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5 unusual facts about University of Königsberg


Albert Mosse

He was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Königsberg in 1903 and, during the following year, became honorary professor there for Civil procedural law and Commercial law.

Koenigsberg Observatory

Koenigsberg observatory was an astronomical research facility which was attached to the Albertina University of Königsberg.

Lermontovo Microdistrict

Molded bricks for the construction of the University of Königsberg's new campus came from a pottery factory near Charlottenburg.

Walerian Protasewicz

The academy was intended to stop immigration of Lithuanian students to Protestant German universities, including newly established University of Königsberg.

Wilhelm Ebel

He did his Abitur in Reszel in 1927, and studied law, history, and philology at the University of Königsberg and Heidelberg University.


Celestyn Myślenta

Celestyn Myślenta (also Mislenski; 27 March 1588 in Kuty (Kutten), Ducal Prussia – 20 April 1653 in Königsberg (Królewiec)) was a Polish Lutheran theologian and rector of the University of Königsberg.

Francesco Stancaro

Francesco Stancaro (also Latin: Franciscus Stancarus) (Mantua 1501 - Stopnica 1574) was an Italian Catholic priest, theologian, and Protestant convert, who became professor of Hebrew at the University of Königsberg.

Jakob Schipper

He studied modern languages in Bonn, Paris, Rome, and Oxford, collaborated on the revision of Bosworth's Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, and was professor of English philology at Königsberg from 1872 until 1877, when he received a like position in Vienna.

Oskar Langendorff

After studying medicine in Wrocław (Breslau), Berlin and Freiburg im Breisgau Langendorff obtained his Ph.D. at the University of Königsberg in 1875, subsequently working there as a research assistant.

Shimon Kanovitch

Born in Germany in 1900, Kanovitch studied medicine at university in Königsberg, Frankfurt and Tübingen, and was certified as a paediatrician.

Yeshayahu Foerder

Born in Charlottenberg in Germany, Foerder studied economics and law at Freiburg, Heidelberg and Königsberg universitieis, gaining a law doctorate in 1916.


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Jonas Bretkūnas

In 1555, when Bretkūnas was nineteen years of age, he began studying theology at the University of Königsberg.