University of Bonn (Rhine-Bonn University of Friedrich Wilhelm; German: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn , also Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Bonn) - one of the largest and most famous universities in Germany .
| University of Bonn Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn | |
|---|---|
 | |
 | |
| Year of foundation | 1818 [1] |
| Rector | Jürgen Formann |
| Students | |
| Location |  Bonn |
| Site | uni-bonn.de |
Content
History
In 1777, the Kurkölnische Akademie Bonn was founded in Bonn , which was granted university rights in 1784 .
In 1798, the academy was closed by France, which ruled the Rhine lands.
On October 18, 1818, the Prussian King Frederick William III founded the University of Rhine, which became the sixth university in Prussia, which was joined at the end of the Vienna Congress to Prussia by Bonn . A significant role in the formation of the university was played by the then Minister of Education of Germany Karl Altenstein .
Catholics and Protestants were equally represented at the university, which was expressed primarily in the existence of two theological faculties. Also, the university created medical, legal and philosophical faculties.
In 1827, the university statute was approved. Later, the university became unofficially called the “University of Princes,” since many of the offspring of the Hohenzollern house studied at this university.
After the First World War, state funding for the university was reduced, and the university had to look for other sources of funding.
In 1930, a new university statute was approved, which included clauses on student self-government.
After 1933, the university’s autonomy was liquidated, and the university was reassigned to the Ministry of Education. Opponents of the Nazis, as well as Jews, left the university.
In 1937, Thomas Mann was stripped of the title of Honorary Doctor of the University. The university’s buildings were severely damaged during the Second World War , but he was able to continue working in 1945 .
After WWII, the university actively developed and maintained its status as one of the leading universities in Germany.
Structure
Currently, the university includes the faculties:
- Faculty of Medicine;
- Faculty of Agronomy;
- pharmaceuticals
- Faculty of Catholic Theology;
- Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences;
- Faculty of Law and Economics;
- Faculty of Protestant Theology;
- Faculty of Philosophy.
In addition, the university has several research institutes.
Famous People
Among the famous graduates of the university: Frederick III , William II , Luigi Pirandello ( [3] ( 1934), Konrad Adenauer , Walter Schellenberg , Jürgen Habermas , Johann Albers , Paul Gutnik , Ludwig Klaisen , Karl Pelman .
The university also studied for some time: Friedrich Nietzsche , Heinrich Heine , Karl Marx , Karl Peter Heinzen , Friedrich Franz II (Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerinsky), Paul Heise ( 1910 literature ), Joseph Goebbels , Harald zur Hausen ( in physiology or medicine in 2008), Oscar Lafontaine , Ludwig van Beethoven , Annette Shavan , Maxim Kontsevich (1998 Fields Prize laureate ).
Famous teachers and employees of the university were: August Anschütz , Eduard Alton , Johann Achterfeld , Barthold Georg Niebuhr , Hermann Helmholtz , August F. Kekule , Philip Lenard ( 1905 Physics ), Otto Wallach ( in chemistry in 1910), Wolfgang Paul ( 1989 Physics ), Reinhard Zelten ( 1994 Economics ), Gerd Faltinges (1986 Fields Prize laureate ), Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI), Martin Noth , Axel Weber (head of the Bundesbank ), Paul Wolstedt (geologist), Alfred Philipson (geologist), Friedrich Andrés ( theologian) and others.
See also
- Bonn Higher School of Economics
- Bonn Laboratory of Experimental Economics
- Hoer List Observatory
Notes
- ↑ Bonn // Small Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : in 4 volumes - St. Petersburg. 1907-1909.
- ↑ https://www.uni-bonn.de/die-universitaet/ueber-die-universitaet/die-universitaet-bonn-in-zahlen-und-fakten
- ↑ Nobel Prize Laureate
Links
- Official website (German)