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The '''University of Kiel''' ([[German language|German]] ''Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel'', '''CAU''') is a [[university]] in the city of [[Kiel]], [[Germany]]. It was founded in [[1665]] as the ''Academia Holsatorum Chiloniensis'' by duke [[Christian Albrecht of Holstein-Gottorp]] in order to train priests and government officials |
The '''University of Kiel''' ([[German language|German]] ''Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel'', '''CAU''') is a [[university]] in the city of [[Kiel]], [[Germany]]. It was founded in [[1665]] as the ''Academia Holsatorum Chiloniensis'' by duke [[Christian Albrecht of Holstein-Gottorp]] in order to train priests and government officials. Especially during the 19th century a number of important scholars worked and taught in Kiel. |
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It was one of the first universities to obey the ''[[Gleichschaltung]]'' in 1933 and removed many of the professors and students from the school, as e.g. [[Ferdinand Tönnies]] or [[Felix Jacoby]]. The university buildings sustained much damage during the Second World War. The school was rebuilt at a different location with only a very few of the older buildings housing the medical school. There were approximately 21,000 students enrolled in 2005. |
It was one of the first universities to obey the ''[[Gleichschaltung]]'' in 1933 and removed many of the professors and students from the school, as e.g. [[Ferdinand Tönnies]] or [[Felix Jacoby]]. The university buildings sustained much damage during the Second World War. The school was rebuilt at a different location with only a very few of the older buildings housing the medical school. There were approximately 21,000 students enrolled in 2005. |
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Revision as of 10:18, 20 October 2007
Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel | |
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| Motto | Pax optima rerum (Peace is the greatest good) |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1665 |
Academic staff | 8 |
| Students | 21,198 |
| Location | , |
| Website | www.uni-kiel.de/ |
The University of Kiel (German Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, CAU) is a university in the city of Kiel, Germany. It was founded in 1665 as the Academia Holsatorum Chiloniensis by duke Christian Albrecht of Holstein-Gottorp in order to train priests and government officials. Especially during the 19th century a number of important scholars worked and taught in Kiel.
It was one of the first universities to obey the Gleichschaltung in 1933 and removed many of the professors and students from the school, as e.g. Ferdinand Tönnies or Felix Jacoby. The university buildings sustained much damage during the Second World War. The school was rebuilt at a different location with only a very few of the older buildings housing the medical school. There were approximately 21,000 students enrolled in 2005.
Faculties
- Faculty of Theology
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences
- Faculty of Medicine
- Faculty of Arts and Humanities
- Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
- Faculty of Agricultural and Nutrition
- Faculty of Engineering
Some famous scholars
- Kurt Alder
- Walter Anderson
- Jochen Bleicken
- Hartmut Boockmann
- Friedrich Blume
- Hans-Gerhard Creutzfeldt
- Paul Deussen
- Otto Diels
- Wilhelm Dilthey
- Johann Gustav Droysen
- Karl-Dietrich Erdmann
- Friedrich von Esmarch
- Hans Geiger
- Herbert Giersch
- Wilhelm Griesinger
- Bernhard Harms
- Heinrich Hertz
- Alfred Heuß
- Felix Jacoby
- Otto Jahn
- Philipp Lenard
- Otto Meyerhof
- Theodor Mommsen
- Daniel Georg Morhof
- Max Planck
- Erwin Rohde
- Erich Schneider
- Walther Schücking
- Ferdinand Tönnies
- Heinrich von Treitschke
- Otto Werner