What is Tübingen?
{{Infobox German location |type = Stadt |image_photo = TuebingenAltstadt.jpg |image_caption = Tübingen [[Altstadt]] from the [[Stiftskirche (Tübingen)|Stiftskirche]] bell tower in July 2007. |image_coa = Wappen Tuebingen.svg |coordinates = {{coord|48|31|12|N|09|03|20|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Karte Tübingen.png |state = Baden-Württemberg |region = Tübingen |district = Tübingen |elevation = 341 |area = 108.12 |population = 87540 |Stand = 2006-12-31 |postal_code = 72001–72099 |Gemeindeschlüssel = 08416041 |area_code = 07071<br>07073 <small>(Unterjesingen)</small><br>07472 <small>(Bühl)</small> |licence = TÜ |website = [https://www.tuebingen.de/ www.tuebingen.de] |mayor = [[Boris Palmer]] |Bürgermeistertitel = Oberbürgermeister |party = Green }} '''Tübingen''' is a [[city]] in the [[Germany|German]] state [[Baden-Württemberg]]. It has about 83,000 [[inhabitants|people]] (2007). Tübingen is a traditional [[university town]]. About one in ten people living in Tübingen is a student. == History == Between 1470 and 1483, [[St. George's Collegiate Church, Tübingen|St. George's Collegiate Church]] was built. The collegiate church offices provided the opportunity for what soon afterwards became the most significant event in Tübingen's history: the founding of the [[University of Tübingen|Eberhard Karls University]] by [[Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg|Duke Eberhard im Bart of Württemberg]] in [[1477]], thus making it one of the oldest universities in Central Europe. The University of Tübingen became soon renowned as one of the most influential places of learning in the [[Holy Roman Empire]], especially for [[theology]]. A [[Protestant]] faculty, [[Tübinger Stift]], was established in 1535 in the former Augustinian monastery. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Commonscat}} {{Cities and towns in Tübingen (district)}} {{authority contr