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Schola Rivulina

Schola Rivulina
Nagybánya, Piac tér - panoramio - h laca (3)
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Original function:
school
university / college
Current function:
n/a
Church:
Calvinist
Settlement:
Nagybánya, Baia Mare
Address:
Piața Libertății
Historical Hungarian county:
Szatmár
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
47.659484925, 23.582163987
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History

In 1547, the reformer Kopácsi István converted the town to Protestantism and founded the Lutheran college, of which he became the first rector. It was the first secondary school in Transylvania. He named it Schola Rivulina after Nagybánya's Latin name, Rivulus Dominarum. It was soon promoted to the rank of a college, where pastors and teachers were trained. Kopácsi taught logic, Greek language and theology. It was closed down by the imperials in 1755 during the Counter-Reformation.

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