Learning

 

1983: 150th Anniversary of the University of Zurich

Established in 1883 the University of Zurich was the first European university founded by a democratic state rather than a monarch or the church. There have been 12 Nobel Prize winners (primarily in physics and chemistry) educated here. Three famous names stand out - Rontgen, Schrodinger and Einstein.

1997: Universities 

   Padua University was founded in 1222, the second oldest university in Italy. The stamp shows the Bo Palace (Palazzo de Bo) built in 1594 and is the oldest surviving anatomical theatre in the world. An inscription as old as the theatre says "This is a place where the dead are pleased to teach those who live". 

Two famous astronomers who were temporary residents are Galileo, who taught at the university, and Copernicus, who was a student, Another alumni of Padua for those interested in the English Tudor era and its machinations was Sir Francis Walsingham, who would become spymaster for Queen Elizabeth I.

1998: 750th Anniversary of St Marienstern Abbey, Panschwitz-Kuckan

Founded in 1248 St Marienstern Abbey is one of the few Central European monasteries that has maintained a uninterrupted history and during that long time survived the Hussite Wars, the Reformation, world wars and the old GDR. The Abbey as well as being home to the Cistercian nuns of the order of St Benedict functions as a educational and cultural learning centre which includes a 6000 square metre Educational Garden

For the Sunday Stamps theme of - Places of Learning - See It On A Postcard