Ehemaliges Universitätsgebäude

The collegiate and lecture hall buildings of the former University of Altdorf were built in 1575 as a school for children Nuremberg aristocratic families in the Renaissance style. A few years later, the school was raised to the Academy and in 1623 converted into a university. The university became known through its faculties of medicine (especially for the development of surgery and the long-term standard compendium of Lorenz Heister), law and science (including basic research on the photosensitivity of silver salts, Schulzegraphie, as the basis of photography). In addition to the (partly reconstructed) botanical gardens, there was also an astronomical observatory and a chemical laboratory. The university in Altdorf existed until 1809 as a university; the buildings are as a typical university complex a vivid testimony of German university history, since they remained largely unchanged in the state of the 18th century Wikipedia

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The University of Altdorf, also Altdorfina or Academia norica, was the university of the imperial city of Nuremberg in Altdorf near Nuremberg, which was inaugurated in 1575 as an academy and 1622 raised to the university. In 1809 it was dissolved by the Bavarian king Maximilian I. WIKIPEDIA

Altdorf is known for its Wallenstein Festival, which takes place here every three years. Then Schillers Wallenstein is played as well as the folk play “Wallenstein in Altdorf”. It is about Wallenstein's wild time as a student in Altdorf.

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Beautifully preserved building of the university, which was located until 1809