Institution

University of Halle

1694 · 17th century · Also known as Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg

The University of Halle was founded in 1694 by Elector Frederick III of Brandenburg in the Duchy of Magdeburg. Under Christian Thomasius, August Hermann Francke and later Christian Wolff it became a leading centre of Pietism and the early Enlightenment. It merged with the University of Wittenberg in 1817 and is now the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg.

University of Halle
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Duchy of Magdeburg

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