Talk:University of Vienna

Picture

Does anybody know if the picture from univie.ac.at can be used for wikipedia?

Or is there any other (possibly brighter) picture, that could be added to this site.

There is a good picture on the German Wikipedia, which you could just upload to commons:. / up+land 17:19, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)

"Full university" status

Is it entirely fair to describe it as "not a full university" has it has separated its medical section? Full university status in the UK does not require a medical school (although most of those that top rankings have one). Is this an Austrian convention? Wee Jimmy 00:41, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

The word “Universität” is often persceived as a description of the university of covering all sciences and arts (Wissenschaften). In old days, the University of Vienna was the only University in Vienna, other schools of higher education just being focussed on specific fields. Later other schools were named “Universität”, too, leading to confusion. “Technische Universität” was perceived as an oxymoron because a school can either be restricted to a field or universal, but not both. This might be a misunderstanding of the etymology of the word “Universität”. I have never heard of an official definition though.

Still, it is very complicated to say, for example, that you work at the University of Vienna, when someone asks which university you work at. You can just say something like THE univiersity, because the name “Universität Wien” does not contain any word to contrast it from the other “universities” in Vienna. – Hokanomono ✉ 10:05, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Contradiction

Was the University founded in 1385 or 1365? Greenshed 11:48, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

In 1365, Rudolf IV sanctioned a deed of foundation for studies to doctoral level in Vienna on the model of the University of Paris. However, Pope Urban V did not ratify the deed to also found a Faculty of Theology, presumably due to pressure exerted by the Emperor who wished to avoid competition to Prague University. In 1384, papal agreement was finally received and Vienna University was extended to a full university, also including the fourth faculty, Theology. The first university building opened in 1385. versity of Pisa was founded in 1343, and that of Vienna in 1365. Why is it mentioned that the University of Vienna is the oldest in central europe?

The University of Vienna is the second oldest in Central Europe, behind Charles University in Prague, and this does not concern the University of Pisa because the University of Pisa is not located in Central Europe by any definition of the term. Elpato 21:49, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Is this the university, late 19th - early 20th C?

A gravestone, probably in Vienna's Zentralfriedhof, describes the deceased as "PROFESSOR AN DER WIENER UNIVERSITAT 1880 - 1912" – would this refer to the University of Vienna or need I seek further confirmation? -- Thanks, Deborahjay 12:04, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Most probably yes. As far as I know the University of Vienna was at that time the only institution named "Universität" in Vienna, the other today's unversities were called "Hochschule" or other names or had not existed yet. Vheissu 16:17, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

copyediting

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Please provide feedback on the new structure. A few statements were removed that did not fit. Check the edit history for more details. --Otheus 21:54, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

I think this is done, except I can't make the last paragraph of 'Library History' work properly.

Nazi time

No word about the years 1938-1945. Xx236 (talk) 13:43, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Identification of people in 1853 picture

I have left a request here: en:Category talk:University of Vienna faculty#Can anybody identify these people ? but I'm not sure if that page is attended by actual persons or if it is autogenerated. Nevertheless, help is much appreciated. Power.corrupts (talk) 09:17, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

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I have managed to identify the following persons in this 1853 image
9 - Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra
13 - Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky
14 - Josef Škoda

Johann Klein (1788-1856) was professor of obstetrics at the time and is likely in the picture

I somebody could help on this it would be much appreciated. Thanks, Power.corrupts 17:39, 26. Dez. 2008 (CET)

Sitting, from the left to the right: Dumreicher, Skoda, Rokitansky, Rosas, Schuh. Standing, from the left to the right: Dlauhy, Hebra, Helm, Oppoltzer, Brücke, Haller, Unger, Redtenbacher, Sigmund, Hyrtl. --84.113.222.201 11:29, 14. Jan. 2009 (CET), Vienna

Thanks!! But I think you start right (rechts) and go left (links), not the other way round, otherwise my own idenfitication (see numbers) would be wrong, and I would doubt that. Could you please confirm. I will copy the info into the image's Commons page, for reference. Would you by any chance happen to know also the first name, could be useful for future articles. I had hoped that Klein was in the picture, too bad. Thanks again, Regards, Power.corrupts (talk) 17:37, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Oh, well that's amusing - I discovered the names somewhere in the internet, but they were referring to an image which was mirrored. sorry for my inobservance. Moreover I found an image file including the names: [1]. Concerning the first names I did some research- Sitting: Franz Schuh, Anton Rosas, Carl Rokitansjy, Josef Sokda, Johann Dumreicher. Standing: Joseph Hyrtl, Karl Sigmund, Josef Redtenbacher, Franz Unger, Haller (no idea, definively not 'Albrecht Haller' because this one lived from 1708 to 1777), Ernst Brücke, Theodor Oppoltzer, Helm (no idea), Ferdinand Hebra, Anton Dlauhy --84.113.222.201 (talk) 01:37, 15 January 2009 (UTC)