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University of Erlangen

Erlangen is a German city in Middle Franconia. It is located at the estuary of the Untere Schwabach into the Regnitz. Erlangen has about 100,000 inhabitants.

Erlangen is today dominated by its university and the numerous branch offices of the Siemens AG, as well as a large Institute of the Fraunhofer Society. An event still influencing the city is the settlement of Huguenots after the withdrawal of the Edict of Nantes in 1685.

University

The University of Erlangen (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität) has been founded in 1742 by margrave Friedrich of Brandenburg-Bayreuth in the residence Bayreuth, but was relocated to Erlangen the next year.

International Relations

Twin Cities

Erlangen has twinned itself with:

• Eskilstuna in Sweden in 1961,
• Rennes in France in 1964,
• Vladimir in Russia in 1983,
• Jena in Thuringia, Germany, in 1987,
• Stoke-on-Trent in England in 1989,
• San Carlos in Nicaragua in 1989.
• Besiktas (district of Istanbul, Turkey) in 2004

Further partnerships

• Shenzhen (China)
• Richmond (USA)

External Links

• (Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits) mp3 was developed here

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