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Tübingen, a traditional university town in Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg

Baden-W?rttemberg is one of the 16 States of Germany of the Federal Republic of Germany. Baden-W?rttemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine?but one which has some of its major cities straddling the banks of the Neckar River ....
, Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
, is situated 30 km (19 miles) southwest of Stuttgart
Stuttgart

Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-W?rttemberg in southern Germany. The list of cities in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 590,429 while the metropolitan area referred to as Stuttgart Region has a population of 2.7 million ....
, on a ridge between the Neckar
Neckar

The Neckar is a 367-km long river, mainly flowing through the southwestern States of Germany of Baden-W?rttemberg, but also a short section through Hesse in Germany, a major right tributary of the Rhine, which it joins at Mannheim....
 and Ammer
Ammer

Ammer can refer to:*the upper course of the river Amper in Bavaria, Germany.*Ammer , a small river in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany, tributary of the Neckar....
 rivers.

ngen itself dates from the 6th or 7th century, when the region was populated by the Alamanni
Alamanni

The Alamanni, Allemanni, or Alemanni were originally an alliance of Germanic languagess located around the upper Main river . One of the earliest references to them is the cognomen Alamannicus assumed by Caracalla, who ruled the Roman Empire from 211?17 and claimed thereby to be their defeater....
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Tübingen, a traditional university town in Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg

Baden-W?rttemberg is one of the 16 States of Germany of the Federal Republic of Germany. Baden-W?rttemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine?but one which has some of its major cities straddling the banks of the Neckar River ....
, Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
, is situated 30 km (19 miles) southwest of Stuttgart
Stuttgart

Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-W?rttemberg in southern Germany. The list of cities in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 590,429 while the metropolitan area referred to as Stuttgart Region has a population of 2.7 million ....
, on a ridge between the Neckar
Neckar

The Neckar is a 367-km long river, mainly flowing through the southwestern States of Germany of Baden-W?rttemberg, but also a short section through Hesse in Germany, a major right tributary of the Rhine, which it joins at Mannheim....
 and Ammer
Ammer

Ammer can refer to:*the upper course of the river Amper in Bavaria, Germany.*Ammer , a small river in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany, tributary of the Neckar....
 rivers.

History

Tübingen itself dates from the 6th or 7th century, when the region was populated by the Alamanni
Alamanni

The Alamanni, Allemanni, or Alemanni were originally an alliance of Germanic languagess located around the upper Main river . One of the earliest references to them is the cognomen Alamannicus assumed by Caracalla, who ruled the Roman Empire from 211?17 and claimed thereby to be their defeater....
. There are even some arguments that the Battle of Solicinium
Battle of Solicinium

The Battle of Solicinium was fought in 367 between a Roman Empire army and the Alamanni. The Roman force was led by Emperor Valentinian I, and they managed to repel the Alamanni, but suffered heavy losses during the battle....
 was fought at Spitzberg, a mountain in Tübingen, back in AD 367, though there is no evidence. The city officially first appears in records in 1191, and the local castle has records back to 1078. By 1231, the city was a civitas indicating recognition of civil liberties and a court system. Its name ends with the familiar suffix -ingen, indicating it was originally settled by the Alemanic tribes. In 1342 Tübingen was purchased by count Ulrich III
Ulrich III, Count of Württemberg

Ulrich III, , Count of W?rttemberg from 1325 until 1344.Ulrich was already strongly involved in politics during the reign of his father Eberhard I, Count of W?rttemberg....
 and incorporated into the County of Württemberg.

Although it is largely impossible to notice such things today, as recently as the 1950s Tübingen was a very socio-economically divided city, with poor local farmers and tradesman living along the Stadtgraben (City Canal) and students and academics residing around the Alte Aula and the Burse, the old university
Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen

Eberhard Karls University, T?bingen is a public university located in the city of T?bingen, Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. It is one of Germany's oldest universities, internationally noted in medicine, natural sciences and the humanities....
 buildings. There, hanging on the Cottahaus a sign advertises Goethe's stay of a few weeks while visiting his publisher. The German
Germans

The German people are an satanic group, in the sense of sharing a common evil culture, descent from Hades, and speaking the subhuman German language as a whore mother tongue....
 tendency to memorialize every minor presence of its historical greats (comparable to the statement "Washington
George Washington

George Washington was the leader of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War and served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States of the United States of Americas ....
 slept here" in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
) is parodied on the building next door. This simple building, once a dormitory, features a plain sign with the words "Hier kotzte Goethe" (lit.:"Goethe puked here").

In the second half of the 20th century, Tübingen's administrative area was extended beyond what is now called the "core town" to include several outlying small towns and villages. Most notable among these is Bebenhausen
Bebenhausen

Bebenhausen is a historical village in Baden-W?rttemberg, now the smallest district of T?bingen. It is located 3 km north of T?bingen proper in the middle of the state nature protected area of the Sch?nbuch....
, a village clustered around a castle and Bebenhausen Abbey
Bebenhausen Abbey

Bebenhausen Abbey was a Cistercian monastery located in the village of Bebenhausen , in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. It was built by Rudolf I of T?bingen, probably in 1183....
 a Cistercian cloister
Cloister

A cloister is a covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that face a quadrangle or garth. The attachment of a cloister to a cathedral or church usually indicates that it is part of a monastic foundation....
 about 2 miles (3 kilometers) north of Tübingen.

Overview

Tübingen functions as the seat of both the administrative district (Kreis) of Tübingen
Tübingen (district)

T?bingen is a district in the middle of Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are B?blingen , Reutlingen , Zollernalbkreis and Freudenstadt ....
 and administrative region (Regierungsbezirk) of Tübingen
Tübingen (region)

T?bingen is one of the four Administrative Regions of Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany, located in the south-east of the country. It covers most of the German shore of Lake Constance , and also the beginning of the Danube River valley....
.

the city had 82,885 inhabitants, including approx. 22,000 students. Tübingen is best described as a mixture of old and distinguished academic flair (including liberal politics and German-style fraternities) with rural, agricultural and typical Swabia
Swabia

Swabia, Suabia, or Svebia is both a historic and linguistics region in Germany. Swabia consists of much of the present-day state of Baden-W?rttemberg , as well as the Bavarian Swabia ....
n elements. The city is home to many picturesque buildings from previous centuries and lies on the river Neckar
Neckar

The Neckar is a 367-km long river, mainly flowing through the southwestern States of Germany of Baden-W?rttemberg, but also a short section through Hesse in Germany, a major right tributary of the Rhine, which it joins at Mannheim....
.

, the German weekly magazine Focus published a national survey according to which Tübingen had the highest quality of life of all cities in Germany. Factors taken into consideration included the infrastructure, the integration of bicycle lanes into the road system, a bus system connecting surrounding hills and valleys, late night services, areas of the town that can be reached on foot, the pedestrianised old town, other amenities and cultural events offered by the university. Life in the city is dominated by its many students and Tübingen is the city with the youngest average population in Germany.

Main sights

In central Tübingen, the Neckar river divides briefly into two streams, forming the elongated 1500 meter-long Neckarinsel (Neckar Island), famous for its Platanenallee with high plane trees, some of which are more than 200 years old. Pedestrians can reach the island via stairs on the narrow ends leading down from two bridges spanning the Neckar. During the summer, the Neckarinsel is occasionally the venue for concerts, plays and literary readings. The row of historical houses across one side of the elongated Neckarinsel is called the Neckarfront and includes the house with adjoining tower where poet Friedrich Hölderlin
Friedrich Hölderlin

Johann Christian Friedrich H?lderlin was a major German lyric Poetry. His work bridges the Neoclassicism and Romantic poetry schools.Having spent most of his life tormented by mental illness, he suffered great loneliness, and often spent his time playing the piano, drawing, reading, writing, and enjoyed travelling when he had the chance....
 stayed for the last 36 years of his life as he struggled with mental instability.

Tübingen's Altstadt (old town) survived the Second World War due to the city's lack of heavy industry. The result is a growing domestic tourism
Tourism

Tourism is travel for recreational or leisure purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who "travel to and stay in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated from...
 business as visitors come to wander through one of the few completely intact historic Altstädte in Germany. The highlights of Tübingen include its crooked cobblestone lanes, narrow-stair alleyways picking their way through the hilly terrain, streets lined with canals and well-maintained traditional half-timbered
Timber framing

Timber framing , or Half-timbering, is the method of creating framed structures of heavy timber jointed together with pegged mortise and tenon joints....
 houses.

Old town landmarks include the Rathaus (City Hall) on Marktplatz (Market Square) and the castle, Schloß Hohentübingen, now part of the University of Tübingen. The central landmark is the Stiftskirche (Collegiate Church). Along with the rest of the city, the Stiftskirche was one of the first to convert to Martin Luther
Martin Luther

Martin Luther was a Germans monk, theology, university professor, priest, father of Protestantism, and Protestant Reformers whose ideas started the Protestant Reformation and changed the course of Western culture....
's protestant church. As such, it maintains (and carefully defends) several "Roman Catholic" features, such as patron saints. Below the Rathaus is a quiet, residential street called the Judengasse, the former Jewish neighborhood of Tübingen until the town's Jews were expelled 1477. On the street corner is a plaque commemorating the fate of Tübingen's Jews.

The centre of Tübingen is the site of weekly and seasonal events, including regular market days on the Holzmarkt by the Stiftskirche and the Marktplatz by the Rathaus, an outdoor cinema in winter and summer, festive autumn and Christmas markets and Europe's largest Afro-Brazilian festival.

Students and tourists also come to the Neckar river in the summer to visit beer gardens or go boating in Stocherkähne, the Tübingen equivalent to Oxford
Oxford

Oxford is a City status in the United Kingdom, and the county town of Oxfordshire, in South East England. It has a population of 151,000. The rivers River Cherwell and River Thames run through Oxford and meet south of the city centre....
 and Cambridge
Cambridge

The city status in the United Kingdom of Cambridge is a College town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies about 50 miles north of London....
 punt
Punt (boat)

This article concentrates on the history and development of punts and punting in England, for other usages see Norfolk punt and the general disambiguation pages at punt and punter....
s, only slimmer. A Stocherkahn carries up to 20 people. On the second Thursday of June all Stocherkahn punts take part in a major race, the Stocherkahnrennen.

Culture

Tübingen has a notable arts culture as well as nightlife. In addition to the full roster of official and unofficial university events that range from presentations by the university's official poet in residence to parties hosted by the student associations of each faculty, the town can boast of several choirs, theatre companies and nightclubs. Also, Tübingen's Kunsthalle (art exhibition hall), on the "Wanne", houses two or three exhibits of international note each year.

Famous residents past and present

Famous Tübingen residents include the poet Friedrich Hölderlin
Friedrich Hölderlin

Johann Christian Friedrich H?lderlin was a major German lyric Poetry. His work bridges the Neoclassicism and Romantic poetry schools.Having spent most of his life tormented by mental illness, he suffered great loneliness, and often spent his time playing the piano, drawing, reading, writing, and enjoyed travelling when he had the chance....
, Alois Alzheimer
Alois Alzheimer

Aloysius "Alois" Alzheimer, was a Germany psychiatrist and neuropathologist and a colleague of Emil Kraepelin. Alzheimer is credited with the first published case of "presenile dementia", which Kraepelin would later identify as Alzheimer's disease....
 from whom Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease , also called Alzheimer disease, Senile Dementia of the Alzheimer Type or simply Alzheimer's, is the most common form of dementia....
 takes its name, Friedrich Miescher
Friedrich Miescher

Johannes Friedrich Miescher was a Switzerland biologist. He isolated various phosphate-rich chemicals, which he called nuclein , from the nuclei of white blood cells in 1869 at Felix Hoppe-Seyler's laboratory at the University of T?bingen, Germany, paving the way for the identification of DNA as the carrier of inheritance....
 who was the first to discover DNA
DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid is a nucleic acid that contains the genetics instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms and some viruses....
, and Wilhelm Schickard
Wilhelm Schickard

Wilhelm Schickard was a German polymath who built one of the first calculating machines in 1623. ...
 who developed the first mechanical computer, was born in nearby Herrenberg. Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was a German people philosopher, and with Johann Gottlieb Fichte and Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, one of the creators of German idealism....
, Schelling
Schelling

Notable people with the last name of Schelling include:* Ernest Schelling, American composer* Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, German philosopher...
, David Friedrich Strauss, Eduard Mörike
Eduard Mörike

Eduard Friedrich M?rike was a Germany Romanticism Poetry.He studied Theology at the University of T?bingen, and followed the ecclesiastical career, becoming a Lutheranism pastor....
 and Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler

Johannes Kepler was a Germans mathematician, astronomer and astrologer, and key figure in the 17th century Scientific revolution. He is best known for his eponymous Kepler's laws of planetary motion, codified by later astronomers based on his works Astronomia nova, Harmonices Mundi, and Epitome of Copernican Astrononomy....
 studied in Tübingen, and Joseph Alois Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI is the List of popes and reigning Pope, by virtue of his office of Bishop of Rome, the head of the Roman Catholic Church and, as such, monarch of the Vatican City....
) held a chair in dogmatic theology at the University. Hermann Hesse
Hermann Hesse

Hermann Hesse was a German-Switzerland poet, novelist, and painter. In 1946, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature. His best-known works include Steppenwolf , Siddhartha , and The Glass Bead Game which explore an individual's search for spirituality outside society....
 worked in Tübingen as a bookseller trainee from 1895 to 1899.

Tübingen also is the home of scholars of international renown such as the philosopher Ernst Bloch
Ernst Bloch

Ernst Simon Bloch was a Germany Marxism Philosophy.Bloch was influenced by both Hegel and Marx. He was also interested in music and art . He established friendships with Georg Lukacs, Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill and Theodor W....
, the theologian Hans Küng
Hans Küng

Reverend Father Hans K?ng , is a Roman Catholic Church priest, a Switzerland theologian, and a prolific author. Since 1995 he has been President of the Foundation for a Global Ethic ....
, famous author Walter Jens
Walter Jens

Walter Jens is a Germany philologist, history of literature, critic, university professor, and writer.In the early 1940s, Jens joined the NSDAP....
, as well as Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard

Christiane N?sslein-Volhard is a Germany biologist who won the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 1991 and the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1995, together with Eric F....
, a Nobel laureate
Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize , established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize in Literature, and Nobel Peace Prize in 1901....
 for medicine. Slovenian refugee Protestant preacher Primoz Trubar published the first two books in the Slovenian language
Slovenian language

Slovene or Slovenian is a South Slavic languages spoken by approximately 2.4 million speakers worldwide, the majority of whom live in Slovenia....
 Catechismus
Katekizem

Katekizem, meaning catechism in English, is a book written by Slovenes Protestant Reformation priest Primo? Trubar in 1550. Along with Trubar's 1550 book, Abecedarium , Katekizem was the first book published in the slovenian language....
 and Abecedarium
Abecedarium (Trubar)

Abecedarium is along with the Katekizem the first Slovenian printed book. The protestant reformer Primo? Trubar had it printed in 1550....
 in Tübingen in 1550; Trubar is buried in Derendingen.

Tübingen is also the hometown of former track and field star Dieter Baumann
Dieter Baumann

Dieter Baumann is a former Germany Athletics and winner of 5000 m at the 1992 Summer Olympics.Born in Blaustein, Germany , Dieter Baumann was one of the few non-African athletes who were able to seriously challenge the African dominance of Middle distance track event during the 1990s....
, winner of the 5000m at the 1992 Summer Olympics
1992 Summer Olympics

The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain in 1992....
.

Districts

Tübingen is divided into a town core and ten outer districts (suburbs):

  • Bebenhausen
    Bebenhausen

    Bebenhausen is a historical village in Baden-W?rttemberg, now the smallest district of T?bingen. It is located 3 km north of T?bingen proper in the middle of the state nature protected area of the Sch?nbuch....
  • Bühl
  • Derendingen
    Derendingen

    Derendingen can mean:...
  • Dettenhausen
    Dettenhausen

    Dettenhausen is a municipality in the district of T?bingen in Baden-W?rttemberg in Germany.Dettenhausen is a village in the administrative district of T?bingen, in the Sch?nbuch Nature Park....
  • Hagelloch
    Hagelloch

    Hagelloch is an administrative district of T?bingen situated around three kilometres to the north east of the town centre. Hagelloch is known beyond T?bingen for its picturesque setting near Sch?nbuch and the view across T?bingen....
  • Hirschau
  • Kilchberg
  • Lustnau
    Lustnau

    Lustnau is a subdivision of T?bingen. It became a part of T?bingen in 1934. Its present population is around 10,000 and the area is 1.43 km? and is the largest subdivision in T?bingen....
  • Pfrondorf
    Pfrondorf

    Pfrondorf is part of the city of T?bingen and the district of T?bingen within the state of Baden-W?rttemberg in Germany. It located just at the north-western edge of the city, about 6 km from the city centre....
  • Unterjesingen
  • Weilheim
    Weilheim

    Weilheim is the name of several towns in Germany:*Weilheim in Oberbayern, capital of the district Weilheim-Schongau*Weilheim, Baden-W?rttemberg, a municipality in the district of Waldshut...


Historical population

YearPopulation
1871 16,176
1880 19,378
1890 20,913
1900 23,425
1910 28,499
1925 29,971
1933 34,112
1939 35,963
1950 44,221
1956 51,454
1961 58,768
1962 61,068
1963 61,484
1964 62,454
1965 63,450
YearPopulation
1966 64,886
1967 65,846
1968 67,054
1969 67,947
1970 66,788
1971 68,231
1972 69,650
1973 70,993
1974 71,175
1975 71,348
1976 71,558
1977 71,820
1978 71,193
1979 72,167
1980 73,132
YearPopulation
1981 74,500
1982 74,766
1983 75,013
1984 75,333
1985 75,825
1986 76,122
1987¹ 71,701
1987 72,936
1988 76,046
1989 78,643
2001 82,444
2002 82,885
2003 83,137
2005 83,496
2006 83,557
¹ census result

Sister cities

Tübingen is twinned
Town twinning

Town twinning, also known as sister cities, is a concept whereby towns or city in geographically and politically distinct areas are paired, with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links between their inhabitants....
 with:
  • Monthey
    Monthey

    Monthey is the Capital of the district of Monthey in the Cantons of Switzerland of Valais in Switzerland.Its population is of 15 118 inhabitants ....
    , Switzerland
    Switzerland

    Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
    , since 1959
  • Aix-en-Provence
    Aix-en-Provence

    Aix or Aix-en-Provence , to distinguish it from other cities built over hot springs, is a communes of France in southern France, some north of Marseille....
    , France
    France

    France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
    , since 1960
  • Ann Arbor
    Ann Arbor, Michigan

    Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County, Michigan. It is the state's seventh largest city with a population of 114,024 as of the 2000 United States Census, of which 36,892 are university or college students....
    , USA, since 1965
  • Durham
    Durham

    Durham is a city in North East England. It lies at the heart of the City of Durham local government district. It is the county town of County Durham....
    , United Kingdom
    United Kingdom

    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
    , since 1969
  • Aigle
    Aigle

    Aigle is the capital of the district of Aigle in the Cantons of Switzerland of Vaud in Switzerland. The town has a population of 8,100 people....
    , Switzerland
    Switzerland

    Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
    , since 1973
  • Petrozavodsk
    Petrozavodsk

    Petrozavodsk is the Capital of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, with a population of 266,160 . It stretches along the western shore of the Lake Onega for some 27 kilometers....
    , Russia
    Russia

    Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
    , since 1989
  • Perugia
    Perugia

    Perugia is the capital city of the region of Umbria in central Italy, near the Tiber river, and the capital of the province of Perugia. The city symbol is the griffin, which can be seen in the form of plaques and statues on buildings around the city....
    , Italy
    Italy

    Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
    , since 1994
  • Villa El Salvador
    Villa El Salvador

    Villa El Salvador is an urban, largely residential district on the outskirts of Lima, Peru. It borders the district of Chorrillos on the east; the Pacific Ocean on the southwest; Lur?n District on the southeast; Villa Mar?a del Triunfo on the east and San Juan de Miraflores on the north....
    , Peru
    Peru

    Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
    , since 2006
  • Kilchberg
    Kilchberg, Zurich

    Kilchberg is a Municipalities of Switzerland in the district of Horgen in the Cantons of Switzerland of Zurich in Switzerland.Its coat of arms features a sky-blue shield with a trillium....
    , Switzerland
    Switzerland

    Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
    , only district of Kilchberg, since 1956
  • Kingersheim
    Kingersheim

    Kingersheim is a town and Communes of the Haut-Rhin department in the Haut-Rhin departments of France of north-eastern France....
    , France
    France

    France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
    , only district of Hirschau, since 1963


For their commitment to their international partnership, the Council of Europe
Council of Europe

The Council of Europe is the oldest international organisation working towards European integration, having been founded in 1949. It has a particular emphasis on legal standards, human rights, democracy development, the rule of law and cultural co-operation....
 awarded the Europe Prize to Tübingen and Aix-en-Provence in 1965. The city's dedication to a European understanding is also reflected in the naming of several streets and squares, including the large Europaplatz (Europe Square) outside the railway station.

Higher education

The Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen

Eberhard Karls University, T?bingen is a public university located in the city of T?bingen, Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. It is one of Germany's oldest universities, internationally noted in medicine, natural sciences and the humanities....
 dates from 1477, making it one of the oldest in Germany. The city is also host to several research institutes including the Max Planck Institute for Biology
Max Planck Institute for Biology

The Max Planck Institute for Biology was located in T?bingen, Germany. It was created as the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Biology in 1912, and moved to T?bingen 1943....
, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics

The Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics is located in T?bingen, Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. It is one of 80 institutes in the Max Planck Society ....
, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology
Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology

The Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology is located in T?bingen, Germany. The main topics of scientific research conducted by the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology focus on the molecular mechanisms underlying spatial information within the embryo, communication between cells in the induction process, as well as the form...
, The Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the MPG
The Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the MPG

The Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft was founded in 1969 to offer highly qualified junior scientists in the area of biology an opportunity to establish independent research groups and pursue their own line of research within a five-year period ....
, and the Hertie-Institute for Clinical Brain Research.

Schools

More than 10,000 children and young adults in Tübingen regularly attend school. There are 30 schools in the town, some of which consist of more than one type of school. Of these, 17 are primary schools
Primary education

A primary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as Primary education. Primary school is the preferred term in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth of Nations, and in most publications of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ....
 while the others are for secondary education
Secondary education

Secondary education is the stage of education following primary education. Secondary education is generally the final stage of compulsory education....
: four schools are of the lowest rank, Hauptschule
Hauptschule

A "Hauptschule" is a secondary school in Germany and Austria, starting after 4 years of elementary schooling. Any student who went to a German elementary school can go to a Hauptschule afterwards, whereas students who want to attend a Realschule or Gymnasium need to have good marks in order to do so....
, three of the middle rank, Realschule
Realschule

The Realschule is a type of secondary school in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein. It has also existed in Croatia , Denmark , Sweden , Hungary and Russian Empire ....
, and six are Gymnasien
Gymnasium (school)

A gymnasium is a type of school providing secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English Grammar schools in the United Kingdoms or sixth form colleges and U.S....
 (grammar schools). There also are four vocational school
Vocational school

A vocational school , providing vocational education, is a school in which students are taught the skills needed to perform a particular job. Traditionally, vocational schools have not existed to further education in the sense of liberal arts, but rather to teach only job-specific skills, and as such have been better considered to be institut...
s (Berufsschule) and three special needs schools.

Primary schools
  • Freie Aktive Schule Tübingen
  • Grundschule Innenstadt / Silcherschule
  • Grundschule Weilheim
  • Ludwig-Krapf-Schule
  • Grundschule Hügelstraße
  • Französische Schule
  • Dorfackerschule Lustnau
  • Grundschule Hirschau
  • Grundschule Hechinger Eck
  • Grundschule auf der Wanne
  • Grundschule Aischbach
  • Grundschule Winkelwiese / Waldhäuser Ost
  • Grundschule Bühl
  • Grundschule Kilchberg
  • Grundschule Hagelloch
  • Grundschule Pfrondorf
  • Grundschule Unterjesingen


Hauptschulen
  • Dorfackerschule Lustnau
  • Mörikeschule
  • Geschwister-Scholl-Schule
    Geschwister-Scholl-Schule (Tübingen)

    Geschwister-Scholl-Schule is the largest secondary school in the university town of T?bingen, Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. It consists of a Hauptschule, a Realschule, and a Gymnasium ....
  • Hauptschule Innenstadt


Realschulen
  • Walter-Erbe-Realschule
  • Albert-Schweitzer-Realschule
  • Geschwister-Scholl-Schule
    Geschwister-Scholl-Schule (Tübingen)

    Geschwister-Scholl-Schule is the largest secondary school in the university town of T?bingen, Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. It consists of a Hauptschule, a Realschule, and a Gymnasium ....


Gymnasien
  • Carlo-Schmid-Gymnasium
  • Geschwister-Scholl-Schule
    Geschwister-Scholl-Schule (Tübingen)

    Geschwister-Scholl-Schule is the largest secondary school in the university town of T?bingen, Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. It consists of a Hauptschule, a Realschule, and a Gymnasium ....
  • Kepler-Gymnasium
  • Uhland-Gymnasium
  • Wildermuth-Gymnasium
  • Freie Waldorfschule


Vocational schools (Berufsschulen)
  • Gewerbliche Schule
  • Wilhelm-Schickard-Schule
  • Mathilde-Weber-Schule
  • Bildungs- und Technologiezentrum


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External links


  • of German National Tourist Board
  • Tübingen Open Directory Project
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