Castle Hohenheim, on the University campus

Stuttgart-Hohenheim is a suburb of Stuttgart in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Between 1771 and 1793, Duke Karl Eugen built the Castle Hohenheim.

Since 1818, Hohenheim is now well-known as place of higher agricultural education today the University of Hohenheim is located there.

University of Hohenheim

From 1770 to 1794, the Karlsschule was the only university in Stuttgart. Since 1818, Stuttgart's oldest university, located in Hohenheim, is the University of Hohenheim. It is not related to the University of Stuttgart (founded 1829), apart from some cooperations.

On November 20, 1818, Hohenheim became the site of an important agricultural institution, founded by King William I of Württemberg for teaching, experimentation and demonstration. The first director was Johann Nepomuk Schwerz, and it was located in the castle built by Duke Karl Eugen.

In 1847 the institution was designated as holding the rank of an "Academy of Agriculture and Forestry". In 1904 the name was changed to "Agricultural College". Hohenheim College was awarded the right to confer doctorates in 1918 and habilitations in 1919. This school was renamed Universität Hohenheim in 1967.

In 2001 the University Hohenheim was cofounder of the Euroleague for Life Sciences (ELLS). This university life sciences network presently includes the following members:

• - University of Hohenheim (OHOH), Stuttgart, Germany
• - The University of Copenhagen Faculty of Life Sciences (KU), Copenhagen, Denmark
• - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden
• - University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU), Austria
• - Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR), the Netherlands
• - Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CULS), Czech Republic and
• - Warsaw Agricultural University (SGGW9; Poland.

Main fields of co-operation in ELLS are:

• - joint curriculum development
• - student and staff mobility
• - pooling of expertise
• - quality assurance
• - development of university policy and strategy
• - internationalisation

The University Hohenheim is one of Germany's leading universities both in agricultural science and business administration. 2008 there are around 7,000 students in Hohenheim, primarily focused on economics and business administration.

References

• Gerber, Theophil: Persönlichkeiten aus Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Gartenbau und Veterinärmedizin; Biographisches Lexikon, NORA Verlagsgemeinschaft Dyck & Westerheide, Berlin, ISBN 978-3-936735-67-3
• Raupp, Manfred: Erwachsenenbildung auf dem Lande, dargestellt am Beispiel von 10 Gemeinden in Baden Württemberg ; Diplomarbeit Universität Hohenheim, 1968; Bestandsaufnahme zur Erwachsenenbildung. Eine empirisch-statistische Untersuchung von Johannes Schwerdtfeger und Hans-Jürgen Andräs unter Mit arbeit v. Ulrich Planck und Manfred Raupp. Villingen: Neckar-Verl. 1970.XIV. 202 S. (Bildung in neuer Sicht. Reihe A, Nr. 22.).
• Raupp, Manfred: Agrarmarketing in Osteuropa im Wandel der Zeit, Sommerakademie an der Universität Hohenheim 1995.
• Winkel, Harald (Hrsg): Festschrift für Günther Franz Geschichte und Naturwissenschaft in Hohenheim; Verlag Thorbecke Sigmaringen 1982 ISBN 0-7181-2842-7.
• Universitätsbund Hohenheim e.V. Mitteilungsblatt 37.Jg. Heft 2. Hohenheim 2007.
• Universität Hohenheim: Das Schloss und die Akademie Hohenheim (Stuttgart, 1870).

External links

• University of Hohenheim

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