14. The Carolinum

14. The Carolinum

Bishop Charles of Austria dreamt of founding the first Silesian university, but his untimely death at the age of 34 thwarted these plans. The Jesuit college and grammar school, partially destroyed during the French siege of Nysa in 1807, educated outstanding personalities such as the later King Michael I of Poland or Jakub Sobieski. The Jesuit Grammar School was one of the most respected schools in Silesia. It still fulfils its educational mission to this day.