Gamča (), today officially Gymnázium, Grösslingová 18, Bratislava, is a

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gymnasium located in

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. It educates around 600 pupils in 8-year long and 4-year long programs leading to Maturita. It was founded in 1626 by Peter Cardinal Pazmáň (Péter Pázmany) as ''Collegium Posoniense''. Gamča's focus on mathematics, natural sciences and computer sciences brought 56 of its students to successfully represent Slovakia (Czechoslovakia) at the

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, 26 students at the International Physics Olympiad and 14 at the

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in the past 35 years. Since 1988, the school's popular "Olympic games", OH Gamča, are held annually.

History

Cardinal Archbishop of Esztergom Petrus Pazmanus founded Collegium Posoniense on September 11, 1626, with the approval of the 6th Jesuit Superior General

Mutio Vitelleschi Mutio Vitelleschi (2 December 1563 – 9 February 1645) was the sixth Superior General of the Society of Jesus and member of the Vitelleschi (noble family), Vitelleschi noble family. Although he was destined for a general ecclesiastical care ...

and

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Building

The current building was designed by Ödön Lechner and built in 1906–08. The school building was completely renovated in 2008–10. The Church of St. Elizabeth, commonly known as the Blue Church, was initially part of the gymnázium, serving as the school chapel. The church was also designed by Lechner.

Notable alumni

Both current students and alumni are called Gamčáci (m) and Gamčáčky (f). *

Philipp Lenard Philipp Eduard Anton von Lenard (; ; 7 June 1862 – 20 May 1947) was a Hungarian-German physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1905 "for his work on cathode rays" and the discovery of many of their properties. One of his most im ...

(1862 - 1947) - physicist and Nobel Prize Laureate *

Béla Bartók Béla Viktor János Bartók (; ; 25 March 1881 – 26 September 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist and ethnomusicologist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century; he and Franz Liszt are regarded as Hunga ...

(1881 - 1945) - composer and pianist *

Gustáv Husák Gustáv Husák ( , ; ; 10 January 1913 – 18 November 1991) was a Czechoslovak politician who served as the long-time First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from 1969 to 1987 and the President of Czechoslovakia from 1975 ...

(1913 - 1991) - former President of Czechoslovakia *

Ján Vilček Ján is a Slovak form of the name John (name), John. Notable people named Ján * Ján Bahýľ (1856–1916), inventor * Ján Cuper (1946–2025), Slovak politician * Ján Čapkovič (born 1948), football player * Ján Čarnogurský (born 1944), ...

(b. 1933) - biomedical scientist, educator, inventor and philanthropist * Milan Lasica (1940 - 2021) - playwright, director, actor and singer * Robert Redhammer (b.1963) - former Rector of Slovak University of Technology and current Chairman of the Executive Board of The Slovak Accreditation Agency for Higher Education * Lucia Žitňanská (b. 1964) - former Member of National Council and former Minister of Justice * Daniel Lipšic (b. 1973) - former Member of the National Council, former Minister of Justice, former Minister of Interior of Slovakia and current Special Prosecutor

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