University of Königsberg
Former university in Königsberg, East Prussia (1544–1945) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The University of Königsberg (German: Albertus-Universität Königsberg) was the university of Königsberg in Duchy of Prussia, which was a fief of Poland. It was founded in 1544 as the world's second Protestant academy (after the University of Marburg) by Duke Albert of Prussia and charted by the King Sigismund II Augustus. It was commonly known as the Albertina and served as a Protestant counterpart to the Catholic Jagiellonian University in Kraków.
Albertus-Universität Königsberg | |
Latin: Universitas Albertina | |
Type | Public |
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Established | 1544 |
Rector | Georg Sabinus 1544–1547 (first) |
Location | , 54°42′50″N 20°30′36″E |
Campus | Urban |
Following World War II, the city of Königsberg was transferred to the Soviet Union according to the 1945 Potsdam Agreement, and renamed Kaliningrad in 1946. The Albertina was closed and the remaining non-Lithuanian population either executed or expelled, by the terms of the Potsdam Agreement. Today, the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University in Kaliningrad claims to maintain the traditions of the Albertina.