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History

From 1770 to 1794, the Karlsschule was the only university in Stuttgart. Since its founding in 1818, Stuttgart's oldest university has been the University of Hohenheim. The eruption of the Indonesian volcano Mount Tambora in 1815 triggered a global climate change and was one of the causes of the massive famine suffered in the Kingdom of Württemberg at the beginning of the 19th century. In 1818 King William I of Württemberg set up an Agricultural Academy in Hohenheim to radically improve general nutrition in the kingdom through teaching, experimentation and demonstration and, in so doing, laid the foundation for the University of Hohenheim. At that time, there were 18 students enrolled and a staff of three professors. It is not connected to or affiliated with the University of Stuttgart (founded in 1829), although there is collaboration between the two.

The first director of the academy was Johann Nepomuk Schwerz, and it was located in Hohenheim Palace, built by Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg.

In 1847 the institution was designated as holding the rank of an "Academy of Agriculture and Forestry". In 1904 the name was changed to "Agricultural College". Hohenheim College was awarded the right to confer doctorates in 1918 and habilitations in 1919. With the appointment of Margarete von Wrangell to the chair for plant nutrition in 1923, she became the first female full professor at a German university. During the period of National Socialism, the university was brought into line with the party's ideology, and it was forced to close in 1945.

Architecturally, the university that re-opened its doors in 1946 had survived World War II relatively undamaged. In 1964 the faculties of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Sciences were created, followed in 1968 by the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences. Hohenheim has enjoyed university status since 1967 when it became known as Universität Hohenheim.

Today there are approximately 9,000 students and a teaching staff of around 900, of which slightly more than 100 are professors. Over 2,000 people now work at the university. The rector of the university until September 2024 was the agricultural economist Stephan Dabbert (born 23 June 1958), who took office on 1 April 2012. Dr. Dabbert stepped down as rector of the university in September 2024 for medical reasons and died on 1 October 2024.

Notable professors and alumni

Enno Bahrs (born 1967), is an agricultural scientist and economist, and tax expert, at the University

Dietrich Büsselberg (born 1957), is a physiologist, academic, and author. He is an Associate Dean and Professor of Physiology and Biophysics at Weill Cornell Medicine–Qatar.

Stephan Dabbert (1958–2024), German agricultural economist and Rector of the University

Werner Doppler (born 1941), German agricultural and economical

Günther Franz (1902–1992), German agricultural historian, Rector of the University from 1963 to 1967

Ruediger Heining (born 1968), German agricultural scientist and economist

Wilhelm Hertenstein (1825–1888), Swiss politician and President of the Confederation 1888

Winfried Kretschmann (born 1948), German politician of the Green Party of Germany, Minister-President of the state of Baden-Württemberg since 2011

Abdul Ghafar Lakanwal, Afghan cabinet minister

Hans-Peter Liebig (1945), German agricultural scientist and Rektor of the University 2002–2012

Uwe Ludewig (born 1967), German agricultural scientist and Director of the Institute of Crop Science Hohenheim

Stefan Mappus (born 1966), German politician from the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He was Minister President of the state of Baden-Württemberg 2010–2011

Torsten Müller (born 1962), German agricultural scientist and Dean of Education of the Agricultural Science Faculty in Hohenheim

Guenter Neumann (born 1958), German plant physiologist and scientific coordinator of the EU Research Project Biofector

Manfred G. Raupp (born 1941), German agricultural and economical scientist

Volker Roemheld (1941–2013), German agricultural scientist, plant physiologist and soil biologist at Hohenheim University

Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen (1845–1923), German physicist, discoverer of X-rays

Satyabrata Sarkar (born 1928), Indian virologist

Jürgen Stark (born 1948), German economist and prior chief economist of the European Central Bank

Ralf T. Voegele (born 1963), German biologist and Dean of the Agricultural Science Faculty in Hohenheim

F. Wolfgang Schnell (1913–2006), German professor of applied genetics and plant breeding

Markus Weinmann (born 1974), German agricultural scientist in the area of Plant Physiology

Margarete von Wrangell (1877–1932), Baltic German agricultural chemist and the first female full professor at a German university

Joshua Sikhu Okonya (born 1979), is a Ugandan agricultural entomologist

Juergen Zeddies (born 1942), is a German agricultural economist and Emeritus of the University

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