fighting for the independence of Poland. During the

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, the Germans made an office building of the school and destroyed the book collection. After the

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left Kraków, the school was first in the city that started holding classes again. Since 1969 the school has been an organizer of a theatrical contest ''Festiwal Małych Form Teatralnych'' (''Small Theatrical Forms Festival''), where many famous Polish actors started their careers. A student of Sobieski High School, Przemysław Mazur, was awarded a gold medal at the

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in 2006, 2007 and 2008. Sobieski High School is a member of ''Towarzystwo Szkół Twórczych'' (en. ''Society of Creative Schools'') – movement of Polish schools willing to share experiences in order to increase students' development. Since 2009 it's also a part of international network of schools teaching German language ''Schulen: Partner der Zukunft'' (en. ''Schools: Partners of Future'').

Facilities

The library holds approximately 20000 books, among which 10% are dated before 1939. Core of the collection is built of popular scientific positions covering all sciences. Students can also check out books published in foreign languages including English, German, French and Russian. Sobieski High School officially opened a new athletic center with sports hall, two-level gym and fitness room in September 2008.http://miasta.gazeta.pl/krakow/1,35803,6298868,Rzecznik_praw_obywatelskich_pyta_o_hale.html (in Polish) Costs of the investment were around 2.5 mln USD (7.2 mln PLN).

Famous alumni

Jan Stanisław Bystroń Jan Stanisław Bystroń (20 December 1892 in Kraków - 18 November 1964 in Warsaw) was a Polish sociologist and ethnographer. Professor of University of Poznań, University of Warsaw and Jagiellonian University in Kraków, member of Polish Academ ...

– sociologist and ethnographer * Leon Chwistek – painter, philosopher * Andrzej Duda – President of Poland * Filip Eisenberg – bacteriologist * Wlastimil Hofman – painter *

Tadeusz Hołuj Tadeusz Hołuj (; 1916 in Kraków – 1985 in Kraków) was a Polish poet, writer, publicist and politician. Biography Before World War II, he published poems, and co-edited a literary magazine. During World War II, he joined the Polish resistanc ...

– writer * Marian Jedlicki – historian *

Zdzisław Krygowski Zdzisław Jan Ewangelii Antoni Krygowski (Lwów, 1872 — 1955, Poznań) was a Polish mathematician, rector of the Lwów Polytechnic (1917–18), and professor at Poznań University (1919–38, 1946–55). Enigma Krygowski has become famous in ...

– mathematician * Józef Lustgarten – soccer player * Franciszek Macharski – archbishop of Kraków *

Bronisław Malinowski Bronisław Kasper Malinowski (; 7 April 1884 – 16 May 1942) was a Polish-British anthropologist and ethnologist whose writings on ethnography, social theory, and field research have exerted a lasting influence on the discipline of anthropol ...

–

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Tadeusz Peiper Tadeusz Peiper (3 May 1891, Kraków – 10 November 1969, Warsaw) was a Polish poet, art critic, theoretician of literature and one of the precursors of the avant-garde movement in Polish poetry. Born to a Jewish family, Peiper converted to Cathol ...

– poet *

Edward Raczyński Edward Raczyński was the name of three members of a Polish aristocratic family: * Edward Raczyński (1786–1845) Polish conservative politician, protector of arts, founder of the Raczynski Library in Poznań * Edward Aleksander Raczyński (1847� ...

– president of Poland in exile *

Henryk Reyman Henryk Tomasz Reyman (28 July 1897 – 11 April 1963) was a Polish footballer, sports official and military officer. He fought in World War I in the Austrian Army, then in the Polish Army in the Polish-Soviet War, and also participated in the S ...

– soccer player * Jan Marcin Szancer – illustrator *

Tomasz Szczypiński Tomasz Szczypiński (born 22 September 1953 in Kraków) is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 7399 votes in 13 Kraków district as a candidate from the Civic Platform Civic Platform ( pl, Platforma Ob ...

– politician *

Jan Sztaudynger Jan Izydor Sztaudynger (Kraków, 28 April 1904 – 12 September 1970, Kraków) was a Polish poet and satirist who enjoyed enormous popularity after World War II. Life Jan Sztaudynger studied Polish and German language, German philology at Krakó ...

– poet, satirist *

Jerzy Turowicz Jerzy Turowicz (; 10 December 1912 – 27 January 1999) was a leading Polish Catholic journalist and editor for much of the post-Second World War period. He was editor of the Catholic weekly ''Tygodnik Powszechny'' from 1945 until his death i ...

– journalist *

Mariusz Ziółko Mariusz Ziółko (born September 18, 1946, in Hamburg) is a Polish Professor of automatics and signal processing. He graduated in 1970 from AGH University of Science and Technology, where he also received PhD in 1973 and habilitation in 1990. In ...

– professor of electronics *

Jerzy Zubrzycki Jerzy "George" B. Zubrzycki AO CBE MBE (Military) (12 January 192020 May 2009) was a Polish-born Australian sociologist, widely regarded as the "Father of Australian Multiculturalism". He was born in Kraków, Poland. He escaped from Nazi rule ...

– sociologist * Maciej Stuhr - actor, comedian

Famous tutors

* Leon Chwistek (also an alumnus) *

Władysław Czapliński Władysław Czapliński (3 October 1905 in Tuchów – 17 August 1981 in Wrocław) was a Polish historian, a professor of the University of Wrocław, author of many popular books about Polish history. He finished his studies at the Jagiellonian Un ...

Agata Kornhauser-Duda Agata Kornhauser-Duda (born 2 April 1972) is a Polish former teacher and the current First Lady of Poland. She is married to the president of Poland, Andrzej Duda. Background and family Kornhauser was born in Kraków, the child of Julian Kornhau ...

Cultural references

The semi-biographical movie ''Mała matura 1947'' by Janusz Majewski released in 2010 tells a story of a young boy, Ludwik, who moved along with his family from

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Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...

and attended Sobieski High School. The film won an honorary ''Special Award'' at the 35th

Polish Film Festival The Gdynia Film Festival (until 2011: Polish Film Festival, Polish: ''Festiwal Polskich Filmów Fabularnych w Gdyni'') is an annual film festival first held in Gdańsk (1974–1986), now held in Gdynia, Poland. It has taken place every year sinc ...

.Zlote Lwy dla Rozyczki
accessed 15 June 2010. (in Polish)

References

External links

Official Website
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