Catholic University of Mechelen
The Catholic University of Mechelen was a university founded by the Belgian bishops in Mechelen (Dutch: Mechelen; French: Malines) on November 8, 1834 . The university lasted only 13 months.
history
The announcement of the establishment of a Catholic university in Mechelen provoked serious unrest in the cities of Ghent , Leuven and Liège , which feared that the public education system would be disrupted by the bishops. The driving force behind the project was the Archbishop of Mechelen, Engelbert Sterckx (1792–1867). The first and only rector was Peter de Ram.
Despite fierce opposition from the bishops, the university moved to Leuven on December 1, 1835 and took the name of the Catholic University of Leuven .
literature
- Richard Mathes: Leuven and Rome. On the foundation of the Catholic University of Leuven with special consideration of the church and educational policy of Pope Gregory XVI . Ludgerus-Verlag Hubert Wingen, Essen 1975, ISBN 3-87497-119-8 .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.kath-info.de/sterckx.html
- ↑ On November 26, 1846, the Cour de Cassation ruled : “ The Catholic University of Leuven must not be regarded as a continuation of the earlier University of Louvain. “( “ L'université catholique de Louvain ne peut être considérée comme continuant l'ancienne université de Louvain; et lorsqu'un acte de fondation a désigné pour collateur un professeur de cette ancienne université, il ya lieu d'y pourvoir par le government . » ) In: Table générale alphabétique et chronologique de la Pasicrisie Belge contenant la jurisprudence du Royaume de 1814 à 1850 , Brussels 1855, p. 585, col. 1, alinea 2. See also: Bulletin Usuel des Lois et Arrêtés , 1861, P. 166.