Leipzig University
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Leipzig University, in Leipzig in Saxony, Germany, is one of the world's oldest universities and Germany's second-oldest university. The university was founded on 2 December 1409 by Frederick I, Elect
Leipzig University main building (1917). It was demolished by the socialist administration in 1968.
Formerly organized as a collegiate university, the Red College of Leipzig University was established in the 16th century.
Main building of Leipzig University since 2012, the Augusteum at Augustusplatz
Leipzig's classicist university library, the Bibliotheca Albertina
Angela Merkel
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Angela Dorothea Merkel is a German stateswoman and retired politician who served as Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021. She is the only woman to have held the office and the only former East Germ
Leipzig University
…engaged in teaching and research for over 600 years without interruption. The university's alumni include 55 prime ministers and presidents, notably Angela Merkel who served as Chancellor of Germany from 2005-2021. The university is also associated with 19 Nobel laureates, most recently with Leipzig faculty…
Merkel in 2019
Merkel's paternal grandparents when engaged: Margarethe and her betrothed, Ludwik Marian Kaźmierczak, in his Polish Blue Army uniform
Lothar de Maizière and Merkel, 1990
Merkel in a CDU campaign poster, 1995