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University of Leipzig

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From: Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
Date: 20070301
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State-supported university in Leipzig, Germany, founded in 1409. In the 1500s it was a centre of Reformation thought, and in the 18th and 19th centuries it became one of Europe's leading literary and cultural centres, attracting such students as Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz , Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Johann Gottlieb Fichte , and Richard Wagner . Between 1953 and 1990 it was named Karl Marx University of Leipzig.

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