King John III Sobieski 2nd High School is a

high school A secondary school, high school, or senior school, is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both ''lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., ...

in Kraków, Poland. It was founded in 1883.

History

The school was founded as a tribute to King

Jan III Sobieski John III Sobieski ( (); (); () 17 August 1629 – 17 June 1696) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1674 until his death in 1696. Born into Polish nobility, Sobieski was educated at the Jagiellonian University and toured Eur ...

and his victory at

battle of Vienna The Battle of Vienna took place at Kahlenberg Mountain near Vienna on 1683 after the city had been besieged by the Ottoman Empire for two months. The battle was fought by the Holy Roman Empire (led by the Habsburg monarchy) and the Polish–Li ...

. 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

Nazi occupation of Poland Nazism (), formally named National Socialism (NS; , ), is the far-right totalitarian socio-political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Germany. During Hitler's rise to power, it was frequen ...

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

Wehrmacht The ''Wehrmacht'' (, ) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the German Army (1935–1945), ''Heer'' (army), the ''Kriegsmarine'' (navy) and the ''Luftwaffe'' (air force). The designation "''Wehrmac ...

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

International Mathematical Olympiad The International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) is a mathematical olympiad for pre-university students, and is the oldest of the International Science Olympiads. It is widely regarded as the most prestigious mathematical competition in the wor ...

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 – sociologist and ethnographer *

Leon Chwistek Leon Chwistek (Kraków, Austria-Hungary, 13 June 1884 – Barvikha near Moscow, Russia, 20 August 1944) was a Polish logician, philosopher, mathematician, avant-garde painter, theoretician of modern art and literary critic. Career and philosoph ...

– painter, philosopher *

Andrzej Duda Andrzej Sebastian Duda (born 16 May 1972) is a Polish lawyer and politician who has served as the sixth president of Poland since 2015. Before becoming president, he served as a Member of the Sejm from 2011 to 2014 and before becoming Member of ...

– 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 – mathematician *

Józef Lustgarten Józef Lustgarten (1 November 1889 – 22 September 1973) was a Polish Jewish footballer. BIography Born in Kraków, he was Jewish. He represented Cracovia. He also represented Poland in international matches. He was the first manager of the ...

– soccer player * Franciszek Macharski –

archbishop of Kraków The archbishop of Kraków is the head of the archdiocese of Kraków. A bishop of Kraków first came into existence when the diocese was created in 1000; it was promoted to an archdiocese on 28 October 1925. Due to Kraków's role as Poland's politic ...

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

–

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* Tadeusz Peiper – poet * Edward Raczyński – 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 ...

– soccer player *

Maciej Stuhr Maciej Jerzy Stuhr (born 23 June 1975) is a Polish actor, comedian and occasional film director. In 2022, he was the recipient of the Polish Academy Award for Best Actor. Life and career In 1999, he majored in psychology from the Jagiellonian U ...

– actor, comedian *

Jan Marcin Szancer Jan Marcin Szancer (12 November 1902 – 21 March 1973) was a Polish people, Polish illustrator, scenographer and professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. Szancer was born into a Jewish family in Kraków. He studied at the Kraków Jan Ma ...

– 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 The Civic Platform (, PO)The par ...

– 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 philology at Kraków's Jagiellonian ...

– 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 magazine ''Tygodnik Powszechny'' from 1945 until h ...

– journalist * Mariusz Ziółko – 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". Life Zubrzycki was born in Kraków, Poland. He escaped ...

– sociologist

Famous tutors

(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 ...

Agata Kornhauser-Duda Agata Kornhauser-Duda (born 2 April 1972) is First Lady of Poland since 2015 as the wife of president of Poland, Andrzej Duda. Background and family Kornhauser was born in Kraków, the child of Julian Kornhauser, a Polish people, Polish writer, ...

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

Lviv Lviv ( or ; ; ; see #Names and symbols, below for other names) is the largest city in western Ukraine, as well as the List of cities in Ukraine, fifth-largest city in Ukraine, with a population of It serves as the administrative centre of ...

Kraków , officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 ...

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

Polish Film Festival The Gdynia Film Festival aka FPFF (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 ...

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

References

External links

Official Website
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