Albertus University

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Albertus University was a historic German university in Königsberg, East Prussia, renowned as a center of Enlightenment scholarship and the workplace of philosopher Immanuel Kant.

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instanceOf historical university
university
academicTradition Enlightenment scholarship
alsoKnownAs Albertus-Universität
University of Königsberg
closureCause World War II
country Kingdom of Prussia
linked to: Prussia
discipline astronomy
law
mathematics
medicine
philosophy
theology
employed Arnold Sommerfeld
David Hilbert
Friedrich Bessel
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
linked to: Friedrich Bessel

Hermann Minkowski
Immanuel Kant
Johann Georg Hamann
Johann Gottfried Herder
foundedBy Albert I, Duke of Prussia
foundingDate 1544
1544-08-17
hadNotableStudent David Hilbert
E. T. A. Hoffmann
Hannah Arendt
Hermann Minkowski
Immanuel Kant
Johann Gottfried Herder
historicalEra Early modern period
Enlightenment
languageOfInstruction German
Latin
locatedIn East Prussia
Königsberg
locatedInPresentDay Kaliningrad
linked to: Königsberg
locatedInPresentDayCountry Russia
motto Praeceptis et exemplo
mottoLanguage Latin
mottoTranslation By precepts and example
namedAfter Albert I, Duke of Prussia
notableFor center of Enlightenment philosophy
workplace of Immanuel Kant
originalName Albertus-Universität Königsberg
region Baltic region
religiousAffiliation Lutheran
significantEvent heavily damaged during World War II
status defunct
successorInstitution Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

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University of Königsberg alternativeName Albertus University