Paper title:
 The School in Rosha as a Representative Model of the Bukovinian Educational System during the Austrian Period
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4316/CC.2025.02.02
Published in:
Issue 2 (Vol. 31) / 2025
Publishing date:
2025-12-31
Pages:
345 - 370
Author(s):
Antoniy Moysey, Igor Gerush, Antonina Anistratenko
Abstract:
 This study aims to analyse the formation and development of schooling in the suburb of Rosha (Rom.: Roșa; Germ.: Rosch) during the period of Austrian administration (1774–1918) within the context of the Bukovinian educational system. The relevance of the topic lies in its substantial contribution to understanding educational processes in Rosha, enabling the results to be applied in the academic and pedagogical work of contemporary schools in the micro-district. The conducted research has enabled the identification of several new data points. In particular, the name of the individual who donated a building for the first school – the local landowner Gheorghe Dumitrescul – has been established. For the first time, new data are presented on the competition between the trivial school led by Johann Lewicki and the illegal Evangelical school run by Johann Künzelmann, as well as on the so-called “school question” of the mid-19th century. Newly disclosed information also includes issues related to the collection of obligations in favour of the school, statistical data on educational institutions in Rosha, various works aimed at optimising the school premises, the rental of private houses for teaching, and the results of school inspections.
Keywords:
 Bukovina, Chernivtsi, Rosch, Roșa, school, primary education, teacher, community, conflicts.




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