Samuel von Brukenthal National College

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Samuel von Brukenthal National College (German: Samuel-von-Brukenthal-Gymnasium, Romanian: Colegiul Național „Samuel von Brukenthal”, Hungarian: Samuel von Brukenthal Nemzeti Kollégium) is a German-language high school founded in Nagyszeben, Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary (today Sibiu, Romania). The school is named after Samuel von Brukenthal, governor of the Grand Principality of Transylvania between 6 July, 1774 and 9 January, 1787. The earliest record of the school is from 1380, making it the oldest German-language school in present day Romania.
The current school building was built between 1779 and 1786 on the site of a previous school certified in 1380, of which the basement of the old building is partially preserved. On the ground floor there are two rooms kept from the old school that have medieval and cross vaults.
In 1783, the school is visited by Emperor Joseph II. On February 25, 1817 in the auditorium gymnasium the official opening ceremony of the Brukenthal Museum takes places; between 1944-1946, the Red Army used the school building as a military hospital. In 1982, scenes from the ''Plecarea Vlasinilor" movie are filmed here and directed by Mircea Dragan.
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