European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)

European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) (German: Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)) is a university located at Frankfurt an der Oder in the land of Brandenburg, near the Oder River, which there marks the border between Germany and Poland.

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German - University - Frankfurt an der Oder - Brandenburg - Oder - Germany - Poland

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The present University was founded in 1991, conceived as a revival of the first University of Frankfurt an der Oder, which existed in that city from 1506 until 1811, when it was moved to Breslau. The word "Viadrina," from the Latin, means "belonging to, or situated at, the Oder River": it derives from Viadra, the Latin name for the Oder (the city of Frankfurt an der Oder having been known in Latin as Francofortum ad Viadrum). The modern University was established for structural and political reasons, as the area is impoverished and the city is situated directly on the border with Poland, cooperation with which is a top priority of the German government.

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1991 - 1506 - 1811 - Breslau - Latin

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One of Germany's smallest state universities (probably the second-smallest after the University of Erfurt), the Viadrina has some 3,000 students — nearly 1,000 of whom come from Poland — and some 160 teaching staff.

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