HLFS Ursprung

The HLFS Urspung school is one of a few agricultural schools found in Austria and the flagship agricultural school for all western Austrian states. The school is located in the town of Elixhausen, within the Austrian state of Salzburg.HistoryUrsprung was first mentioned in 1122 CE. It was a small farm near the village of "Ursprinch". Its roots date to a brewery built in 1682. Shortly thereafter, the castle “Ursprung” was constructed and remains part of the school. The first students enrolled in Klessheim in 1963. In 1968, when the school was finished being built, they completed their studies at Ursprung. In 1985, the school made a big change. The farm switched from conventional agriculture to organic. First, it was only an agricultural school, but since 1997 there has been a new branch called “environmental technology”. After the introduction of the environmental technology branch, more and more girls joined the school. The number of girls increased steadily and today the student body is more than one third female. As a consequence of the high number of students enrolling, they had to build a second boarding school. Since the additional implementation of the “Aufbaulehrgang” branch, the number of students has increased further and so there will be a plan for more classrooms and a third boarding school in the near future.Subjects and projectsA wide range and variety of subjects are offered at HLFS Urspung along the tracks of three major branches of study: Umwelttechnik, Landwirtschaft, and Aufbaulehrgang .