Leipzig University

Leipzig University (German: Universität Leipzig), in <a href="/facts/Leipzig/KIqgMgLN">Leipzig</a> in <a href="/facts/Saxony/PrKscwCP">Saxony</a>, Germany, is one of the world's oldest universities and the <a href="/facts/List_of_universities_in_Germany/qrK01Sv4">second-oldest</a> university (by consecutive years of existence) in Germany. The university was founded on 2 December 1409 by <a href="/facts/Frederick_I%2c_Elector_of_Saxony/IPzMvmjK">Frederick I, Elector of Saxony</a> and his brother <a href="/facts/William_II%2c_Margrave_of_Meissen/gV6KLG57">William II, Margrave of Meissen</a>, and originally comprised the four scholastic faculties. Since its inception, the university has engaged in teaching and research for over 600 years without interruption.
Famous alumni include <a href="/facts/Angela_Merkel/n7jjpybM">Angela Merkel</a>, <a href="/facts/Gottfried_Wilhelm_von_Leibniz/cTc2er83">Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz</a>, <a href="/facts/Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe/k5hW4Tw5">Johann Wolfgang von Goethe</a>, <a href="/facts/Leopold_von_Ranke/LYWFHatd">Leopold von Ranke</a>, <a href="/facts/Friedrich_Nietzsche/u7VdQ5sg">Friedrich Nietzsche</a>, <a href="/facts/Robert_Schumann/tafbz8oo">Robert Schumann</a>, <a href="/facts/Richard_Wagner/XoFH4v69">Richard Wagner</a>, <a href="/facts/Tycho_Brahe/HroPxnCq">Tycho Brahe</a>, <a href="/facts/Georgius_Agricola/FXprFXAK">Georgius Agricola</a>. The university is associated with ten <a href="/facts/Nobel_laureates/3vGWzdwa">Nobel laureates</a>, most recently with <a href="/facts/Svante_P%25C3%25A4%25C3%25A4bo/HSRqEmdb">Svante Pääbo</a> who won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2022.

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