Gorisko slovensko solstvo na prehodu iz Avstro-Ogrske v Italijo
Slovenian Education in the Gorizia Region During the Transition from Austria-Hungary to Italy

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the development and challenges of the Slovenian school system in the Gorizia region during the transition from the Austro-Hungarian to the Italian state. The region was marked by ethnic heteroge¬neity, with Slovenian, Friulian, Italian and German communities coexisting in the area. In a period marked by nationalism, this eth¬nic diversity triggered an increasing number of conflicts between communities, particu¬larly between the Slovenian community and the Italian and German communities. Na¬tionalist struggles were particularly evident in the school system, as it played a key role in fostering national consciousness and lan¬guage in the younger generation, as well as their denationalization. In some places, but especially in multi-ethnic areas, including the regional centre, Gorizia, the Slovenian community struggled to establish its own school network. The paper outlines the main features of Slovenian primary education im¬mediately before, during and after World War I, focusing on Gorizia. The town established itself as one of the main Slovenian education¬al centres in the early 20th century. However, World War I and the destruction resulting from the fighting on the Isonzo Front, and later the transition of the area to Italian rule, inhibited the teaching of Slovenian in the Pri¬morska region, resulting in its abolishment by the end of the 1920s.

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