school. The following popular characters were born in Halle: 1803: FerdinandWilhelmBrune [de], architect of the classicism era 1855: Hermann Julius Kolbe
Kurt Ferdinand Friedrich Hermann von Schleicher (pronounced [ˈkʊʁt fɔn ˈʃlaɪçɐ] ; 7 April 1882 – 30 June 1934) was a German military officer and the penultimate
economists, like Walter Eucken, Ferdinand Tönnies and Joseph Schumpeter; and furthermore Prince Albert, Pope Benedict XVI and Wilhelm II. The university's forerunner