Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Heidelberg University
HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY, a
renowned institution in Heidelberg,
Germany. It was founded by the Elector
Rupert I. in 1386, and continued to
flourish till the period of the Thirty
Years' War, when it began to decline.
In 1802, however, when the town with
the surrounding territory was assigned
to the Grand-duke of Baden, a new era
commenced for the university, and it
rapidly became famous. It comprises
faculties of theology, law, medicine, and
philosophy. In 1914 there were 196
professors and instructors, over 2,300
students, and 500,000 volumes and 4,700
MSS. in its library. Many of the most
famous German scholars have been
professors here — Reuchlin, Œcolampadius,
Spanheim, Puffendorf, Gervinus, Paulus,
Kuno Fischer, Helmholtz, Bunsen,
Blüntschli, etc.

Universities in Germany