Fasori Gimnázium (lit. "secondary school on the tree-lined avenue"; fasori=tree lined, gimnazium=secondary school), also known as Fasori Evangélikus Gimnázium ("Fasori" Lutheran Secondary School), official name: Budapest-Fasori Evangélikus Gimnázium, is a famous
secondary school in
Budapest,
Hungary. It is located near the
City Park. It is noted, together with
Minta and the
Piarist gymnasiums, for a number of talented students.
History
The school was founded by the
Lutheran Church in 1823. It was originally situated at
Deák Ferenc square, but moved to Sütő utca in 1864, and finally to its current location in Városligeti fasor ("Tree lined Avenue to the City Park") in 1904, receiving its present nickname. In the first decades of its existence it operated as a German-language institution, and in 1847 Hungarian became the language of instruction [1] It had to close in 1952 under Communist pressure. The Fasori Gimnázium re-opened in 1989.
Notable faculty
László Rátz, teacher of mathematics, gymnasium director from 1909 to 1914[2]