University of Cologne

University of Cologne   (University)
Formation	1388
Headquarters	Cologne, Germany
A leader in the area of economics and is regularly placed in top positions for law and business

The University of Cologne (Universität zu Köln) is a university in Cologne, Germany. It was the sixth university to be established in Central Europe and, although it closed in 1798 before being re-established in 1919, it is now one of the largest universities in Germany with more than 48,000 students. The University is a leader in the area of economics and its alumni regularly get to top positions, both in law and busines.

History

First building of the new university

1388–1798

The University of Cologne was established in 1388 as the fourth university in the Holy Roman Empire, after the Charles University of Prague (1348), the University of Vienna (1365) and the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg (1386). The charter was signed by Pope Urban VI. The university began teaching on 6 January 1389.

In 1798, the university was abolished by the French, who had invaded Cologne in 1794, because under the new French constitution, many universities were abolished all over France. The last rector Ferdinand Franz Wallraf was able to preserve the university's Great Seal, now once more in use.

1919–today

In 1919, the Prussian government endorsed a decision by the Cologne City Council to re-establish the university. This was considered to be a replacement for the loss of the University of Strasbourg on the west bank of the Rhine, which contemporaneously reverted to France with the rest of Alsace. On 29 May 1919, the Cologne Mayor Konrad Adenauer signed the charter of the modern university.

At that point, the new university was located in Neustadt-Süd, but relocated to its current campus in Lindenthal on 2 November 1934. The old premises are now being used for the Cologne University of Applied Sciences.

Initially, the university was composed of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences (successor to the Institutes of Commerce and of Communal and Social Administration) and the Faculty of Medicine (successor to the Academy of Medicine). In 1920, the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Arts were added, from which latter the School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences was split off in 1955 to form a separate Faculty. In 1980, the two Cologne departments of the Rhineland School of Education were attached to the university as the Faculties of Education and of Special Education. In 1988, the university became a founding member of the Community of European Management Schools and International Companies (CEMS), today's Global Alliance in Management Education.

 

Alumni on Wikispooks

Person	Born	Died	Nationality	Summary	Description
Rainer Barzel	20 June 1924	26 August 2006	Germany	Politician	German politician who attended the 1965 Bilderberg
Werner Baumann	3 October 1962		Germany	Businessperson	Attended the 2017 Bilderberg as Bayer CEO
Fritz Berg	27 August 1901	3 February 1979	Germany	Deep state actor Industrialist	President of the Federation of German Industries - "the real government of West Germany" - for over 20 years. 13 Bilderbergs.
Oliver Bäte	1 March 1965		Germany	Businessperson	German businessman with supranational deep state connections
Franz Froschmaier	29 July 1930	8 January 2013	Germany	Politician Lawyer	German lawyer/politician
Hans Globke	10 September 1898	13 February 1973	Germany	Lawyer Deep state actor	High ranking jurist during the Nazi government; After the war one of the most powerful people in the German government.
Eric Gujer	24 July 1962		Switzerland	Spook Editor	Spooky Swiss editor-in-chief of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung
Heribert Hellenbroich	14 May 1937	10 July 2014	Germany	Spook	Former Verfassungsschutz and BND chief. Had to retire after spy scandal.
Timotheus Höttges	18 September 1962		Germany	Businessperson	German telecom executive
Paul Janssen	12 September 1926	11 November 2003	Belgium	Doctor Businessperson	Belgian businessman who founded Janssen Pharmaceutica, which became a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson in 1961
Peter Jungen	21 August 1939		Germany	Deep state operative Businessperson	At least 4 visits to Le Cercle... Personal assistant to Otto Wolff von Amerongen
Klaus Kinkel	17 December 1936	4 March 2019	Germany	Spook Politician Lawyer	German politician, spook, diplomat, lawyer
Graf Otto Lambsdorff	20 December 1926	5 December 2009	Germany	Politician Deep state operative	Attended the 1980 and 1984 Bilderbergs as West Germany/Federal Minister of Economics.
Arend Oetker	30 March 1939		Germany	Businessperson	German businessman, Chairman of Atlantik-Brücke for 5 years, named one of the: "50 most powerful people in the German economy"
Robert du Plooy	5 July 1921		South Africa	Diplomat Deep state operative	South African deep state operative/diplomat who attended Le Cercle in South Africa in 1984.
Gerhard Prinz	5 April 1929	29 October 1983	Germany	Businessperson	Attended the 1980 Bilderberg as Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler-Benz AG
Franz Schoser	27 July 1933		Germany	Lobbyist	German business lobbyist who attended the 1979 and 1980 Bilderbergs
Sławomir Sikora	30 March 1962		Poland	Academic Banker Economist	Polish Bilderberg banker, TLC
Max Graf Thurn	5 December 1910	29 June 1991	Austria	Economist Civil servant	Austrian aristocrat and economist. In exile after the Anscluss. After WW2, returned to Austria as civil servant. Attended Bilderberg/1961.
Hans Tietmeyer	18 August 1931	27 December 2016	Germany	Economist Central banker	President of the German Bundesbank
Günther Verheugen	28 April 1944		Germany	Politician	German politician who attended the 1995 Bilderberg
Bernhard Worms	14 March 1930		Germany	Politician	German politician who attended Le Cercle in Bonn in 1983.

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