Adalékok az 1897-i kiváltságlevél hátteréhez

Absztrakt

The University of Kolozsvar was established (May 29, 1872) before the law on it was promulgated. The laws established the fact of foundations and its temporary arrangements, as well as covering the costs of launch. Education began, teachers and students set to work, but the permanent status of the university had not yet been declared, its temporal status remained. Even the Minister of Culture was unsure whether the university would receive the permanent status at all, given the dire financial situation in the state budget. King József Ferenc, seeing the progress achieved, issued the deed of foundation in 1881 and permitted the institute to bear his name. When the university was preparing to celebrate the 25th anniversary of its foundation, the deed of foundation turned out to have disappeared from the official files. Therefore, Minister of Culture Gyula Wlassics put forward a proposal to the king. He requested that he issued a new deed of foundation in the form of a letter of royal privilege with a hanging seal. In his decree dated November 1, 1897, József Ferencz agreed to fulfill the request.