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Mihai Viteazul National College ( ro, Colegiul Național Mihai Viteazul) is a high school located at 111 Dr. Ioan Rațiu Street,

Turda Turda (; hu, Torda, ; german: link=no, Thorenburg; la, Potaissa) is a city in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is located in the southeastern part of the county, from the county seat, Cluj-Napoca, to which it is connected by the Europe ...

, Romania. The cornerstone of the school building was laid in 1908, when Turda was part of

Austria-Hungary Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire,, the Dual Monarchy, or Austria, was a constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. It was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of ...

. It was completed in 1909; then, over the next two years, workers installed electricity, running water and heating. Classes in the nine-grade school were inaugurated in time for the 1911-1912 year. Pupils were both Hungarian and Romanian. Shortly after the 1918

union of Transylvania with Romania The union of Transylvania with Romania was declared on by the assembly of the delegates of ethnic Romanians held in Alba Iulia. The Great Union Day (also called ''Unification Day''), celebrated on 1 December, is a national holiday in Romani ...

, when the school had 314 pupils, it was taken over by the Romanian state.History
at the Mihai Viteazul National College site In the first year, the school was unofficially called after

Michael the Brave Michael the Brave ( ro, Mihai Viteazul or ; 1558 – 9 August 1601), born as Mihai Pătrașcu, was the Prince of Wallachia (as Michael II, 1593 – 1601), Prince of Moldavia (1600) and ''de facto'' ruler of Transylvania (1599 – 1600). ...

. In 1920, after he had visited the latter's nearby grave, it was formally named for King Ferdinand I. During the interwar period, the school became a local center of Romanian culture. This role expanded during World War II, when the

Second Vienna Award The Second Vienna Award, also known as the Vienna Diktat, was the second of two territorial disputes that were arbitrated by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. On 30 August 1940, they assigned the territory of Northern Transylvania, including all ...

granted

Northern Transylvania Northern Transylvania ( ro, Transilvania de Nord, hu, Észak-Erdély) was the region of the Kingdom of Romania that during World War II, as a consequence of the August 1940 territorial agreement known as the Second Vienna Award, became part of ...

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...

. As the border was placed just north of Turda, the school filled with refugees, with enrollment reaching 67 in a single class. In 1948, the new

communist regime A communist state, also known as a Marxist–Leninist state, is a one-party state that is administered and governed by a communist party guided by Marxism–Leninism. Marxism–Leninism was the state ideology of the Soviet Union, the Cominte ...

dropped King Ferdinand's name. The dedication to Michael the Brave came in 1957, the same year girls were first admitted. In 1959, the town's Hungarian high school was merged into Mihai Viteazul; henceforth, classes in Hungarian were offered in addition to Romanian. Twelfth grade was restored in 1967. Made an industrial high school in 1977, lasting until after the

Romanian Revolution The Romanian Revolution ( ro, Revoluția Română), also known as the Christmas Revolution ( ro, Revoluția de Crăciun), was a period of violent civil unrest in Romania during December 1989 as a part of the Revolutions of 1989 that occurred i ...

, the school focused on research and production. It was declared a national college in 1999.

Alumni

Pavel Dan Pavel Dan (September 3, 1907 – August 2, 1937) was an Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian prose writer. He was born in Tritenii de Jos, Clapa, Cluj County, in the Transylvania region. His parents, Simion Dan and Maria (''née'' Te ...

Aurel Sasu (ed.), ''Dicționarul biografic al literaturii române'', vol. I, p. 450. Pitești: Editura Paralela 45, 2004. *

Oliviu Gherman Oliviu Gherman (26 April 1930–11 August 2020) was a Romanian physicist, politician, university professor, and diplomat. Born in 1930 in Sânmihaiu de Sus village, Turda County (now part of Mihai Viteazu commune, Cluj County), he completed ...

Horia Moculescu Horia Moculescu (born 18 March 1937 in Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania) is a self-taught Romanian pianist, composer, and producer. After finishing high school in Turda, he studied at the Mining Institute in Petroșani Petroșani (; Hungarian: ''Petro ...

Ovidiu Iuliu Moldovan Ovidiu Iuliu Moldovan (; January 1, 1942 – March 12, 2008) was a Romanian actor known for his work in Romanian film and television roles. However, Moldovan focused almost exclusively on theater and stage roles during the later years of his care ...

Camil Mureșanu Camil Bujor Mureşanu (; 20 April 1927 – 21 February 2015) was a Romanian historian, professor, author, and translator. Biography Mureşanu was born and reared in Turda. He attended the King Ferdinand High School in Turda, where his father ...

Ștefan Ștefănescu (ed.), ''Enciclopedia istoriografiei românești'', p. 228. Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică, 1978.

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External links

Official site
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