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5 unusual facts about Leipzig University


Armin Scholz

In 1994-1995 and 1997-2001 he was a student at the Sports Department of the Leipzig University.

Johann Adolf Scheibe

In 1725, he began studying law and philosophy at Leipzig University, and in the course of his studies he encountered the professor of rhetoric and poetry Johann Christoph Gottsched, whose aesthetic theories deeply influenced Scheibe.

Peter Wiedemann

Peter Wiedemann (born 23 October 1953 in Erlangen, Germany) is a German ophthalmologist, specialist in medical and surgical retina and head at the Department of Ophthalmology at the Leipzig University, Germany, since 1993.

Sterba's corydoras

The species name of this Corydoras is in honour of Professor Dr Günther Sterba, professor emeritus of zoology of Leipzig University, member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

Tomasz Lis

According to Dorota Kania, a journalist of Wprost and Gazeta Polska magazines, Lis is the son of a prominent member of the Polish United Workers' Party, and in the 1980s, shortly studied at Karl Marx University in Leipzig.


Christoph Caspar von Blumenthal

He attended various universities including Leipzig and Helmstedt, before being sent on a grand tour under the supervision of his tutor, Burckhardt Niderstedt.


see also

Auerbach in der Oberpfalz

Heinrich Stromer (b. 1476 in Auerbach in der Oberpfalz – November 25, 1542), professor at the Leipzig university, physician and founder of Auerbach's Cellar.

Auerbachs Keller

Its present name comes from the original owner, the Leipzig city councilor, professor of medicine and rector of Leipzig University Dr. Heinrich Stromer, who was familiarly called Dr. Auerbach after his birthplace, the town of Auerbach in Germany's Upper Palatinate region.

Leipzig University of Applied Science

The Leipzig University of Applied Sciences is a Fachhochschule in Leipzig, Germany.