University of Hamburg
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| University of Hamburg link () Website | |
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| Motto | der Forschung, der Lehre, der Bildung |
| Formation | 28 March 1919 |
| Headquarters | Hamburg,Germany |
| Type | Public |
| University in the German city of Hamburg | |
The University of Hamburg is a university in the German city of Hamburg.
History
At the beginning of the 20th century, some wealthy citizens aspired to found a state university. However, proposals to the Senate regarding the university had no effect. After the First World War, it was decided, partly by the mayor Werner von Melle, to establish a university and a folk high school. Most higher education institutions in Hamburg merged into the university.
The university's first heyday took place during the time of the Weimar Republic. The number of professors rose to 75 until 1931. Due to the poor economic situation in Germany, the Hamburg Student Aid Association was founded in 1922.
In the days of Nazi Germany, the university was called Hansa University. About fifty teachers had to leave the university, at least seven students were suspected of collaboration with the so-called White Rose, a resistance movement during the Second World War. The Hamburg chemistry student Hans Conrad Leipelt was a member of the White Rose and was executed by guillotine on January 29, 1945 in Munich.
After the war, in 1945, the institution was reopened under the name University of Hamburg. At the end of the 1960s, the organization of the university was radically changed. The faculties were replaced by 15 disciplines and a kind of democracy was introduced. Students and staff were allowed to participate in the decision-making process of the university and the rector was replaced by a president. In the University of Applied Sciences Act of 1979, some of these changes were reversed.
On April 1, 2005, the Hamburg University of Economics and Politics (HWP) becomes part of the University of Hamburg against the wishes of both universities. The 18 subject areas and the HWP were replaced by six faculties.