!!!Mittelschulen

Mittelschulen ("middle schools", type of secondary school), since the 
2%%sup nd/%  half of the 19%%sup th/%  century, term used for a school 
type which developed at the same time as the  Gymnasium and, being 
structured in a similar way, leads beyond compulsory education ( 
Realschule, girls' lyceum,  Realgymnasium, and Handels-Mittelschule, 
commercial secondary school), since the  School Legislation of 1962 
called "allgemeinbildende hoehere Schulen" ("AHS") or general 
secondary schools of "higher" education (i.e. selective secondary 
schools with academic curriculum) and "berufsbildende hoehere Schulen" 
("BHS"), vocational secondary schools of "higher" education. Since 
1962 the term "mittlere Schulen" or "middle" schools, has been used 
for secondary schools ( Fachschulen) which do not grant certificates 
giving access to university studies.


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