History

1946

The Lycée français de Vienne (LFV) was found­ed by Gen­er­al Béthouart, High Com­mis­sion­er of the French Repub­lic in Aus­tria, on 11 May 1946 in tem­po­rary premises.

Since its foun­da­tion, the LFV has been open to girls and boys, Aus­tri­ans and French. It offered the unique fea­ture of all-day class­es and, at a time of wide­spread food short­ages, includ­ed a school canteen. 

1947

In occu­pied Vien­na, the first Cul­tur­al Agree­ment between the Repub­lic of Aus­tria and the French Repub­lic was signed on 15 March 1947. 

This defines the spe­cial sta­tus of the LFV. This gives it a last­ing legal basis for its oper­a­tion and the approval of its stud­ies.

1952

An agree­ment dat­ed 22 Feb­ru­ary 1952 ‘relat­ing to the Lycée Français de Vienne’ defined the equiv­a­lences, par­tic­u­lar­ly between the Matu­ra and the Bac­calau­réat, and the respec­tive pro­por­tions of Aus­tri­an and French edu­ca­tion. This ver­sion was updat­ed on sev­er­al occa­sions (1960, 1962, 1968) and abro­gat­ed by the cur­rent agree­ment dat­ed 27 Jan­u­ary 1983, which main­tains the main thrust of the ini­tial text. 

1954

LFV moved into its cur­rent premis­es on 8 May 1954, which were locat­ed in the grounds of the Palais Clam-Gallas.

2017–2018

Com­mis­sion­ing of the new Bâti­ment F and Stu­dio Molière. 

ARCHITECT

Diet­mar Feichtinger Archi­tectes: feichtingerar­chitectes.com

2019

Open­ing of the new Stu­dio Molière to the pub­lic. The new entrance is inaugurated.

 

ARCHITECT

Ate­lier Grell: www.atelier-grell.at

VIDEOS

1954

‘Wie die Jun­gen sun­gen…’ (If all the chil­dren in the world…) is a pro­mo­tion­al film for the Lycée Français de Vienne, direct­ed in 1954 by Georg Tressler. The film depicts the inte­gra­tion of two new pupils, an Aus­tri­an and a Hun­gar­i­an, and illus­trates the strong diver­si­ty that makes up the school and the way in which pupils of dif­fer­ent nation­al­i­ties get to know each oth­er thanks to the French language. 

The film was pro­duced in 1954, at the start of the Cold War, by the Unit­ed States Infor­ma­tion Agency, found­ed the pre­vi­ous year to pro­mote Amer­i­can for­eign pol­i­cy and inter­na­tion­al cul­tur­al exchanges.

Film Archiv Austria

1960

In Vien­na, Léon ZITRONE vis­it­ed the city’s largest lycée, the Lycée Français. We inter­view the head­mas­ter, Mon­sieur PIEYRE, about the num­ber of pupils, where they come from, enrol­ment fees, the rea­sons for the lycée’s suc­cess, the teach­ers, the bac­calau­réat, the qual­i­ty of the can­teen, sports activ­i­ties and the use­ful­ness of the French lycée. LéonZ­ITRONE inter­views par­ents and chil­dren in the school play­ground about why they come here and what they learn. 

Source : www.ina.fr