The University of Altdorf was a university in Altdorf bei Nürnberg, a small town outside Nuremberg. It was founded in the late 16th century, received university privileges in 1622 and was closed in 1809 by Maximilian I of Bavaria. Altdorf bei Nürnberg is a town in south-eastern Germany. ... Hl. ... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... Events January 1 - In the Gregorian calendar, January 1 is declared as the first day of the year, instead of March 25. ... 1809 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Maximilian I Joseph, King of Bavaria. ...
Notable students include the later imperial field marshals Albrecht von Wallenstein and Gottfried Heinrich zu Pappenheim. Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein (also Waldstein, Czech: Albrecht Václav Eusebius z Valdštejna), September 24, 1583 – February 25, 1634) was a Bohemian soldier and politician who gave his services (an army of 30,000 to 100,000 men) during the Danish Period of the Thirty Years War to... Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim Pappenheim Letter of Wallenstein, asking for help Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim (May 29, 1594 – November 17, 1632), imperial field marshal in the Thirty Years War, was born at the little town of Pappenheim on the Altmühl, in Bavaria, the seat of a free...
Altdorf is situated about 25 kilometres east of Nuremberg in a lovely landscape between the Franconian Jura Mountain and the valley of the small river Schwarzach.
Altdorf was the seat of the University of Nuremberg from 1575 to 1809.
In 1809, the university was closed because in the meantime the famous imperial city of Nuremberg had nearly gone bankrupt and lost her autonomy.
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