!!!Trivialschulen Trivialschulen: name used especially in the 18%%sup th/% and 19%%sup th/% centuries in Austria and southern Germany for the Deutsche Schulen public elementary schools; the word trivial is considered to have been derived from the Latin word "trivialis" meaning "common", "public", or alternatively from Trivium meaning "three ways". The Trivialschulen were officially re-named Volksschulen in 1840. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Trivialschulen|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]