Heidelberg University

a_renowned institution in Heidelberg, Germany. It was founded by the Elector Rupert I. in 1386, and continued to flourish till the period of the Thirty Years’ War, when it began to decline. In 1802, however, when the town with the surrounding territory was a igned to the Grand-duke of Baden, a new era commenced for the university, and it mal became famous. It comprises faculties of theology, Jaw, medicine, and philosophy, and in 1900 reported 149 profe ors and instructors, 1,462 stuljents, and 500,000 volumes ond 4,700 MSS. in its library. rae, of the most famous German scholars have been profe ors here. The quincentenary of the university was celebrated with elaborate ceremonial in 1886.