University of Wittenberg

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defunct university university

The University of Wittenberg was a prominent early 16th-century German university renowned as the cradle of the Protestant Reformation and the academic home of Martin Luther.

Aliases (3)

Wittenberg ×2
Leucorea (historic University of Wittenberg) ×1
Universität Wittenberg ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	defunct university → university →
academicDiscipline	law → medicine → philosophy → theology →
alsoKnownAs	Leucorea → University of Wittenberg → surface form: "Universität Wittenberg"
architecturalStyle	Renaissance →
country	Holy Roman Empire →
dissolutionDate	1817 →
employed	Andreas Karlstadt → Johann Bugenhagen → Justus Jonas → Martin Luther → Philip Melanchthon → surface form: "Philipp Melanchthon"
employedAs	Martin Luther → surface form: "Martin Luther – professor of theology" Philip Melanchthon → surface form: "Philipp Melanchthon – professor of Greek and theology"
founder	Frederick III, Elector of Saxony →
foundingDate	1502 →
governedBy	Elector of Saxony →
hasCampus	urban campus in Wittenberg →
hasMotto	Verbum Dei manet in aeternum →
hasNotableBuilding	Leucorea main building →
hasNotableProfessor	Andreas Karlstadt → Johann Bugenhagen → Martin Luther → Philip Melanchthon → surface form: "Philipp Melanchthon"
hasStudent	Johannes Agricola → surface form: "Johann Agricola" Martin Luther → Philip Melanchthon → surface form: "Philipp Melanchthon"
hasType	public university →
influenced	German humanism → Lutheran churches → Protestant theology →
languageOfInstruction	Latin →
locatedIn	Electorate of Saxony → Germany → Wittenberg →
mergedInto	University of Halle-Wittenberg NERFINISHED →
mergerDate	1817 →
mottoLanguage	Latin →
notableFor	center of Lutheran theology → role in the Protestant Reformation →
partOf	Electorate of Saxony’s educational system →
religiousAffiliation	Lutheranism → Protestantism →
significantEvent	development of Lutheran confessional documents → posting of the Ninety-five Theses by Martin Luther in 1517 →

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

University of Wittenberg → alsoKnownAs → University of Wittenberg →

this entity surface form: "Universität Wittenberg"

English Church in Wittenberg → associatedWith → University of Wittenberg →

Benedikt Carpzov the Younger → educatedAt → University of Wittenberg →

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing → educatedAt → University of Wittenberg →

Johannes Agricola → educatedAt → University of Wittenberg →

Martin Luther → educatedAt → University of Wittenberg →

Mikael Agricola → educatedAt → University of Wittenberg →

Novalis → educatedAt → University of Wittenberg →

Paul Luther → educatedAt → University of Wittenberg →

Zacharias Ursinus → educatedAt → University of Wittenberg →

Tycho Brahe → education → University of Wittenberg →

Martin Luther → employer → University of Wittenberg →

Philip Melanchthon → employer → University of Wittenberg →

Frederick the Wise → founded → University of Wittenberg →

Wittenberg → hasUniversity → University of Wittenberg →

this entity surface form: "Leucorea (historic University of Wittenberg)"

All Saints' Church, Wittenberg → linkedToInstitution → University of Wittenberg →

William Tyndale → workLocation → University of Wittenberg →

this entity surface form: "Wittenberg"

Johannes Agricola → workedAt → University of Wittenberg →

this entity surface form: "Wittenberg"