The Tübinger Stift () is a hall of residence and teaching; it is owned and supported by the Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Württemberg, and located in the university city of

Tübingen Tübingen (, , Swabian: ''Dibenga'') is a traditional university city in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, and developed on both sides of the Neckar and Ammer rivers. about one in three ...

, in South West Germany. The Stift was founded as an Augustinian

monastery A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits). A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer whic ...

in the

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. After the

Reformation The Reformation (alternatively named the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation) was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and in ...

, in 1536, Duke Ulrich turned the Stift into a seminary which served to prepare

Protestant Protestantism is a Christian denomination, branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Reformation, Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century agai ...

pastors for Württemberg. To this day the scholarship is still given to students in preparation for the ministry or teaching in

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

. Students receive a scholarship which consists of boarding, lodging and further academic support. Some of the well known "Stiftlers" are the astronomer

Johannes Kepler Johannes Kepler (; ; 27 December 1571 – 15 November 1630) was a German astronomer, mathematician, astrologer, natural philosopher and writer on music. He is a key figure in the 17th-century Scientific Revolution, best known for his laws ...

and his associate, statesman Hans Ulrich von Eggenberg, the poet

Friedrich Hölderlin Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin (, ; ; 20 March 1770 – 7 June 1843) was a German poet and philosopher. Described by Norbert von Hellingrath as "the most German of Germans", Hölderlin was a key figure of German Romanticism. Part ...

who had as roommates the philosophers G. W. F. Hegel and

Friedrich Schelling Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (; 27 January 1775 – 20 August 1854), later (after 1812) von Schelling, was a German philosopher. Standard histories of philosophy make him the midpoint in the development of German idealism, situating him be ...

(although the latter was five years their junior), the theologians David Friedrich Strauß,

Johann Albrecht Bengel Johann Albrecht Bengel (24 June 1687 – 2 November 1752), also known as ''Bengelius'', was a Lutheran pietist clergyman and Greek-language scholar known for his edition of the Greek New Testament and his commentaries on it. Life and career B ...

, Friedrich Christoph Oetinger,

Ferdinand Christian Baur Ferdinand Christian Baur (21 June 1792 – 2 December 1860) was a German Protestant theologian and founder and leader of the (new) Tübingen School of theology (named for the University of Tübingen where Baur studied and taught). Following Hegel ...

and

Eberhard Nestle Eberhard Nestle (1 May 1851, Stuttgart – 9 March 1913, Stuttgart) was a German biblical scholar, textual critic, orientalist, editor of the '' Novum Testamentum Graece'', and the father of Erwin Nestle. Life Nestle was a son of the upper t ...

, and the philologist

August Pauly August Friedrich von Pauly (; ; 9 May 1796, in Benningen am Neckar – 2 May 1845, in Stuttgart) was a German educator and classical philologist. From 1813 to 1818 he studied at the University of Tübingen, then furthered his education at Heide ...

Famous students from the past

Nikodemus Frischlin Philipp Nicodemus Frischlin (also spelled ''Nikodemus'') (22 September 1547 – 29 November 1590) was a German philologist, poet, playwright, mathematician, and astronomer, born at Erzingen, today part of Balingen in Württemberg, where his ...

, poet, playwright, humanist, mathematician, astronomer (1547–1590) * Michael Maestlin, astronomer, mathematician (1550–1631) * Hans Ulrich von Eggenberg, Statesman (1568–1634) *

, astronomer (1571–1630) * Johann Valentin Andreae, theologian (1586–1654) *

Wilhelm Schickhardt Wilhelm Schickard (22 April 1592 – 24 October 1635) was a German professor of Hebrew and astronomy who became famous in the second part of the 20th century after Franz Hammer, a biographer (along with Max Caspar) of Johannes Kepler, claim ...

, theologian, astronomer, universal scientist (1592–1635) *

, theologian (1687–1752) * Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, theologian (1702–1782) *

Karl Friedrich Reinhard Karl may refer to: People * Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name * Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne * Karl Marx, German philosopher and political writer * Karl of Austria, last Austri ...

, French politician and diplomate (1761–1837) *

Karl Philipp Conz Karl Philipp Conz (28 October 1762 – 20 June 1827) was a German poet. External links * * 1762 births 1827 deaths People from Lorch (Württemberg) People from the Duchy of Württemberg German poets German male poets {{Germany- ...

, poet, writer (1762–1827) *

, poet (1770–1843) *

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (; ; 27 August 1770 – 14 November 1831) was a German philosopher. He is one of the most important figures in German idealism and one of the founding figures of modern Western philosophy. His influence extends ...

, philosopher (1770–1831) *

, philosopher (1775–1854) *

Gustav Schwab Gustav Benjamin Schwab (19 June 1792 – 4 November 1850) was a German writer, pastor and publisher. Life Gustav Schwab was born in Stuttgart, the son of the philosopher Johann Christoph Schwab: he was introduced to the humanities early in l ...

, minister, poet, writer (1792–1850) *

, theologian (1792–1860) *

, philologist (1796–1845) * Wilhelm Hauff, writer (1802–1827) *

Wilhelm Waiblinger Wilhelm Waiblinger (; 21 November 1804 – 17 or 30 January 1830) was a German romantic poet, mostly remembered today in connection with Friedrich Hölderlin. After he had attended Gymnasium Illustre in Stuttgart, he was a student at the se ...

, poet, writer (1804–1830) *

Eduard Mörike Eduard Friedrich Mörike (8 September 18044 June 1875) was a German Lutheran pastor who was also a Romantic poet and writer of novellas and novels. Many of his poems were set to music and became established folk songs, while others were used by ...

, minister and poet (1804–1875) * Friedrich Theodor Vischer, writer, professor of literature (1807–1887) * David Friedrich Strauß, theologian, philosopher, writer (1808–1874) * Hermann Kurz, poet, writer (1813–1873) *

Eduard Zeller Eduard Gottlob Zeller (; 22 January 1814, Kleinbottwar19 March 1908, Stuttgart) was a German philosopher and Protestant theologian of the Tübingen School of theology. He was well known for his writings on Ancient Greek philosophy, especially ...

, theologian, philosopher (1814–1908) * Georg Herwegh, poet, revolutionist (1817–1875) * Ferdinand von Hochstetter, geologist, naturalist (1829–1884) * Albert Schäffle, economist, sociologist, politician (1831–1903) *

, theologian, orientalist (1851–1913) *

Hans Vaihinger Hans Vaihinger (; September 25, 1852 – December 18, 1933) was a German philosopher, best known as a Kant scholar and for his ''Die Philosophie des Als Ob'' ('' The Philosophy of 'As if), published in 1911 although its statement of basi ...

, philosopher (1852–1933) * Johannes Hieber, politician (1862–1951) * Karl Heim, theologian (1874–1958) *

Edwin Hoernle Edwin Hoernle (11 December 1883 – 21 July 1952) was a German politician (Communist Party of Germany, KPD), author, Agronomy, agronomist and a Marxism, Marxist theoretician. He spent the Nazi Germany, Nazi period in Moscow where, during the f ...

, politician (1883–1952)

Quotes

*"One need only utter the words 'Tubingen School' to get an understanding of what German philosophy is at bottom—a very cunning form of theology."
—

Friedrich Nietzsche Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (; or ; 15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher, prose poet, cultural critic, philologist, and composer whose work has exerted a profound influence on contemporary philosophy. He began his ...

, '' The Antichrist'', 1895, par
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Footnotes

References

* Martin Leube: ''Das Tübinger Stift: 1770 – 1950; Geschichte des Tübinger Stifts.'' Stuttgart, Steinkopf (1954) * Reinhard Breymayer: ''Freimaurer vor den Toren des Tübinger Stifts: Masonischer Einfluss auf Hölderlin?'' In: ''Tubingensia: Impulse zur Stadt- und Universitätsgeschichte. Festschrift für Wilfried Setzler zum 65. Geburtstag''. Hrsg. von Sönke Lorenz und Volker

arl ARL may refer to: Military * US Navy hull classification symbol for repair ship * Admiralty Research Laboratory, UK * United States Army Research Laboratory * ARL 44, a WWII French tank Organizations * Aero Research Limited, a UK adhesives com ...

Schäfer in Verbindung mit dem Institut für Geschichtliche Landeskunde und Historische Hilfswissenschaften der Universität Tübingen. Redaktion: Susanne Borgards. (Ostfildern:) Jan Thorbecke Verlag, 2008 (Tübinger Bausteine zur Landesgeschichte, 10), pp. 355–395. .

External links

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