University of Königsberg

Also known as Albertina, Albertus-Universität Königsberg

former university of Königsberg in Eastern Prussia (1544-1945)

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Type: Public
Active: 1544–1945
Founder: Albert , Duke in Prussia (1544), Sigismund II Augustus , King of Poland (1560)
Rector: Georg Sabinus 1544–1547 (first)
Campus: Urban

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Commons category: Albertina, Königsberg
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1945-00-00
inception: 1544-00-00
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The University of Königsberg (German: Albertus-Universität Königsberg) was a university in Königsberg, East Prussia. It was founded in 1544 as the world's second Protestant academy (after the University of Marburg) by Duke Albert of Prussia and received the royal privilege by King Sigismund II Augustus of Poland in 1560. The university was commonly known as the Albertina.

Following World War II, the city of Königsberg (renamed Kaliningrad) was transferred to the Soviet Union under the terms of the 1945 Potsdam Agreement. The Albertina was closed and the remaining German population was expelled. Today, the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University claims to maintain the traditions of the Albertina.