At the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Krakow experienced a period of economic and cultural development. Under Austrian rule, Polish schools were allowed to operate, so on October 1.1882, at the initiative of the Chamber of Commerce and the Cracow Merchant Congregation, a private trade school was opened to prepare young people for the profession of businessman. At the beginning of the XX century the school developed very dynamically, offering various courses with an economic profile.→