Unirea National College (Brașov)

Unirea National College Brașov
Colegiul Național Unirea
Address
Map
Bulevardul Eroilor, Nr. 7

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500007
Coordinates45°38′39″N 25°35′46″E / 45.64406°N 25.59621°E / 45.64406; 25.59621
Information
School typePublic, magnet
MottoAma sapientiam
Founded1897
PrincipalGabriela Hurghiș
Grades5–12
LanguageRomanian
Websitecnunirea.ro

Unirea National College (Romanian: Colegiul Național Unirea) is a magnet school located at 7 Eroilor Boulevard, Brașov, Romania. It hosts gymnasium (grades 5–8) and high school (grades 9–12) classes.

History

  • 1883 – The land required for the construction of the school has been bought.
  • 1897 – The building was finished and the school was officially founded. It had two separate buildings – one for boys and one for girls. The two were joined by the gymnastics room forming a U-shaped building.
  • 1898–1899 – The first generation of students have joined the girls' school. It had 227 students that were studying in Hungarian.
  • 1914–1918 – The school's building hosted a military hospital and a prisoner's camp.
  • 1918, December 1 – The Union of Transylvania with Romania was proclaimed; soon after, the school became a girls' high school.
  • 1919, October 6 – The school had 8 classes (4 of primary education, and 4 of secondary education).
  • 1922 – The school was renamed "Princess Elena" High School.
  • 1928-1935 – High school had 8 classes instead of 4.
  • 1934 – One more story was added to the building.
  • 1941 – In the summer a hospital of the Romanian army was hosted in the school's building.
  • 1941–1948 – The school's classes were held at other high schools as the building was still a hospital.
  • 1948 – The school was renamed "Girls' High School"
  • 1956 – Boys and girls studied in this same school that was renamed "Medium Mix School #5 Brașov".
  • 1959 – The school was renamed "Unirea" (English: Union) after the historical event of the Unification of Moldavia and Wallachia. The school united with the Hungarian High School.
  • 1990 – The union with the Hungarian High School ended.
  • 2005 – The school started hosting gymnasium classes (5–8) that had as a main objective the intensive learning of foreign languages.Like French language, Spanish language, English language and more
  • 2004 – "Unirea" was awarded the title of "European School".
  • 2007 – The title of "European School" was renewed. The students of bilingual French classes could have a French school-leaving examination.