!!!Generalseminare Generalseminare: seminaries founded by Joseph II 1783 to replace the episcopal seminaries and the independent training institutions of the religious orders; directly under state governance. G. were inter alia established in Vienna, Graz and Innsbruck. However, dissolved in 1709, after Joseph´s death, because of protests by the bishops, high administrative costs and opposition from the population. !Literature H. Ewaldt, Das Innsbrucker Generalseminar, doctoral thesis, Innsbruck 1951; W. Schoeffmann, Das Generalseminar in Graz, master´s thesis, Graz 1974. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Generalseminare|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]