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University of Hohenheim

1818 · 19th century · Also known as Hohenheim academy

The University of Hohenheim is a university in Stuttgart, Germany, housed in and around the 18th-century Hohenheim Palace. It was founded in 1818 by King William I of Württemberg as an agricultural school after the famine of 1816–1817, and it became one of Europe's leading agricultural colleges. It gained university status in 1967 and teaches agricultural, natural and economic sciences.

University of Hohenheim
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). University of Hohenheim. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/university-of-hohenheim
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