Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen (German Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen) is a state-supported university. It is located on the The Neckar is a river in Germany, a major tributary of the River Rhine, which it joins at Mannheim. Rising in the Black Forest, it flows through a steep valley in the Odenwald hills and passes through Tübingen, Nürtingen, Esslingen, Stuttgart, and Heidelberg. The total length of the... Neckar river, in Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Bundesrepublik Deutschland (In Detail) National motto: Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit (German: Unity and Justice and Freedom) Official language German1 Capital Berlin Largest City Berlin Chancellor Gerhard Schröder President Horst Köhler Area - Total - % water Ranked 61st 349,223 km² 2.416% Population - Total (2004) - Density Ranked 13th 82... Germany. It was founded in Years: 1474 1475 1476 - 1477 - 1478 1479 1480 Decades: 1440s 1450s 1460s - 1470s - 1480s 1490s 1500s Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century Events January 5 - Battle of Nancy - Charles the Bold of Burgundy is again defeated by the Swiss, and this time is killed. Swedish University of Uppsala founded... 1477 by Count Eberhard VI (Eberhard in the Beard, Years: 1442 1443 1444 - 1445 - 1446 1447 1448 Decades: 1410s 1420s 1430s - 1440s - 1450s 1460s 1470s Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century Events Discovery of Senegal and Cape Verde by Dinas Diaz Births March 1 - Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter of the Florentine school during the Early Renaissance (d. 1510... 1445 - Years: 1493 1494 1495 - 1496 - 1497 1498 1499 Decades: 1460s 1470s 1480s - 1490s - 1500s 1510s 1520s Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century Events January 3 - Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine. March 10 - Christopher Columbus leaves Hispaniola for Spain, ending his second visit to the Western Hemisphere... 1496), later the first duke of Württemberg, a civic and ecclesiastic reformer who established the school after becoming absorbed in the For other uses, see Renaissance (disambiguation). Renaissance By topic: Architecture Dance Literature Music Painting Philosophy Science Warfare By Region: Italian Renaissance Northern Renaissance -French Renaissance -German Renaissance -English Renaissance The Renaissance was a great cultural movement which brought about a period of scientific revolution and artistic transformation, at the dawn... Renaissance revival of learning during his travels to For other uses, see Italy (disambiguation). The Italian Republic or Italy (Italian: Repubblica Italiana or Italia) is a southern European country, comprising a boot-shaped peninsula and two large islands in the Mediterranean Sea: Sicily and Sardinia. It shares its nothern alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia. The... Italy. Its present name was conferred on it in 1769 by Duke Karl Eugen who appended his first name to that of the founder (Karls = Grammatical cases List of grammatical cases Abessive case Ablative case Absolutive case Adessive case Allative case Causal case Causal-final case Comitative case Dative case Dedative case Delative case Disjunctive case Distributive case Distributive-temporal case Elative case Essive case Essive-formal case Essive-modal case Excessive case Final case... genitive of Karl).

The university has a history of innovative thought, particularly in Theology is literally rational discourse concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, rational discourse). By extension, it also refers to the study of other religious topics. Contents // 1 History of the term 2 Theology and religions other than Christianity 3 Theology and... theology, in which the university and the Tübinger Stift are famous till today. Melancthon, in a portrait engraved by Albrecht Dürer, 1526 Philipp Melanchthon (February 16, 1497 - April 19, 1560) was a German theologian and writer of the Protestant Reformation and an associate of Martin Luther. Contents // 1 Early Life and Education 2 Professor at Wittenberg 3 Theological Disputes 4 Augsburg Confession... Philipp Melanchthon ( Years: 1494 1495 1496 - 1497 - 1498 1499 1500 Decades: 1460s 1470s 1480s - 1490s - 1500s 1510s 1520s Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century Events May 10 - Amerigo Vespucci allegedly leaves Cádiz for his first voyage to the New World. May 13 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. May 20... 1497 - Years: 1557 1558 1559 - 1560 - 1561 1562 1563 Decades: 1530s 1540s 1550s - 1560s - 1570s 1580s 1590s Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century Events February 27 - The Treaty of Berhick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation of Scotland The first tulip bulb... 1560), the prime mover in building the German school system and a chief figure in the The Protestant Reformation was a movement which began in the 16th century as a series of attempts to reform the Roman Catholic Church, but ended in division and the establishment of new institutions, most importantly Lutheranism, Reformed churches, and Anabaptists. Contents // 1 Roots of the Reformation 2 Reformation begins 2... Protestant Reformation, helped establish its direction. Among Tübingen's eminent students have been astronomer Johannes Kepler Johannes Kepler (December 27, 1571 – November 15, 1630), a key figure in the scientific revolution, was a German astronomer, mathematician and astrologer. He is best known for his laws of planetary motion. He is sometimes referred to as the first theoretical astrophysicist, although Carl Sagan also refers... Johannes Kepler, His Holiness Benedict XVI Name Joseph Alois Ratzinger Papacy began April 19 is the 109th day of the year in the The Gregorian calendar is the calendar currently used in the Western world. A modification of the Julian calendar, it was first proposed by the Neapolitan doctor Aloysius Lilius, and was... Pope Benedict XVI, poet Friedrich Hölderlin, and philosophers Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling (January 27, 1775 - August 20, 1854) was a German philosopher. Contents // 1 Life 1.1 Philosophy 1.2 Naturphilosophie 2 Bibliography 3 External links Life Schelling was born at Leonberg in Württemberg. He was first educated at the cloister school of Bebenhausen, near T... Friedrich Schelling and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (August 27, 1770 - November 14, 1831) was a German philosopher born in Stuttgart, Württemberg, in present-day southwest Germany. He received his education at the Tübinger Stift (seminary of the Protestant Church in Württemberg), where he was friends with the future philosophers Friedrich... Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. "The Tübingen Three" refers to Hölderlin, Hegel and Schelling. The university rose to the height of its prominence in the middle of the Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. In the sense of the Common Era... 19th century with the teachings of poet and civic leader Johann Ludwig Uhland (April 26, 1787 - November 13, 1862), was a German poet. He was born at Tübingen, and studied jurisprudence at the university there, but also took an interest in medieval literature. Having graduated as a doctor of laws in 1810, he went to Paris for a few... Ludwig Uhland and the Protestant theologian Ferdinand Christian Baur (June 21, 1792 - 1860), was a German theologian and leader of the Tübingen school of theology. He was born at Schmiden, near Canstatt. After training at the theological seminary of Blaubeuren, he went in 1809 to the University of Tübingen. Here he studied for a... Ferdinand Christian Baur, whose beliefs and disciples became known as the "Tübingen School" which initiated historical analysis of Biblical texts, an approach also generally referred to as the Higher criticism is a branch of literary analysis that attempts to investigate the origins of a text, especially the text of the Bible. Higher criticism in particular focuses on the sources of a document and tries to determine the authorship, date, and place of composition of the text. This term... Higher criticism. The University of Tübingen also was the first German university to establish a faculty of The term natural science as the way in which different fields of study are defined is determined as much by historical convention as by the present day meaning of the words. Thus the traditional description of natural science is the study of the physical, nonhuman aspects of the Earth and... natural sciences, in 1863 is a common year starting on Thursday. Years: 1860 1861 1862 - 1863 - 1864 1865 1866 Decades: 1830s 1840s 1850s - 1860s - 1870s 1880s 1890s Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century 1863 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Rail transport - Science - Sport Lists of leaders: Colonial... 1863. For other uses, see DNA (disambiguation). DNA replication Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a nucleic acid which carries genetic instructions for the biological development of all cellular forms of life and many viruses. DNA is sometimes referred to as the molecule of heredity as it is inherited and used to propagate... DNA was discovered in 1868 at the University of Tübingen by Categories: Biology stubs | 1844 births | 1895 deaths ... Friedrich Miescher. Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, the first female Nobel Prize winner in medicine in Germany, also works in Tübingen.

In the (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... 20th century, at Tübingen as in most other German universities the faculty, and the student body's activities, became dominated first by nationalist/right wing politics and then by Adolf Hitler Born April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). There are 255 days remaining. April Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16... Adolf Hitler's The neutrality of this article is disputed. Please see the relevant discussion on the talk page. 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... Nazi regime until the beginning of the Allied occupation in Years: 1942 1943 1944 - 1945 - 1946 1947 1948 Decades: 1910s 1920s 1930s - 1940s - 1950s 1960s 1970s Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century 1945 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Film - Literature - Music Science and technology Aviation - Rail transport - Science - Television Other topics Canada - Sport Lists of leaders: State leaders - Religious... 1945. In 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. Years: 1967 1968 1969 - 1970 - 1971 1972 1973 Decades: 1940s 1950s 1960s - 1970s - 1980s 1990s 2000s Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century 1970 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Film - Literature - Music Science and technology Aviation - Rail transport - Science - Television Other topics... 1970 the university was restructured into a series of independent departments of study and research after the manner of Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. Subject to disclaimers. Trying... French universities. Currently, about 22,000 students are enrolled, roughly one fourth of the total population of the city. The 17 hospitals in Tübingen affiliated with the university's faculty of medicine have 1,500 patient beds, and yearly cater to 66,000 in-patients and 200,000 out-patients.

Tübingen is one of four major university towns in Germany; the other three are Marburg is a town in Hessen, Germany, on the Lahn river. It is the capital of the Marburg-Biedenkopf county. Population 78,117 (actual urban center 48,923) (2002), geographical location 50° 48 36 North, 8° 46 15 East. Contents // 1 Universitätsstadt Marburg 1.1 History 1.2 Founding... Marburg, Göttingen, and For other uses, see Heidelberg (disambiguation). Map of Germany showing Heidelberg Heidelberg (halfway between Stuttgart and Frankfurt) is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. As of 2002, there are 140,000 people living on the citys 109 km2. View from the so called alley of philosophers (Philosophenweg) towards... Heidelberg.

Famous Alumni

Nobel laureates

• Günter Blobel, (1999, Physiology or Medicine)
• Karl Ferdinand Braun (June 6, 1850 - April 20, 1918) was a German physicist, born in Fulda. Braun was educated at the University of Marburg and received a Ph.D from the University of Berlin in 1872.In 1874 he discovered the point-contact rectifier effect. He became director of the... Karl Ferdinand Braun, (1909, Physics)
• Eduard Buchner (May 20, 1860 -- August 12, 1917) was a German chemist and zymologist, the winner of the 1907 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on fermentation. He was born in Munich, the son of a physician and Professor Extraordinary of Forensic Medicine. In 1884, he began studies in... Eduard Buchner, (1907, Chemistry)
• Adolf Friedrich Johann Butenandt (March 24, 1903 _ January 18, 1995) was a German biochemist. He won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1939. Categories: People stubs | 1903 births | 1995 deaths | Biochemists | Nobel Prize in Chemistry winners ... Adolf Butenandt, (1939, Chemistry)
• Hartmut Michel is a German biochemist and Nobel Laureate. He was born 18 July 1948 in Ludwigsburg. After compulsory military service, he studied biochemistry at Tubingen University, working for his final year at Dieter Oesterhelt’s laboratory on ATPase activity of halobacteria. He later worked on the crystallisation of... Hartmut Michel, (1988, Chemistry)
• Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, (1995, Physiology or Medicine)
• Categories: People stubs | 1852 births | 1916 deaths | Nobel Prize in Chemistry winners | Discoverer of a chemical element ... William Ramsay, (1904, Chemistry)
• Bert Sakmann (born June 12, 1942) is a German cell physiologist. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Erwin Neher in 1991 for their work on the function of single ion channels in cells. Categories: Stub | 1942 births ... Bert Sakmann, (1991, Physiology or Medicine)
• Georg Wittig (June 16, 1897 in Berlin (Germany) - August 26, 1987) was a german chemist who reported a method for synthesis of alkenes from aldehydes and ketones using compounds called phosphonium ylides. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1979. CH3C(-)H-P-Ph3 + PhCHO → PhCH=CHCH3 + Ph3PO... Georg Wittig, (1979, Chemistry)

Theology

• Karl Barth (May 10, 1886 - December 10, 1968) was a Swiss Christian theologian. Born in Basel, he spent his childhood years in Bern. From 1911 to 1921 he served as a Reformed pastor in the village of Safenwil in the canton Aargau. Later he was professor of theology in Bonn... Karl Barth, Swiss Christian theologian
• Dietrich Bonhoeffer (February 4, 1906 — April 9, 1945) was a German religious leader and participant in the resistance movement against Nazism. Bonhoeffer, a Lutheran pastor and theologian, took part in the plots being planned by members of the Abwehr (Military Intelligence Office) to assassinate Hitler. He was arrested, imprisoned... Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Lutheran theologian, preacher and opponent of the Nazi-Regime
• Walter Cardinal Kasper, Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
• His Holiness Benedict XVI Name Joseph Alois Ratzinger Papacy began April 19 is the 109th day of the year in the The Gregorian calendar is the calendar currently used in the Western world. A modification of the Julian calendar, it was first proposed by the Neapolitan doctor Aloysius Lilius, and was... Pope Benedict XVI, formerly known as Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger
• Philip Schaff (January 1, 1819-1893), was a Swiss-born, German-educated theologian and a historian of the Christian church, who, after his education, lived and taught in the United States. He was born in Chur, Switzerland, and was educated at the gymnasium of Stuttgart, and at the universities of... Philip Schaff, This article outlines the history of Christianity and provides links to relevant topics. Contents // 1 Roots of Christianity 1.1 The Jewish background 1.2 The life of Jesus of Nazareth 2 The earliest emergence of Christianity 2.1 Early controversies 2.2 Competing religions 3 Second and third centuries... Church historian

Law

• Martin Bangemann, German minister of economy (1984-1988) and EU commissioner (1989-1999)
• Herta Däubler-Gmelin, German minister of justice (1998-2002)
• Philipp Jenninger, President of the German federal parliament (1984-1988)
• Dr. Klaus Kinkel (born December 17, 1936) is a German politician (FDP). He was foreign minister and vice chancellor of Germany in the former conservative government. He was born in Metzingen in Baden-Württemberg in a Catholic family. He took his Abitur at the Staatliches Gymnasium Hechingen and studied... Klaus Kinkel, foreign minister of Germany (1993-1998)
• Gebhard Müller, President of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany (1959-1971)
• Carlo Schmid, German politician and one of the "fathers of the constitution"

Economics

• Helmut Haussmann, German minister of economy (1988-1991)
• Friedrich List (August 6, 1789 - November 30, 1846), German economist, was born at Reutlingen, Württemberg. Unwilling to follow the occupation of his father, who was a prosperous tanner, he became a clerk in the public service, and by 1816 had risen to the post of ministerial under-secretary. In... Friedrich List
• Horst Köhler, director of the IMF (2000-2004) and president of Germany (since 2004)
• Wilhelm Rall, McKinsey & Company is a privately owned management consulting firm. Known both internally and externally as simply The Firm [1] (http://www1.excite.com/home/careers/company_profile/0,15623,71,00.html), McKinsey was founded in Chicago during 1926 by James O. McKinsey, but the modern McKinsey was shaped... McKinsey senior partner
• Jürgen Stark, vice president of The Deutsche Bundesbank is the central bank of Germany and a part of the European System of Central Banks. It was in charge of the German Mark until the Euro came into existence. See also European System of Central Banks Reichsbank External link The Deutsche Bundesbank (http://www.bundesbank... Deutsche Bundesbank
• Klaus Töpfer, former german secretary

German

• Eugen Gerstenmaier, President of the German federal parliament (1954-1969)
• Martin Walser (born March 24, 1927 in Wasserburg) is a German writer. Categories: People stubs | 1927 births | German novelists | Natives of Bavaria ... Martin Walser, writer
• Christoph Martin Wieland (September 5, 1733 _ January 20, 1813), was a German poet and writer. Contents // 1 Biography 2 Editions 3 Literature 4 External links Biography He was born at Oberholzheim, a village near Biberach in Württemberg. His father, who was pastor in Oberholzheim and subsequently in Biberach... Christoph Martin Wieland, poet

History

• Kurt Georg Kiesinger Order: 29th Chancellor of Germany (3rd of the Federal Republic) Term of Office: December 1, 1966–October 21, 1969 Predecessor: Ludwig Erhard Successor: Willy Brandt Date of Birth: April 6, 1904 Date of Death: March 9, 1988 Political Party: CDU Profession: lawyer Kurt Georg Kiesinger (April... Kurt Georg Kiesinger, chancellor of Germany (1966-1969)
• Rita Süssmuth, President of the German federal parliament (1988-1998)

Philosophy

• Friedrich Hölderlin, poet
• Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (August 27, 1770 - November 14, 1831) was a German philosopher born in Stuttgart, Württemberg, in present-day southwest Germany. He received his education at the Tübinger Stift (seminary of the Protestant Church in Württemberg), where he was friends with the future philosophers Friedrich... Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, philosopher
• Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling (January 27, 1775 - August 20, 1854) was a German philosopher. Contents // 1 Life 1.1 Philosophy 1.2 Naturphilosophie 2 Bibliography 3 External links Life Schelling was born at Leonberg in Württemberg. He was first educated at the cloister school of Bebenhausen, near T... Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling, philosopher

Medicine

• Alois Alzheimer Alois Alzheimer (June 14, 1864 - December 19, 1915), a German neurologist, was a colleague of Emil Kraepelin who first identified the symptoms of what is now known as Alzheimers Disease. He observed the disease in 1906. He was born in a small town called Marktbreit, Bavaria, where his... Alois Alzheimer

Natural Sciences/Mathematics

• Theodor Eimer (1843-1898), zoology and comparative anatomy
• Johannes (Hans) Wilhelm Geiger (September 30, 1882 - September 24, 1945) was a German physicist. Together with Walther Müller he developed the Geiger counter. In 1902 Geiger began to study physics and mathematics in Erlangen and later attained a doctorate to 1906. In 1907 he began work with Ernest Rutherford... Hans Geiger, physics
• Johann Georg Gmelin (August 8, 1709 - May 20, 1755) was a German naturalist, botanist and geographer. Gmelin was born in Tübingen, the son of an apothecary. He was a gifted child and graduated with a medical degree at the age of 18. In 1730 he travelled to St Petersburg... Johann Georg Gmelin (1709-1755), botany
• Johannes Kepler Johannes Kepler (December 27, 1571 – November 15, 1630), a key figure in the scientific revolution, was a German astronomer, mathematician and astrologer. He is best known for his laws of planetary motion. He is sometimes referred to as the first theoretical astrophysicist, although Carl Sagan also refers... Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), astronomy