University of Königsberg

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institution of higher education university

The University of Königsberg was a historic Prussian institution of higher learning renowned as the academic home of philosopher Immanuel Kant and a major center of Enlightenment thought.

Aliases (4)

Albertus University of Königsberg ×2
Albertina University of Königsberg ×1
Albertus-Universität Königsberg ×1
Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	institution of higher education → university →
academicReputation	leading university in Prussia → major center of Enlightenment thought →
alternativeName	Albertina → Albertus University → Albertus-Universität Königsberg →
charterConfirmedBy	Holy Roman Emperor Charles V → Pope Paul III →
closedDueTo	World War II →
country	Kingdom of Prussia →
dissolved	1945 →
fieldOfActivity	law → medicine → natural sciences → philosophy → theology →
foundedBy	Albert I, Duke of Prussia →
foundingCharterGrantedBy	Albert I, Duke of Prussia →
hasAcademicStaff	Christian Jakob Kraus → David Hilbert → Friedrich Bessel → Hermann Minkowski → Immanuel Kant → Johann Georg Hamann →
hasAlumnus	David Hilbert → E. T. A. Hoffmann → Friedrich Bessel → Hermann Minkowski → Immanuel Kant → Johann Gottfried Herder →
historicalEra	19th century → Early modern period → Enlightenment → early 20th century →
inception	1544 →
inceptionDay	August 17, 1544 →
languageOfInstruction	German → Latin →
locatedIn	East Prussia → Germany → Königsberg → Prussia →
locatedInPresentDay	Kaliningrad → Russia →
namedAfter	Albert I, Duke of Prussia →
notableAlumnus	Immanuel Kant →
notableFacultyMember	Immanuel Kant →
partOf	Prussian education system →
religiousAffiliation	Lutheranism →
successorInstitution	Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University →

Referenced by (23)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Arnold Sommerfeld → David Hilbert → Gustav Kirchhoff → Hermann Minkowski ("Albertina University of Königsberg") → Hermann Minkowski ("Albertus University of Königsberg") → Johann Christoph Gottsched → Johann Georg Hamann → Johann Gottfried Herder → Johann Gottfried Herder → Rudolf Clausius → Theodor Kaluza →	educatedAt
Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi → Ferdinand von Lindemann → Hermann Minkowski → Hermann Minkowski → Hermann von Helmholtz → Immanuel Kant →	employer
Immanuel Kant →	almaMater
University of Königsberg ("Albertus-Universität Königsberg") →	alternativeName
Königsberg ("Albertus University of Königsberg") →	hadUniversity
Academia Gustaviana →	relatedInstitution
University of Königsberg ("Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University") →	successorInstitution
Immanuel Kant →	workedAt