University of Strasbourg
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The University of Strasbourg is a public research university located in Strasbourg, France, with over 52000 students and 3300 researchers. Founded in the 16th century by Johannes Sturm, it was a cente
Palais Universitaire, main building of the former Imperial University of Strasbourg
Johannes Sturm, founder of the university (1539)
The new Patio, seat of the university administration, inaugurated in 2010.
Grand hall of the University Palace, where the first session of the Council of Europe Assembly took place
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German polymath who is widely regarded as the most influential writer in the German language. His work has had a wide-ranging influence on literary, political, Christi
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…researchers have included 18 Nobel laureates, two Fields Medalists and a wide range of notable individuals in their respective fields. Among them are Goethe, statesman Robert Schuman, historian Marc Bloch and several chemists such as Louis Pasteur. The university emerged from the Jean Sturm Gymnasium, a…
Portrait by Joseph Karl Stieler, 1828
Goethe's birthplace in Frankfurt (Großer Hirschgraben)
Goethe, age 38, painted by Angelica Kauffman, 1787
Goethe, by Luise Seidler (Weimar 1811)