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• Leipzig, University of — State supported university in Leipzig, Germany, founded in 1409. In the 1500s it was a centre of Reformation thought, and in the 18th and 19th centuries it became one of Europe s leading literary and cultural centres, attracting such students as… …   Universalium

• Leipzig University of Applied Science — The Leipzig University of Applied Science is a Fachhochschule in Leipzig, Germany. With 6,200 students, it is the biggest University of Applied Sciences in Saxony. Most of the classes are held in engineering and computer science …   Wikipedia

• Leipzig — View over Augustusplatz …   Wikipedia

• University of Leipzig —     University of Leipzig     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► University of Leipzig     The University of Leipzig in Saxony is, next to Heidelberg, the oldest university in the German Empire. It was established when the German students under the… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• LEIPZIG — LEIPZIG, city in Saxony, Germany. Jews are first mentioned in Leipzig at the end of the 12th century; an organized community with a synagogue and a school existed from the second quarter of the 13th century. Its inhabitants came mainly from… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• University of Leipzig — Infobox University name = University of Leipzig native name = Universität Leipzig latin name = Alma mater Lipsiensis motto = established = December 2, 1409 type = Public endowment = staff = 3,196 (2005) rector = Franz Häuser students = 29,668… …   Wikipedia

• Leipzig — /luyp sig, sik/; Ger. /luyp tsik/, n. a city in E central Germany. 563,980. Also, Leipsic /luyp sik/. * * * City (pop., 2002 est.: 493,052), east central Germany. Situated in western Saxony state, it was in the 11th century a fortified town known …   Universalium

• university — universitarian /yooh neuh verr si tair ee euhn/, n., adj. /yooh neuh verr si tee/, n., pl. universities. an institution of learning of the highest level, having a college of liberal arts and a program of graduate studies together with several… …   Universalium

• University of Silesia — Infobox University name = University of Silesia in Katowice native name = Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach latin name = motto = established = 1968 type = endowment = staff = faculty = rector = Prof. dr. hab. Janusz Janeczek students = 45,655… …   Wikipedia

• Leipzig — • Chief town in the Kingdom of Saxony, situated at the junction of the Pleisse, Parthe, and Weisse Elster Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Leipzig     Leipzig      …   Catholic encyclopedia