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The Collegium Carolinum (also known as Collegium illustre Carolinum) was a scientific institution in Kassel, Germany. It was founded in 1709 by Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel and closed after the 1785 death of Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. The Ottoneum housed most of its activities. However, a new anatomical theatre, the first in Germany, was used by Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring.
The Collegium Carolinum was founded as a "new kind of university", where mathematics, the sciences, anatomy and geography should be more important compared to the classical humanist subjects taught at the nearby University of Marburg. In 1766, it was reorganised into a polytechnic by Frederick II and concentrated more on the arts and applicable sciences.
Notable professors
Georg Forster, naturalist
Johannes von Müller, historian
Johann August Nahl, sculptor
Simon Louis du Ry, architect
Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring, anatomist
Johann Heinrich Tischbein, painter
See also
Kunsthochschule Kassel
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Georg Forster
- Collegium Carolinum (Kassel)
- Collegium Carolinum
- Georg Forster
- Timeline of Kassel
- Kunsthochschule Kassel
- Dietrich Tiedemann
- Technical University of Braunschweig
- Simon Louis du Ry
- Johannes von Müller
- Johann Heinrich Tischbein
