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University of Trier

Trier, Germany

Est. 1970 10000 students

About University of Trier

In 1455Pope Nicholas Vgranted theArchbishop of Trier,Jakob I. von Sierck, the right to establish a university. The University of Trier was founded 16 March 1473. Battling financial problems for decades, the university was acquired by theJesuitsin 1560. They emphasized the philosophical andtheologicalfaculties at the expense of medicine and law. In the 1580sPeter Binsfeldwas president of the university. In the 1730sJohann Nikolaus von Hontheimwas also a faculty member. After theFrench occupation of the Rhineland, the French administration ordered the universities ofCologne,Mainz,Bonnand Trier closed, the last closing on 6 April 1798.

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  • Location Trier, Germany
  • Established 1970
  • Students 10000

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