Till Eulenspiegel

Low German Dylulenspegel, German peasant trickster whose merry pranks were the source of numerous folk and literary tales. The historical Till is said to have been born at Kneitlingen, Brunswick, and to have died in 1350 at Mölln, Schleswig-Holstein, where his gravestone has been pointed out since the 16th century. Anecdotes associated with his name were printed about 1500 in one or more Low German language versions. The earliest extant text is a High German version, Ein kurtzweilig Lesen von Dyl Vlenspiegel (Antwerp, 1515; “An Amusing Book About Till Eulenspiegel”); the sole surviving copy is in the British Library, London. The jests and practical jokes, which generally depend on a pun, are broadly farcical, often brutal, sometimes obscene; but they have a serious theme. In the figure of Eulenspiegel, the individual gets back at society; the stupid yet cunning peasant demonstrates his superiority to the narrow, dishonest, condescending townsman, as well as to the clergy and nobility.

The Low German text, or parts of it, was translated into Dutch and English (c. 1520), French (1532), and Latin (1558). A later English version, Here beginneth a merye Jest of a man that was called Howleglas, appeared c. 1560. Eulenspiegel has been the subject of musical and literary works, notably Charles de Coster's The Glorious Adventures of Tyl Eulenspiegl (in French; 1867), Richard Strauss's symphonic poem Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (1894–95; Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks), and Gerhart Hauptmann's epic poem Till Eulenspiegel (1928).

The oldest university is in Rostock founded in 1419 and in Greifswald a university was founded in 1456

The fairy of the ''Rattenfänger von Hameln'' based on fairy
from 1284 and was written by the Gebrüder Grimm: Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm lived *4.1.1785 + 20.09.1863
Wilhelm Karl Grimm *24.02.1786 +16.12.1859

http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/university/welcome/hist...

German in full, Ruprecht-karl-universität Heidelberg, state-supported institution of higher learning at Heidelberg, Ger. Modelled on the University of Paris, it was founded in 1386 by the elector Rupert I and, like other German universities, was endowed by a foundation of colleges. The first was the college of the Cistercian order (1389); the first secular college was founded in 1390 by the university chancellor. During the 17th and 18th centuries, in a period of religious and political upheaval in Germany, the university suffered a decline, but it regained its prestige in the early 19th century after thorough reorganization by the elector Charles Frederick, becoming a centre of sciences, law, and philosophy. Among its faculties today are theology, law, medicine, and philosophy. Also affiliated are many institutions, seminars, and clinics of the different faculties.

Hi Michael,

You are right and I was too fast….sorry.

The origin of the German universities began through Karl IV. in the Holy Roman Empire with the foundation of the university of Prag 1348. Four countries were placed there: Bohemia, Poland, Bavaria and Saxon.

1386 University Heidelberg

1388 University Köln

1392 University Erfurt

1409 University Leipzig

1419 University Rostock

1456 University Greifswald

1477 University Tübingen