German Charles-Ferdinand University

The term "Charles-Ferdinand University" was from 1654 until 1920 the name of the university in Prague. It already had been divided by Austrian authorities into two universities (one Czech, one German) in 1882, renamed by Czech authorities in 1920, and was closed in 1945. The University of Prague, the oldest Bohemian university, was founded 1348 by Charles I of Luxembourg and Bohemia as the first university of the Holy Roman Empire. Prague was one of the largest European cities of the Middle Ages. It soon became one of the greatest universities in Europe: On the basis of available student rolls, at the beginning of the 15th century there were more than 10,000 enrolled students. Three fourths of students were German speakers and 1/7...