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At the beginning of the nineteenth century, Heidelberg, Königsberg and Göttingen were the main universities in Germany territory, but thanks to the work and convictions of Wilhelm von Humboldt, Berlin became established as a new academic centre. The University of Berlin opened officially in 1810 and, within a few decades, had become central to the education and training system of the whole of Germany, successfully attracting students, researchers and teachers. Research in science was one of the qualifying points of the education and training system of Germany and the new University of Berlin, which included teachers such as Hermann von Helmholtz and Heinrich Hertz, among others.
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Boria, F., Rapaccini, B. Education and research: the development of German physics in the nineteenth century: part two. Lett Mat Int 6, 215–219 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40329-018-0247-z
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