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Map
The city of Vienna and the UniversityMap
The interactive map offers an orientation in space. It shows the different buildings of the university through time. Besides the current city map, a historical map of the City of Vienna can be faded in (Franziszeischer Kataster 1829).
Contents change according to the position of the time slider on the bottom of the map. Buildings, events and people of university history are located in today’s geographical surroundings, but you can also historical geographical changes in the City of Vienna. -
Main Topics
Split into seven main topics encompassing the 650 years of university history, you can find topics that include such subjects as the university’s deed of foundation, the 1848 revolution, denazification and open access to the university. A total of ...
Welcome
650 plus – History of the
University of Vienna
Welcome to the website dedicated to the 650 years of University of Vienna history.
This history is presented through varied approaches via hypertextually connected content.
Topical access allows comprehensive insights with over 70 topics and articles in English.
Temporal and spatial references can be found on the interactive timeline and map.
Current topic
550th Anniversary of the Death of Johannes Regiomontanus
On July 6, 1476, Johannes Regiomontanus, one of the most outstanding astronomers and mathematicians on the cusp of the modern era, whose works paved the way for the shift away from the geocentric worldview, died.
Born in 1436 as Johannes Müller, he studied in Leipzig and, beginning in 1450, at the University of Vienna, where he earned his master’s degree from the Faculty of Arts in 1457 and subsequently taught for several years. He was a student and friend of Georg Aunpeck von Peuerbach. Regiomontanus’s "Dreieeckslehre" (Treatise on Triangles) advanced the application of trigonometry, and his "Ephemerides" became a standard reference work for astronomers and navigators. Columbus also used them on his voyages of discovery. Commissioned by Cardinal Johannes Bessarion, Regiomontanus edited the "Almagest," the magnum opus of the Greek astronomer and mathematician Ptolemy.
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Seven main topics
Persons
Currently more than 3,400 individuals with particular importance to the university history of Vienna are gathered in this profile database. This database includes basic data about the individuals, their functions (e.g. rector) and honors, as well as a growing number of short biographies.
See also main topic Actors
Images
The display depot offers an image-oriented approach to the website’s contents.
You can research in it with the help of filter and search functions.
Buildings
This category includes important historical and current university buildings with brief information on each building’s history.
These can be located on historic and current maps of Vienna and can be contextualized with the help of additional texts via links within the website.
