1742 AD founded
By Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, and moved to Erlangen in 1743. Christian Frederick Charles Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (one of the two namesakes of the institution) provided significant support to the early university. From the beginning, the university was a Protestant institution, but over time it slowly secularized.
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University of Erlangen–Nuremberg ( Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, FAU) Public research universi...
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