HTBLVA Graz-Ortweinschule

The HTBLVA Graz-Ortweinschule is a Höhere technische Bundeslehr- und Versuchsanstalt in the district Geidorf of the Austrian city Graz.

History
Archduke John of Austria founded a trade association, which established a drawing class for locksmithing, masonry, and carpentry in 1837 at the Universalmuseum Joanneum. Within the framework of the Trades Association, a winter school for master builders and polier also began in 1866. In 1872, the trade association founded the Styrian Art Industry Association in the Schießstatt building in Pfeifengasse, later Ortweinplatz. The Schießstatt building was extensively rebuilt and in 1876 the school was elevated to the status of Staatsgewerbeschule with director August Ortwein, and a yearly technical school for Civil Engineering was established alongside the winter school. With the spin-off of the mechanical and electrical engineering subjects, the Höhere technische Bundeslehr- und Versuchsanstalt Graz-Gösting was established in 1919 and the Staatsgewerbeschule was renamed the "Bundeslehranstalt für das Baufach und Kunstgewerbe". From 1926 to 1932, a new school building was constructed on Ortweinplatz according to the plans of the architect Adolf von Inffeld. Since 1987, the school has been located in a new building on the Körösistraße in the north of Graz, next to the BRG ("Bundesrealgymnasium") Körösi, which is on the corner of Ortweingasse.

Education offers

 * Higher Department of Civil Engineering.
 * Hochbau (Structural Engineering)
 * Tiefbau (Civil Engineering)
 * Holzbau (Timber Construction)
 * Bauwirtschaft (Construction Industry)
 * Higher Department of Art and Design.
 * Grafik- und Kommunikationsdesign (Graphics and Communication Design)
 * Film und MultimediaArt (Film and Multimedia Art)
 * Fotografie und MultimediaArt (Photography and Multimedia Art)
 * Innenarchitektur Raum- und Objektgestaltung (Interior Design Room and Object Design)
 * Produktdesign Präsentation (Product Design Presentation)
 * Bildhauerei Objektdesign Restaurierung (Sculpture Object Design Restoration)
 * Keramik Art Craft (Ceramics Art Craft)
 * Schmuck Metall Design (Jewellery Metal Design)

Principals

 * 1876–1879 August Ortwein
 * 1879–1902 Carl Lauzil
 * 1902–1911 August Gunolt
 * 1919–1934 Adolf von Inffeld
 * 1934–1935 Ferdinand Pamberger
 * 1935–1938 Eduard Populorum
 * 1940–1945 Rudolf Hofer
 * 1945–1949 Eduard Populorum
 * 1956–1974 Otto Pilecky
 * 1974–1991 Horst Altenburger
 * 1991–1993 Peter Trummer
 * 1993–2012 Reinhold Neumann
 * 2012 Friederike El-Heliebi
 * since 2012 Manfred Kniepeiss

Well-known former students and professors

 * Annemarie Avramidis
 * Maria Biljan-Bilger
 * Erwin Bohatsch
 * Hans Brandstetter
 * Günter Brus
 * Karl Fischl
 * Wilhelm Gösser
 * Marion Kreiner
 * Monika Martin
 * Franz Leopold Schmelzer
 * Werner Schwab
 * Soap&Skin
 * Markus Wilfling