University of Heidelberg facts for kids
The University of Heidelberg is one of the oldest universities of Europe and the oldest in Germany. It is in Heidelberg, Germany. It was founded on 23 October 1385. At the beginning, there were only the four traditional faculties. In 1890, the natural science got their own faculty. Later after a re-organisation, the university has 12 faculties.
The University of Heidelberg is also known as Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, after the German prince Rupert I.
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In 1386, Heidelberg University was founded by Rupert I on instruction of Pope Urban VI who demanded modelling it after the ancient University of Paris.
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A Solemn Mass was offered in the Heiliggeistkirche in 1386 to mark and bless the establishment of the university.
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The Old Assembly Hall or "Great Hall" was redesigned in 1886 in celebration of the university's quincentenary.
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The main entrance of the New University building in 1988, showing the bronze bust of Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom.
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The New University of 1931 as seen from the Old University.
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The Bergheim Campus houses Economics and the Social Sciences.
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The main building of the University Library, built in 1905.
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The University Library's collection includes the Codex Manesse, an important German song manuscript of the Middle Ages.
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Arnold J. Toynbee
