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, with both Romanian and Hungarian language classes. In 2002 it had 949 students, of whom 747 participated in Romanian and 202 in Hungarian language education.

History

The high school was formed by the

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community in Zilah (present-day

) in the first half of the 17th century. Initially, lessons were held in Latin, which was later replaced by Hungarian. In the 1830s, following a disagreement between the school and the church,

Miklós Wesselényi Baron Miklós Wesselényi de Hadad (; archaically English: Nicholas Wesselényi;Robert J. Hunter : Racing Calendar - Page xxv 1842 20 December 179621 April 1850) was a Hungarian statesman, leader of the upper house of the Diet, member of the Bo ...

took over the burden of the institution and paid the teachers wage and other fees himself. In remembrance of this service to the school, it later took the name of Wesselényi. In 1848, led by their teachers, the students from the upper class joined the Hungarian Revolution, for which after the failure of the revolution the college feared of abolition by the Habsburg authorities. The main building of the high school was built in 1903 with the support of the Wesselényi family. In 1948, due to the Communist takeover, the school was nationalized and ceased to exist as a faith school. At this time it was renamed from Wesselényi Reformed College to simply Liceum nr. 2 and served as a Hungarian language institution. In 1960 it was unified with the Romanian language high school and since then language education has been given in both languages. Between 1953 and 1965, the high school was called Ady Endre (for a notable former graduate), then Liceul de Matematică-Fizică, Liceul Teoretic and, after 2001, Colegiul Național „Silvania”.

List of graduates

Endre Ady Endre Ady (Hungarian: ''diósadi Ady András Endre,'' archaic English: Andrew Ady, 22 November 1877 – 27 January 1919) was a turn-of-the-century Hungarian poet and journalist. Regarded by many as the greatest Hungarian poet of the 20th century ...

(1877–1919) graduated in 1896 * Nándor Balaskó (1918–1996), sculptor, graduated in 1937 *

Lajos Bíró Lajos Bíró (; born Lajos Blau; 22 August 1880 – 9 September 1948) was a Hungarian novelist, playwright, and screenwriter who wrote many films from the early 1920s through the late 1940s. Life He was born in Nagyvárad, Kingdom of Hunga ...

(1856–1931), zoologist, ethnographer *

Victor Deleu Victor Deleu (25 May 1876 – 11 December 1939) was a politician from Romania. Deleu was born in Szilágyperecsen, Austria-Hungary, now Pericei, Sălaj County, Romania, the son of Daniel Deleu and Iuliana Cosma. His grandfather, (1804–1880) ...

(1876–1940), politician * Iulian Andrei Domsa (1887–1978), jurist, politician, graduated in 1906 *

Sámuel Gyarmathi Sámuel Gyarmathi ( hu, Gyarmathi Sámuel) (July 15, 1751, Kolozsvár — March 4, 1830, Kolozsvár) was a Hungarian linguist, born in Cluj (then Kolozsvár, Transylvania). He is best known for his systematic demonstration of the comparative hist ...

(1751–1830), physician, linguist * Gyula Kincs (1856–1915) principal of the college *

Béla Kun Béla Kun (born Béla Kohn; 20 February 1886 – 29 August 1938) was a Hungarian communist revolutionary and politician who governed the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919. After attending Franz Joseph University at Kolozsvár (today Cluj-Napoc ...

(1886–1938), politician *

Iuliu Maniu Iuliu Maniu (; 8 January 1873 – 5 February 1953) was an Austro-Hungarian-born lawyer and Romanian politician. He was a leader of the National Party of Transylvania and Banat before and after World War I, playing an important role in the Un ...

(1873–1953), politician, graduated in 1890 *

Gyula Márton Gyula may refer to: * Gyula (title), Hungarian title of the 9th–10th century * Gyula (name), Hungarian male given name, derived from the title ; People * Gyula II, the ''gyula'' who was baptized in Constantinople around 950 * Gyula III, the ...

(1916–1976) linguist, university professor, prorector of the University of Cluj * János Moldován (1905–1977) painter, art teacher and director of the college, graduated in 1923 * Lajos Szikszai (1825–1897), politician * Benjamin Zörgő (1916–1980), psychologist, professor *

Gallery

File:Ady Endre portréja (Székely Aladár felvétele).jpg,

graduated in 1896 File:IuliuManiu1.jpg,

graduated in 1890 File:Bíró Lajos (zoológus).jpg,

(1856–1931) File:Victor Deleu (1876–1939).jpg,

(1876–1939) File:Informationsschild (Sámuel Gyarmathi).JPG,

(1751–1830)

Notes

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