The Konarski Secondary School (''1. Liceum Ogólnokształcące w Rzeszowie im. Księdza Stanisława Konarskiego'') is a

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al public

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Rzeszów Rzeszów ( , ) is the largest city in southeastern Poland. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River in the heartland of the Sandomierz Basin. Rzeszów is the capital of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship and the county seat, seat of Rzeszów C ...

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. Founded in 1658, it is one of the oldest secondary schools in Poland. Located in the old town in a historic building designed by

Tylman van Gameren Tylman van Gameren, also ''Tilman'' or ''Tielman'' and Tylman Gamerski, (Utrecht, 3 July 1632 – c. 1706, Warsaw) was a Dutch-born Polish architect and engineer who, at the age of 28, settled in Poland and worked for Queen Marie Casimire, ...

, it plays an important role in the cultural life of

and Subcarpathia Province.

History

Construction for the building began in 1644 and was funded by Zofia Prudencjanna Ligęza and her brother-in-law

Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski Prince Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski (20 January 1616 – 31 December 1667) was a Polish noble (szlachcic), magnate, politician and military commander, and Prince of the Holy Roman Empire. He was the initiator of the Lubomirski Rebellion of 166 ...

. The school was founded in 1658 but was not established until 1668 by

Pope Clement IX Pope Clement IX (; ; 28 January 1600 – 9 December 1669), born Giulio Rospigliosi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 20 June 1667 to his death in December 1669. Giulio Rospigliosi was born into the noble Ro ...

. From 1658 until 1784 the school was named as Collegium Resoviense and was run by the

Piarists The Piarists (), officially named the Order of Poor Clerics Regular of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools (), abbreviated SchP, is a religious order of clerics regular of the Catholic Church founded in 1617 by Spanish priest Joseph Calasanz ...

Order. In the 17th and 18th centuries the school was recognized as an important cultural centre, akin to a "semi-university". In 1785, after the

First Partition of Poland The First Partition of Poland took place in 1772 as the first of three partitions that eventually ended the existence of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth by 1795. The growth of power in the Russian Empire threatened the Kingdom of Prussia an ...

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

n authorities removed the school from Piarist control and changed the name to Rzeszów's Ober-Gymnasium. During

World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

and Polish-Soviet War teachers and students took part in fighting for the independence of Poland and in 1923 the school was named for

Stanisław Konarski Stanisław Konarski, Sch.P. (actual name: Hieronim Konarski; 30 September 1700 – 3 August 1773) was a Polish pedagogue, educational reformer, political writer, poet, dramatist, Piarist priest and precursor of the Enlightenment in the Polish– ...

. In 1949 the school was reorganised into a four-year high school and in 1964 it became a coeducational high school. The school is part of the Association of Creative Schools and the Club of the Oldest Schools in Poland. In 1984, the school was awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.

Notable people

* Maurycy Allerhand (1868–1942) – lawyer, professor at the

University of Lviv The Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (named after Ivan Franko, ) is a state-sponsored university in Lviv, Ukraine. Since 1940 the university is named after Ukrainian poet Ivan Franko. The university is the oldest institution of highe ...

's Faculty of Law * Wilhelm Friedberg (1873–1941) – university paleontology professor at

Jagiellonian University The Jagiellonian University (, UJ) is a public research university in Kraków, Poland. Founded in 1364 by Casimir III the Great, King Casimir III the Great, it is the oldest university in Poland and one of the List of oldest universities in con ...

, high school science teacher, geologist * Roman Grodecki (1889–1964) – economist historian, professor at

, member of

Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences The Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences or Polish Academy of Learning (, PAU), headquartered in Kraków and founded in 1872, is one of two institutions in contemporary Poland having the nature of an academy of sciences (the other being the Po ...

Jerzy Grotowski Jerzy Marian Grotowski (; 11 August 1933 – 14 January 1999) was a Polish theatre director and theorist whose innovative approaches to acting, training and theatrical production have significantly influenced theatre today. He is considered one ...

(1933–1999) – theatre theorist and director * Julian Hochfeld (1911–1966) sociologist, economist, lawyer, and sociology professor at

University of Warsaw The University of Warsaw (, ) is a public university, public research university in Warsaw, Poland. Established on November 19, 1816, it is the largest institution of higher learning in the country, offering 37 different fields of study as well ...

Onufry Kopczyński Onufry Kopczyński (30 November 1736 – 14 February 1817) was an important educator and grammarian of the Polish language during the Polish Enlightenment.

(1736–1817) – educator and grammarian of the Polish language *

Stanisław Kot Stanisław Kot (22 October 188526 December 1975) was a Polish historian and politician. A native of the Austrian partition of Poland, early in life he was attracted to the cause of Polish independence. As a professor of the Jagiellonian Unive ...

(1885–1975) – Minister of the Polish government, historian, and politician *

Paweł Kowal Paweł Robert Kowal (born 22 July 1975) is a Polish politician and former Member of the European Parliament. During his time in the EP, he served as the Chairman of the Ukraine–European Union relations, EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Commi ...

(1975– ) – former politician and former member of the

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* Tadeusz Łopuszański (1874–1955) – high school teacher, Minister of Religious Denominations and Public Education, and education reformer * Prince Hieronim Lubomirski (1648–1706) – noble, politician, and military commander * Ignacy Łukasiewicz (1822–1882) – pharmacist, engineer, businessman, inventor of

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and the modern street lamp, and founder of the world's first

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* Józef Herman Osiński (1738–1802) – physicist, chemist, organizer of the first chemical laboratory in Poland, botanist *

Józef Sebastian Pelczar Józef Sebastian Pelczar (17 January 1842 – 28 March 1924) was a Polish Roman Catholic bishop and was also the co-founder of the Sister Servants of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus which he had established in 1894 with Ludwika Szczęsna. He ...

(1842–1924) – bishop * Lucjan Piela (1943– ) – chemist and professor at University of Warsaw *

Julian Przyboś Julian Przyboś (5 March 1901 – 6 October 1970) was a Polish poet, essayist and translator, one of the most important poets of the Kraków Avant-Garde. Life Przyboś was born in Gwoźnica near Strzyżów to a peasant family. From 1912, h ...

(1901–1970) – poet, essayist, translator *

Władysław Sikorski Władysław Eugeniusz Sikorski (; 20 May 18814 July 1943) was a Polish military and political leader. Before World War I, Sikorski established and participated in several underground organizations that promoted the cause of Polish independenc ...

(1881–1943) – Prime Minister of the

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and Commander–in–Chief of the Polish Armed Forces during World War II * Roman Sitko (1880–1942) – Catholic priest, theologian, and educator *

Rafał Ślusarz Rafał Józef Ślusarz (born 19 March 1962) is a Polish politician. He was elected to the 9th term Sejm and 10th term Senate of Poland, Senate of Poland (10th term) representing the constituency of Legnica. He was also elected to the 6th term and ...

(1962– ) – politician and former senator in the

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and

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Władysław Szafer Prof Władysław Szafer PAS HFRSE (July 23, 1886 – November 16, 1970) was a Polish botanist, palaeobotanist, quaternary geologist and professor of botany at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. He was a world pioneer in nature conservation ...

(1886–1970) – botanist, geologist, and professor at Jagiellonian University] *

Józef Szajna Józef Szajna (; 13 March 1922 in Rzeszów, Poland – 24 June 2008 in Warsaw) was a Polish set designer, director, playwright, theoretician of the theatre, painter and graphic artist. During the Second World War and occupation of Poland, Sz ...

(1922–2008) – set designer, director, playwright, theatre tenorist, painter, and graphic artist * Jacek Szmatka (1950–2001) – sociologist, professor at Jagiellonian University

References

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