Unirea National College ( ro, Colegiul Național „Unirea”) is a magnet

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. It hosts gymnasium (5-8) and

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(9-12) classes.

History

* 1883 - The land required for the construction of the school has been bought. * 1897 - The building was finished and the school was officially founded. It had two separate buildings - one for boys and one for girls. The two were joined by the gymnastics room forming a U-shaped building. * 1898-1899 - The first generation of students have joined the girls' school. It had 227 students that were studying in Hungarian. * 1914-1918 - The school's building hosted a military hospital and a prisoner's camp. * 1918 - Transylvania became a part of Romania and so the school became a girls'

. * 1919, October 6 - The school had 8 classes (4 of primary education, and 4 of secondary education). * 1922 - The school was renamed "Elena Princess" High School. * 1928-1935 - High school had 8 classes instead of 4. * 1934 - One more story was added to the building. * 1941 - In the summer a hospital of the Romanian army was hosted in the school's building. * 1941-1948 - The school's classes were held at other high schools as the building was still a hospital. * 1948 - The school was renamed "Girls' High School" * 1956 - Boys and girls studied in this same school that was renamed "Medium Mix School #5 Brasov". * 1959 - The school was renamed "Unirea" ( en, Union) after the historical event of the Union of Wallachia with Moldavia. The school united with the Hungarian High School. * 1990 - The union with the Hungarian High School ended. * 2005 - The school started hosting gymnasium classes (5-8) that had as a main objective the intensive learning of foreign languages. * 2004 - "Unirea" was awarded the title of "European School". * 2007 - The title of "European School" was renewed. The students of bilingual French classes could have a French school-leaving examination.

External links

Official website

{{DEFAULTSORT:Unirea National College (Brasov) Schools in Brașov National Colleges in Romania Universities and colleges established in 1897 1897 establishments in Romania