Schottengymnasium
Schottengymnasium (Scots College) (officially Öffentliches Schottengymnasium der Benediktiner in Wien) is a Catholic private school with public status in the first District of Vienna. The school was founded in 1807 by imperial decree, and it is considered one of the most prestigious grammar schools in Austria. Alumni of the school include three Nobel laureats, many notable politicians, artists and scientists.[1]
Notable alumni
Politicians
- Anton von Doblhoff-Dier (1800–1872), österreichischer Ministerpräsident
- Lajos Batthyány (1807–1849), erster ungarischer Ministerpräsident
- Othmar Helferstorfer (1810–1880), Abt des Schottenstiftes, Landmarschall von Niederösterreich
- Josef von Bauer (1817–1886), niederösterreichischer Landtagsabgeordneter
- Eduard Herbst (1820–1892), cisleithanischer Justizminister
- Franz Coronini-Cronberg (1830–1901), Präsident des österreichischen Abgeordnetenhauses
- Heinrich von Wittek (1844–1930), cisleithanischer Ministerpräsident
- Aloys von Liechtenstein (1846–1920), Landmarschall von Niederösterreich
- Hugo von Glanz-Eicha (1848–1915), cisleithanischer Handelsminister
- Guido von Call (1849–1927), Diplomat, cisleithanischer Handelsminister
- Engelbert Pernerstorfer (1850–1918), Vizepräsident des österreichischen Abgeordnetenhauses
- Alfred III. zu Windisch-Grätz (1851–1927), cisleithanischer Ministerpräsident
- Victor Adler (1852–1918), founder of the Social Democratic Party of Austria
- Heinrich von Lützow (1852–1935), diplomat
- Heinrich Lammasch (1853–1920), letzter cisleithanischer Ministerpräsident
- Franz I of Liechtenstein (1853–1938), regierender Fürst von Liechtenstein
- Franz Klein (1854–1926), cisleithanischer Justizminister
- Karl Beurle (1860–1919), oberösterreichischer Landtagsabgeordneter (Deutsche Volkspartei)
- Konrad zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1863–1918), cisleithanischer Ministerpräsident
- Viktor Kienböck (1873–1956), Austrian finance minister
- Karl I of Habsburg-Este (1887–1922), last Emperor of Austria
- Karl Appel (1892–1967), member of the National Council of the Austrian Parliament (SPÖ)
- Franz Josef II of Liechtenstein (1906–1989), regierender Fürst von Liechtenstein
- Leopold Guggenberger (* 1918), Mayor of Klagenfurt (ÖVP)
- Hans Tuppy (* 1924), österreichischer Wissenschaftsminister (ÖVP), Biochemiker
- Manfred Mautner Markhof (1927–2008), member of the Federal Council of the Austrian Parliament (ÖVP), entrepreneur
- Franz Hums (* 1937), österreichischer Arbeits- und Sozialminister (SPÖ)
- Michael Graff (1937–2008), general secretary of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP)
- Peter Marboe (* 1942), Wiener Kulturstadtrat (ÖVP)
- Hans Adam II of Liechtenstein (* 1945), regierender Fürst von Liechtenstein
- Wolfgang Schüssel (* 1945), former Chancellor of Austria (ÖVP)
- Rudolf Scholten (* 1955), former Austrian Minister of Science and Education (SPÖ)
- Christoph Chorherr (* 1960), former head of the Austrian Green Party
- Johannes Peterlik (* 1967), Austrian diplomat
Arts
- Johann Nestroy (1801–1862), actor, playwright
- Eduard von Bauernfeld (1802–1890), poet
- Nikolaus Lenau (1802–1850), poet
- Moritz von Schwind (1804–1871), painter
- Friedrich Halm (1806–1871), poet, playwright
- Anastasius Grün (1806–1876), poet
- Gustav von Franck (1807–1860), writer
- Alexander von Bensa (1820–1902), artist
- Ferdinand Kürnberger (1821–1879), writer
- Johann Strauss II (1825–1899), composer
- Josef Strauss (1827–1870), composer
- Robert Hamerling (1830–1889), poet
- Karl Julius Ebersberg (1831–1876), writer
- Franz von Jauner (1831–1900), actor, theatre director
- Otto Bach (1833–1893), church musician, director of the Mozarteum
- Ferdinand von Saar (1833–1906), writer
- Josef von Doblhoff-Dier (1844–1928), writer, diplomat
- Alfred von Berger (1853–1912), dramaturge, director of the Burgtheater (Imperial Court Theatre)
- Max von Ferstel (1859–1936), architect
- Max Kurzweil (1867–1916), artist
- Maximilian Liebenwein (1869–1926), artist
- Leopold Andrian (1875–1951), writer, diplomat
- Alfred Neugebauer (1888–1957), writer
- Otto Friedländer (1889–1963), writer
- Georg Terramare (1889–1948), playwright
- Paul Elbogen (1894–1987), writer
- Eduard Volters (1904–1972), writer
- Franz Stoß (1909–1995), actor, director of the Burgtheater (Court Theatre) and the Theater in der Josefstadt
- Otto Ambros (1910–1979), writer
- Ernst Haeusserman (1916–1984), theatre director, stage director, writer and film producer
- Ernst Jandl (1925–2000), poet
- Wilfried Seipel (* 1944), former director of the Kunsthistorisches Museum
- Peter Planyavsky (* 1947), organist, composer
- Friedrich Dolezal, cellist of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
- Clemens Hellsberg (* 1952), violinist, member of the board of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
- Herbert Föttinger (* 1961), actor, director of the Theater in der Josefstadt
- Konstantin Reymaier (aka Erich Konstantin Reymaier) (* 1969), organist, composer, Catholic priest
- Rainer Frimmel (* 1971), photographer, film director
- Xaver Bayer (* 1977), writer
- Gottlieb Wallisch (* 1978), pianist
Science
- Adalbert Nikolaus Fuchs (1814–1886), director of the Polytechnic Institute
- Ernest Hauswirth (1818–1901), historian
- Karl Friesach (1821–1891), astrophysicist
- Franz von Hauer (1822–1899), geologist
- Sigismund Gschwandner (1824–1896), physicist
- Hugo Mareta (1827–1913), Germanist
- Vincenz Knauer (1828–1894), philosopher
- Hugo Kremer von Auenrode (1833–1888), Rector of the University of Prague
- Anton Mayer (1838–1924), historian
- Karl Exner (1842–1914), physicist
- Heinrich Obersteiner (1847–1922), neurologist
- Cölestin Wolfsgruber (1848–1924), church historian
- Hans von Chiari (1851–1916), pathologist
- Heinrich Friedjung (1851–1920), historian, journalist
- Ernst Fuchs (1851–1930), ophthalmologist
- Franz von Liszt (1851–1919), jurist, criminologist, politician
- Sigmund Adler (1853–1920), historian
- Friedrich Becke (1855–1931), mineralogist
- Jakob Minor (1855–1912), scholar
- August Sauer (1855–1926), scholar
- Joseph Seemüller (1855–1920), Germanist
- Alexander Dedekind (1856–1940), Egyptologist
- Julius Wagner-Jauregg (1857–1940), psychiatrist
- Heinrich Swoboda (1861–1923), pastoral theologian
- Lothar von Frankl-Hochwart (1862–1914), neurologist
- Albert Starzer (1863–1909), historian
- Eduard Zirm (1863–1944), ophthalmologist
- Ivo Pfaff (1864–1925), historian of law
- Ernst Kalinka (1865–1946), classical philologist, rector of the University of Innsbruck
- Albert Hübl (1867–1931), historian
- Carl von Kraus (1868–1952), Germanist
- Michael Maria Rabenlechner (1868–1952), scholar
- Maximilian Bittner (1869–1918), orientalist
- Karl Inama von Sternegg (1871–1931), genealogist, scholar of heraldry
- Clemens von Pirquet (1874–1929), immunologist
- Carl Furtmüller (1880–1951), psychologist
- Franz Exner (1881–1947), criminologist
- Karl von Frisch (1886–1982), ethologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1973
- Franz Borkenau (1900–1957), Geschichtsphilosopher, Soziologe
- Konrad Lorenz (1903–1989), ethologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1973
- Peter Beck-Mannagetta (1913–1998), geologist
- Michael Mitterauer (* 1937), historian
- Günter Virt (* 1940), theologian
- Herbert Laszlo (1940–2009), scholar in happiness economics
- Georg Braulik (* 1941), biblical scholar (Old Testament)
- Kurt Gschwantler (* 1944), classical archaeologist
- Wolfgang Lutz (* 1956), demographer
- Matthias Scheutz (* 1966), researcher in artificial intelligence and cognitive science
- Michael Schaefberger (* 1967), opinion pollster
- Drehli Robnik (* 1967), scholar in film studies
Others
- Urban Loritz (1807–1881), minister
- Sebastian Brunner (1814–1893), theologian, writer
- Anton von Petz (1819–1885), admiral
- Hermann Schubert) (1826–1892), minister
- Clemens Kickh (1827–1913), Hofprediger (preacher at court)
- Adolf Kern (1829–1906), minister
- Sigmund Mayer (1832–1920), businessman
- Alexander von Dorn (1838–1919), publicist, economist
- Leopold Rost (1842–1913), abbot of the Schottenstift
- Albert Figdor (1843–1927), banker, art collector
- Karl Graf Lanckoroński (1848–1933), patron of art
- Eugen Böhm von Bawerk (1851–1914), national economist
- Friedrich von Wieser (1851–1926), national economist
- Wilhelm Janauschek (1859–1926), missionary
- Julius Meinl III (1903–1991), entrepreneur (Julius Meinl)
- Heinrich Treichl (* 1913), general manager of the Creditanstalt Bank
- Otto Schönherr (1922–2015), journalist, editor-in-chief of the Austria Press Agency
- Fritz Molden (1924–2014), journalist, publisher
- Gustav Harmer (* 1934), beer brewer (Brauerei Ottakringer, Grieskirchner)
- Heinrich Ferenczy (* 1938), abbot of the Schottenstift and Stift St. Paul in Lavanttal
- Hans-Georg Possanner (1940–2006), Pressesprecher der Ständigen Vertretung Österreichs bei der EU
- Franz Hlavac (* 1948), Wirtschaftsjournalist (ORF)
- Johannes Jung (* 1952), abbot of the Schottenstift
- Andreas Treichl (* 1952), general manager of the Erste Bank
- Christoph Herbst (* 1960), Constitutional Court judge
- Nikolaus Krasa (* 1960), vicar general of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vienna
- Rudolf Mitlöhner (* 1965), journalist, editor-in-chief of the Die Furche magazine
- Lothar Tschapka (* 1966), elocutionist
- Georg Spatt (* 1967), director of the Hitradio Ö3 radio channel at the ORF (broadcaster) (Austrian Broadcasting Corporation)
- Niki Zitny (* 1973), golfer
References
- ^ Humphreys, Rob (1 July 2011). The Rough Guide to Vienna. Rough Guides Limited. p. 58. ISBN 978-1-84836-682-4.