[Cz-L] terminology question

All:

Interested, as always, to read the many messages, even if I haven't
contributed lately.

That reminds me:

(1) I was very pleased to see recent mention of a Bukovina gathering at
the Jewish Genealogical Society in Boston this summer. (I put in a
proposal for a paper; will see what happens. In any case, it's in
Boston, only a couple of hours away.

(2) I recently acquired some more maps from the late 18th-century Reilly
atlas, whose Bukovina page I scanned. I can now add some of the
bordering regions of Moldavia, Bessarabia, Galicia, if that proves useful.

At any rate, I have just a quick question.

I am writing up a little something on a German Bar Mitzvah inscription
to a Jewish boy from his (presumably) non-Jewish classmates in the late
19th century. They describe themselves as the "Secunda," a reference to
a class in a school. So far, so good.

My question for the native speakers (or just social historians) is: can
we with reasonable certainty conclude that this is a KuK school rather
than a German (Prussian Empire) one?

As far as I have always understood it, historical German school class
designations ran in reverse order, i.e. Prima was the top or graduating
class, whereas in Austria, one began with Prima and ended with Oktava (+
Matura). This would also correspond to the appropriate age of a Bar Mitzvah.

Just thought I'd double-check (you know, the brain gets tired).

Jim

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