Georg-August University of Göttingen
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Latin name	Universitas Regiae Georgiae Augustae
Motto	--
Established	Events January 8 - Premiere of George Frideric Handels opera Ariodante at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. June 17 - French troops take Philippsburg, but the Duke of Berwick is killed June 21 - In Montreal in New France, a black slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Ang... 1734
School type	Public Law foundation (Stiftung öffentlichen Rechts, since 2003)
President	Prof. Dr. Kurt von Figura
Location	Göttingen, The Federal Republic of Germany ( German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is one of the worlds leading industrialised countries, located in the heart of Europe. Due to its central location, Germany has more neighbours than any other European country: these are Denmark in the north, Poland and the Czech Republic in the... Germany
Enrollment	24,000 students ( 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. It was designated the: International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) Elections were held in 73 countries during 2004. See a list of elections... 2004)
Staff	-- ( 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. It was designated the: International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) Elections were held in 73 countries during 2004. See a list of elections... 2004)
Member	Founded in 1985 and formally constituted by Charter in 1987, the Coimbra Group is a network of European universities which gathers 39 of the older universities, including Oxford, Cambridge, Bristol, Louvain/Leuven, Montpellier, Uppsala, Göttingen, Heidelberg, Dublin, Bologna, Siena, Leiden, Coimbra, Barcelona and Granada. The group took its name... Coimbra Group, The European University Association (EUA) is the main voice of the higher education community in Europe. As of 2004 over 700 university level institutions in 45 European countries are part of the association. The associations main objectives are the harmonsation of European higher education and research, for instance through the... EUA
Homepage	www.uni-goettingen.de

The Georg-August University of Göttingen (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, often called the Georgia Augusta) was founded in Events January 8 - Premiere of George Frideric Handels opera Ariodante at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. June 17 - French troops take Philippsburg, but the Duke of Berwick is killed June 21 - In Montreal in New France, a black slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Ang... 1734 by George II King of Great Britain and Ireland George II (George Augustus) (10 November 1683–25 October 1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) and Archtreasurer and Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death. He... George II, King of Great Britain and Elector of Hanover, and opened in Events 12 February - The San Carlo, the oldest working opera house in Europe, is inaugurated. Benjamin Franklin created the Philadelphia police force - the first city-paid force. In Britain the Theatrical Licensing Act requires plays to be submitted to the Lord Chamberlain for censorship. Georg August University of Göttingen... 1737. It rapidly attained a leading position, and in Events July 15 - San Paolo fuori le Mura church in Rome almost completely destroyed by fire September 10 - Peru December 2 - US President James Monroe delivers a speech to the U.S. Congress, announcing a new policy of forbidding European interference in the Americas and establishing American neutrality in future... 1823 its students numbered 1547. It started with four faculties and soon became one of the best-attended universities in Europe with its 800 students.

History

Political disturbances, in which both professors and students were implicated, lowered the attendance to 860 in Events January 1 - Abolition of customs charges at borders within Germany. January 3 - The government of Mexico imprisons Stephen F. Austin in Mexico City March 6 - York, Upper Canada is incorporated as Toronto. March 18 - The Tolpuddle Martyrs, six Dorset farm labourers, are sentenced to be transported to a penal... 1834. The expulsion in Events January 10 - DePauw University founded in Greencastle, Indiana January 26 - Michigan is admitted as the 26th U.S. state February 8 - Richard Johnson becomes the first Vice President of the United States chosen by the United States Senate February 11 - American Physiological Society organizes in Boston February 13 - Rowland... 1837 of the famous seven professors - Die Göttinger Sieben - viz, the Germanist, Wilhelm Eduard Albrecht (1800-1876); the historian, Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann (May 13, 1785 - December 5, 1860) was a German historian and politician. He came of an old Hanseatic family of Wismar, which then belonged to Sweden. His father, who was burgomaster of the town, intended him to study theology, but Friedrich preferred classical philology, which he studied... Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann (1785-1860); the orientalist, Georg Heinrich August von Ewald (November 16, 1803 - May 4, 1875) was a German orientalist and theologian. He was born at Göttingen, where his father was a linen weaver. In 1815 he was sent to the gymnasium, and in 1820 he entered the University of Göttingen, where he... Georg Heinrich August Ewald (1803-1875); the historian, Georg Gottfried Gervinus (May 20, 1805 - March 18, 1871), German literary and political historian, was born at Darmstadt. He was educated at the gymnasium of the town, and intended for a commercial career, but in 1825 he became a student of the university of Giessen. In 1826 he went to... Georg Gottfried Gervinus (1805—1875); the physicist, Wilhelm Eduard Weber (October 24, 1804 - June 23, 1891) was a noted physicist. He was born in Wittenberg, where his father, Michael Weber, was professor of theology. William was the second of three brothers, all of whom were distinguished by an aptitude for the study of science. After the dissolution... Wilhelm Eduard Weber (1804-1891); and the philologists, the brothers Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm (January 4, 1785 – September 20, 1863), German philologist and mythologist, was born at Hanau, in Hesse-Kassel. Life His father, who was a lawyer, died while he was a child, and the mother was left with very small means; but her sister, who was lady... Jakob Grimm (1785-1863), and Wilhelm Carl Grimm (February 24, 1786 - December 16, 1859) was one of the Brothers Grimm. He was born in Hanau, Germany and in 1803 he started studying law at the University of Marburg, one year after his brother Jakob did the same. In 1825 Wilhelm married Henriette Dorothea Wild, also... Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859),--for protesting against the revocation by King Ernest Augustus I of Hanover Ernest Augustus I, King of Hanover (5 June 1771 - 18 November 1851), also known (1799-1837) as the Duke of Cumberland was the fifth son and eighth child of King George III of the United Kingdom and Queen Charlotte. His Royal Highness Field Marshal The... Ernest I of Hanover of the liberal constitution of 1833, further reduced the prosperity of the university.

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Top: The old Auditorium Maximum (1862-65)
Bottom: New library building

The events of 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). Events Monument for the leaders of the 1848 Matale rebellion, Sri Lanka The Revolution of 1848 (qv.), a series of widespread but failed struggles for more liberal governments, from Brazil to Hungary. January 24 - California gold... 1848, on the other hand, told somewhat in its favour; and, since the annexation of Alternate meanings: Hanover (district), Hanover (region), Hanover (state), other uses Map of Germany showing Hanover Hanover (in German: Hannover [haˈnoːfɐ]), on the Leine river, is the capital of the state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen) in Germany. It is also the capital of the surrounding Hanover... Hanover in 1866 is a common year starting on Monday. Events January – June January 6 – Ottoman troops clash with men of a Maronite leader Karam in St. Doumit in Lebanon - Turks are defeated January 12 - Royal Aeronautical Society is formed ( London) January 28 - 800 Maronite troops clash with Ottoman troops... 1866, it was carefully fostered by the The coat of arms of the Kingdom of Prussia, 1701-1918 The word Prussia ( German: Preußen or Preussen, Polish: Prusy, Lithuanian: Prūsai, Latin: Borussia) has had various (often contradictory) meanings: The land of the Baltic Prussians (in what is now parts of southern Lithuania, the Kaliningrad... Prussian government. In 1903 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes.css; @import /skins/monobook/IE55Fixes.css; @import /skins/monobook/IE60Fixes.css; /**/ 1903 From Wikipedia 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since... 1903 its teaching staff numbered 121 and its students 1529.

Ludwig Prandtl Ludwig Prandtl (4 February 1875 - 15 August 1953) was a German physicist. He was a pioneer of aerodynamics, and developed the mathematical basis for the fundamental principles of subsonic aerodynamics in the 1920s. His studies identified the boundary layer, thin-airfoils, and lifting-line theories. He was also... Ludwig Prandtl joined the university in 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-March January 7 - The distress signal CQD is established only to be replaced two years later by SOS. February 7 - The Great Baltimore Fire in Baltimore, Maryland destroys over 1,500 buildings in... 1904, and developed it into a world leader in Fluid mechanics is the study of the macroscopic physical behaviour of fluids. Fluids are specifically liquids and gases though some other materials and systems can be described in a similar way. The solution of a fluid dynamic problem typically involves calculating for various properties of the fluid, such as velocity... fluid mechanics and Aerodynamics is a branch of fluid dynamics concerned with the study of gas flows, first analysed by George Cayley in the 1800s. The solution of an aerodynamic problem normally involves calculating for various properties of the flow, such as velocity, pressure, density, and temperature, as a function of space... aerodynamics over the next two decades. By the 1920s it was unparalleled, and eventually turned into the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Fluid Mechanics. Many of Prandtl's students went on to make some of the fundamental contributions to aerodynamics, and read like a "who's who" guide to the field.

The "great purge" of 1933

In the Events and trends Technology Jet engine invented Science Nuclear fission discovered by Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner and Fritz Strassmann Pluto, the ninth planet from the Sun, is discovered by Clyde Tombaugh British biologist Arthur Tansley coins term ecosystem War, peace and politics Socialists proclaim The death of Capitalism Rise to... 1930s, the university became a focal point for the The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). Black, white, and red were in fact the colors of the old North German Confederation flag (invented by Otto von Bismarck, based on... Nazi crackdown on "Jewish physics", as represented by the work of For other uses of the name Einstein, please see Einstein (disambiguation) Portrait of Albert Einstein taken by Yousuf Karsh on February 11, 1948 Albert Einstein ( March 14, 1879 – April 18, 1955) was a theoretical physicist who is widely regarded as the greatest scientist of the 20th century. He proposed... Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr Niels Henrik David Bohr (October 7, 1885 – November 18, 1962) was a Danish physicist who made essential contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum mechanics. Bohrs contributions to physics Bohrs model of atomic structure. The electrons orbital angular momentum is quantized; L=nħ... Niels Bohr (both Jewish). In what was later called the "great purge" of 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 3 - Japanese troops occupy Shanghai January 5 - Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay. January 15 - Political violence has caused almost 100 deaths in Spain January 17 - US Congress... 1933, academics including Max Born (December 11, 1882 – January 5, 1970) was a Jewish German mathematician and physicist and was the only child of Gustav Born and Margarete Kauffmann. He is also the maternal grandfather of British singer and actress Olivia Newton-John. Initially educated at the König-Wilhelm-Gymnasium, Born... Max Born, Victor Goldschmidt, James Franck (August 26, 1882 - May 21, 1964) was a German-born physicist and Nobel laureate. He was born in Hamburg, and did research in the United States regarding quantum physics. For this work, he received the 1925 Nobel Prize in Physics. He was the chairman of the Committee on... James Franck, Eugene Wigner (left) and Alvin Weinberg Eugene Paul Wigner (Hungarian Wigner Pál Jenő) (November 17, 1902 – January 1, 1995) was a Hungarian physicist and mathematician. He was one of a generation of physicists of the 1920s who remade the world of physics. It was a collection of... Eugene Wigner, Leó Szilárd (right) working with Albert Einstein. Leó Szilárd (February 11, 1898 – May 30, 1964) was a Jewish Hungarian-American physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project. He was born in Budapest and died in La Jolla, California. He was probably the first scientist to think seriously... Leo Szilard, Edward Teller in 1958 as Director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Edward Teller (original Hungarian name Teller Ede) (January 15, 1908–September 9, 2003) was an Hungarian-born American nuclear physicist of Jewish descent. He was known colloquially as the father of the hydrogen bomb. Early life and education... Edward Teller, and A separate article covers Saint John Neumann, the American priest. John von Neumann in the 1940s. John von Neumann (Neumann János) (December 28, 1903 – February 8, 1957) was a Hungarian-American mathematician who made important contributions in quantum physics, set theory, computer science, economics and virtually all mathematical... John von Neumann were expelled or fled. The legacy of greatness in mathematics, a lineage which had included Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss (Gauß) (April 30, 1777 _ February 23, 1855) was a legendary German mathematician, astronomer and physicist with a very wide range of contributions; he is considered to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time. (His name rhymes with house, and... Carl Friedrich Gauss and Bernhard Riemann. Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann (September 17, 1826 - June 20, German mathematician who made important contributions to analysis and differential geometry, some of them paving the way for the later development of general relativity. His name is connected with the zeta function, the Riemann integral, the Riemann lemma, Riemannian... Bernhard Riemann, was broken.

Though David Hilbert David Hilbert (January 23, 1862 – February 14, 1943) was a German mathematician born in Wehlau, near Königsberg, Prussia (now Znamensk, near Kaliningrad, Russia) who is recognized as one of the most influential mathematicians of the 19th and early 20th centuries. His own discoveries alone would have... David Hilbert remained, by the time he died in 1943, the Nazis had essentially gutted the university, as many of the top faculty were either Jewish or had married Jews. When Bernhard Rust (1883--May 1945) was Minister of Education in Nazi Germany. He was born in Germany, and served in the army during the First World War. He was awarded the Iron Cross for bravery. He joined the NSDAP in 1922. He worked as a schoolteacher, but lost his job... Bernhard Rust asked him if the institute had "suffered so much" from the purge, he replied, "Suffered? No, Herr Minister, it didn't suffer. It simply no longer exists." Today, Göttingen is a regular regional university in Germany, with a respectable, but no longer world-famous, mathematics department.

Current status

Today the university consists of 13 faculties. About 24,000 students are currently enrolled. More than 2,500 professors and other academics presently work at the University, assisted by a technical and administrative staff of about 8,000. The post-war expansion of the University led to the establishment of a new, modern 'university quarter' in the north of the town. The architecture of the old university can still be seen in the Auditorium Maximum (1826/1865) and the Great Hall (1835/1837) on the Wilhelmsplatz.

Closely linked with the university are the State and University Library of Lower Saxony with its 3.5 million volumes and precious manuscripts, the Academy of Sciences, originally founded as the 'Royal Society for Sciences', and the four research institutes of the ... Max Planck Society for the Promotion of Science.

The international reputation of the university was founded by many eminent professors who are commemorated by statues and memorial plaques throughout the town. For example, in the 19th century, Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss (Gauß) (April 30, 1777 _ February 23, 1855) was a legendary German mathematician, astronomer and physicist with a very wide range of contributions; he is considered to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time. (His name rhymes with house, and... Carl Friedrich Gauss and the Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm The Brothers Grimm (Brüder Grimm) are Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm. The collection of childrens tales The Brothers Grimm are well known for publishing collections of German fairy tales, as Kinder- und Hausmärchen (Childrens and Household Tales), in 1812, with a second volume... brothers Grimm taught there. More recently, forty-two The Nobel Prizes (pronounced no-BELL or no-bell) are awarded annually to people who have done outstanding research, invented groundbreaking techniques or equipment, or made outstanding contributions to society. It is generally regarded as the supreme commendation in the world today. The prizes were instituted by the final will... Nobel Prize laureates studied or taught in Göttingen and many students attained a place in history – for example Alternative meanings: See Bismarck (disambiguation). Prince Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg ( 1 April 1815– 30 July 1898) was one of the most prominent European aristocrats and statesmen of the nineteenth century. As Prime Minister of Prussia from 1862 to 1890, he engineered the unification of the... Otto von Bismarck, who studied in Göttingen in 1833 and lived in the old fortress tower on the "Wall", now known as "Bismarck Cottage," and the American John Pierpont Morgan (April 17, 1837 – March 31, 1913), American financier and banker, was born in Hartford, Connecticut, a son of Junius Spencer Morgan (1813–1890), who was a partner of George Peabody and the founder of the house of J. S. Morgan & Co. in London. He... J.P. Morgan.

The University Campus is divided between several locations around the city: The central University complex with the main library and 'Mensa' is located right next to the city and comprises the faculties for Law, Economy, Theology and Linguistics. Closely associated with it are the faculties for Psychology, Ethnology and Educational Sciences as well as the Medical Faculty with its associated hospitals. Just north of the city a new scientific center has been built in which most of the natural sciences (Chemistry, Microbiology, Plant Pathology, Agronomy, Forestry, Geology and Physics) are now located, including the GZMB. Other institutes are set around the inner city. The University offers eight cafeterias and six 'Mensae' (canteens) serving lunch at low prices for the students, one 'Mensa' also providing dinner.

External links

• University home page (http://www.uni-goettingen.de/?lang=en)
• Shame at Göttingen (http://www.childrenofthemanhattanproject.org/HISTORY/H-02b.htm), detailing the 1933 purge

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