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Also Known As Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich • Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München
Date 1472 - present
Areas Of Involvement public education
Notable Alumni Feodor Lynen • Werner Heisenberg • Max Planck • Douglas Sirk • Benedict XVI • Konrad Adenauer • Joseph Campbell • Hans Bethe • Roman Herzog • Franz Josef Strauss • Philip John Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker • Marie Stopes • Nam June Paik • Oswald Spengler • Karl von Frisch • Tankred Dorst • Gustav Hertz • Joseph Victor von Scheffel • Peter Debye • Wolfgang Ketterle • Hans Fischer • John Ulric Nef • Eduard Buchner

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