University names
This is a list of the Latin names of universities in Germany and neighboring countries. Until the middle of the 19th century it was common to use these terms (even without the addition of the city name) in private letters as well as in publications intended for the academic sector. The list should help with the assignment.
The list includes universities that existed before 1800. The aim was to be complete in Germany. In order to relieve the list, names that are easily recognizable as the name of the city have been omitted. So z. B. "Universitas Duisburga".
Explanation
- Name: Provides the Latin name of the facility.
- Location: states the location of the facility. The link leads to the article about the university.
- Establishment: states the year in which the university was founded.
- Other names: Names other (especially Latin) names for the university
- Designations that result from the addition of “Academia”, “Universitas”, “Alma mater” or similar in the first column are usually not listed separately.
- Notes: Notes on the history and the current name, if it is not derived from the Latin name
- The list can be rearranged by clicking the arrow symbols in the column headers. Repeated selection reverses the sorting. Multiple sorting can be achieved by selecting several column headers one after the other, since in the latest sorting entries of the same rank are retained in the order of the previous sorting.
Latin university names
| Surname | place | founding | Other names | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adolphiana | Fulda | 1734 | Alma Mater Adolphiana | Disbanded in 1805 |
| Albertina | Freiburg | 1457 | Albertina-Ludoviciana | since 1820 Albert Ludwig University |
| Albertina | Koenigsberg | 1544 | (Royal) Albertus University | until 1945 |
| Universitas Argentinensis | Strasbourg | 1621 | Universitas Argentoratensis | (Argentina = Strasbourg!) Academie in Strasbourg since 1566 |
| Carolina | Prague | 1348 | Universitas Carolina, Charles University | |
| Carolina | Lund | 1666 | Universitas Lundensis | since 1425 general studies |
| Academia Carolina | Osnabrück | 1629 | Academia Carolina Osnabrugensis | Disbanded in 1633, founded in 1974 |
| Carolo-Franciscea | Graz | 1585 | Universitas Litterarum Carolo-Franciscea Graecensis | Converted into a lyceum in 1782, re-established in 1827, since then Karl-Franzens University |
| Casimiriana | Coburg | 1705 | Closed in 1723 | |
| Christina Albertina | Kiel | 1665 | Christian Albrechts University | |
| Universitas Studii Coloniensis | Cologne | 1388 | Disbanded in 1798, re-established in 1919 | |
| Academia Cracoviae | Krakow | 1364 | Universitas (Jagellonica) Cracoviensis | Jagiellonian University since 1817 |
| Eberhardina | Tübingen | 1477 | Alma Eberhardina | since 1769 Eberhard Karls University |
| Ernestina | Rinteln | 1619 | Alma Ernestina, Academia Ernestina | Closed in 1810 |
| Fridericiana | Bützow | 1760 | Academia Fridericiana Buetzoviensi | 1789 reunited with the University of Rostock |
| Alma Fridericiana | gain | 1743 | Founded in Bayreuth in 1742, relocated to Erlangen in 1743; today Friedrich-Alexander-University | |
| Fridericiana | Hall | 1694 | Universitas hallensis | Merged with Leucorea in 1817, Martin Luther University since 1933, today in Halle-Wittenberg |
| Friderico-Wilhelmina | Bonn | 1786 | Rhenana Academia Friderico-Wilhelmina Bonnensi | Founded as an academy in 1777; Dissolved in 1798, re-established in 1818 as the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität |
| Georgia Augusta | Goettingen | 1737 | ||
| Gryphica | Greifswald | 1456 | Alma Mater Gryphiswaldensis, Universitas Gryphiswaldensis | today Ernst Moritz Arndt University |
| Academia Gustaviana | Dorpat / Tartu | 1632 | Academia Dorpatensis, 1690-1710 Academia Gustavo-Carolina | Operation ceased in 1710, re-established in 1802: Imperial University, further name changes |
| Universitas Hafniensis | Copenhagen | 1479 | ||
| Hierana | Erfurt | 1389 | Alma mater requensis | Closed in 1816, re-established in 1994 |
| Collegium St. Hieronymi | Dillingen | 1549 | Closed in 1803 | |
| Julia | Helmstedt | 1576 | Academia Julia Carolina, Academia Helmstadiensis | Closed in 1810 |
| Juliana | Wurzburg | 1582 | Universitas Wircebergensis, Universitas Herbipolensis | Predecessor University 1402–1413, today Julius Maximilians University |
| Leucorea | Wittenberg | 1502 | Alma Mater Leucorea | Closed in 1814, today part of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg |
| Alma mater lipsiensis | Leipzig | 1409 | ||
| Academia Lovaniensis | Lions | 1425 | Closed in 1797, Imperial University from 1817–1835, Catholic University from 1834–1968, today divided into Flemish and Walloon universities | |
| Ludoviciana | to water | 1607 | Academia Hassiace Gissensis, Ludwig University | since 1957 Justus Liebig University |
| Ludoviciana | Ingolstadt | 1472 | Ludwig University | 1800 to Landshut, 1826 to Munich, since 1802 Ludwig Maximilians University |
| Ludovico-Maximiliana | Landshut | 1800 | Until 1800 in Ingolstadt, moved to Munich in 1826, since 1802 Ludwig Maximilians University | |
| Ludovico-Maximiliana | Munich | 1826 | previously in Ingolstadt and Landshut, from 1826 Munich; already in Landshut Ludwig Maximilians University , today often LMU | |
| Universitas Moguntina | Mainz | 1734 | Adolphiana? | Abolished in 1798, re-established in 1946, today Johannes Gutenberg University |
| Academia Norica | Altdorf | 1622 | Universitas Altdorfina | as an academy as early as 1575, dissolved in 1809 |
| Alma Mater Oenipontana | innsbruck | 1669 | since 1562 academic high school, 1783–1826 Lyceum, since 1826 Leopold-Franzens-University | |
| Academia Ottoniana | Bamberg | 1773 | Academia Bambergensis, Universitas Ottoniano Fridericiana | Otto Friedrich University since 1773; Academie founded in 1647, abolished in 1803, re-established in 1979 |
| Philippina | Marburg | 1527 | Alma Mater Philippina | |
| Universitas Rostochiensis | Rostock | 1419 | ||
| Rudolphina | Vienna | 1365 | Alma Mater Rudolphina Vindobonensis | |
| Rupertina | Heidelberg | 1386 | Ruperto Carolina | since 1803 Ruprecht-Karls-University |
| Salana | Jena | 1557 | Alma mater jenensis | today Friedrich Schiller University |
| Theodoriana | Paderborn | 1614 | 1843 converted into a Philosophical-Theological School, today "Theological Faculty" | |
| Universitas Ultrajectina | Utrecht | 1636 | ||
| Viadrina | Frankfurt | 1506 | Universitas Francofortensis ad viadrum | Closed in 1811, name taken over from the European University founded in 1991 |
See also
- List of the oldest universities
- List of universities in Germany
- List of early modern universities in Europe
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Most of the names can be found in the linked articles for the respective university.
- Actus solennis promotionis doctoralis etc., (commemorative publication for the 300th anniversary of the University of Mainz, in which the commemorative coins of many universities are presented for their anniversaries etc.) here online