Hauptschule

Hauptschule (regular secondary school), introduced in the bigger cities in 1774 as an elementary school offering a wider range of subjects (J. I. Felbiger), 1869 renamed "Bürgerschule" (citizens´ school) in the Reichsvolksschulgesetz 1869, 1883 reduced to 3 years (6^th - 8^th grade), 1927 increased to 4 years (5^th - 8^th grade). Constituted an important step in the development of the Austrian education system by introducing streaming (first and second stream, Allgemeine Mittelschule, from 1985 streaming in German, mathematics and modern languages, Gesamtschule), gradual adaptation to the lower level of Gymnasium schools. In the big cities it is becoming less and less important.