Theresianum#

Theresianum, institution established in the former imperial summer residence Favorita by Empress Maria Theresia in 1746 for the training of civil servants ( Knights´ Academies); at first employed Jesuits as teachers and, after the abolition of the order, Piarists and secular teachers; combined with the Savoyan Knights´ Academy in 1778, abolished by Joseph II in 1783, reopened in 1791 under the name Theresianisch-Leopoldinische Akademie, open to non-aristocrats from 1849. From 1918 solely a Gymnasium secondary school (from 1925 a Realgymnasium secondary school) of the "Theresianische Akademie" foundation; in 1938 made into a National Political Institute of Education, which was dissolved in 1945, reopened in 1957 as a public Gymnasium secondary school (with boarding facilities).

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