What is Palacký University Olomouc?
'''Palacký University Olomouc''' is the oldest university in [[Moravia]] and the second-oldest in the [[Czech Republic]]. It started in 1573 as a public university led by the [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit order]] in [[Olomouc]]. Olomouc then was the capital of Moravia and the seat of the [[bishop]]. At first it taught only [[theology]], but then [[philosophy]], [[law]] and [[medicine]] were added. After the Bohemian [[King Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor|King Joseph II]]'s reforms to the church in the 1770s it became a public university. University students and [[Professor|professors]] were active in the [[Revolutions of 1848|Revolution of 1848]] on the side of democratisation. Then the [[Conservatism|conservative]] king [[Franz Joseph I of Austria|Francis Joseph I]] closed most of the university during the 1850s. Only the independent Faculty of [[Theology]] and the independent University Library stayed open. After the [[Occupation of Czechoslovakia (1938–1945)|German invasion]] in 1939, all the Czech Universities were closed. It was reopened by an act of the Interim National Assembly in February 1946. This act also changed the name from ''University of Olomouc'' to ''Palacký University Olomouc'', after [[František Palacký]], a 19th-century Moravian historian and politician.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Basic Information|url=https://www.upol.cz/en/university/basic-information/|access-date=2023-08-24|website=Palacký University Olomouc|language=en}}</ref> The city of Olomouc has more university students for its size than anywhere else in [[Central Europe]]. There are about 25,000 university students (including those at [[Moravian College Olomouc]]), compared to a population of 100,000 inhabitants. Notable people from the university include [[Albrecht von Wallenstein]] and [[Gregor Mendel]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Colleges and universities in the Czech Republic]] [[Category:1573 establishments]] [[Category:Olomouc Region]]