The Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law (''Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht'', MPIPRIV) is a legal research institute located in

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Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

. It is operated by the

Max Planck Society The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science (german: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e. V.; abbreviated MPG) is a formally independent non-governmental and non-profit association of German research institutes. ...

. Founded in 1949, it is the successor institution of the

Kaiser Wilhelm Institute The Kaiser Wilhelm Society for the Advancement of Science (German: ''Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften'') was a German scientific institution established in the German Empire in 1911. Its functions were taken over by ...

for Foreign and International Private Law, which was founded in 1926.Academic History
" Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law. Retrieved 15 September 2015. Since 1956 it has been based in Hamburg's district of

Rotherbaum Rotherbaum () is a quarter of Eimsbüttel, a borough of Hamburg, Germany. In 2020 the population was 17,114. In German, "roter Baum" means ''red tree''. The "th", which in general was abolished in the spelling reform of 1900, was preserved in name ...

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{{Authority control Comparative and International Private Law Legal research institutes Organisations based in Hamburg Buildings and structures in Eimsbüttel

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