University of Rostock

The University of Rostock is a public university in Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Founded in 1419 by confirmation of Pope Martin V, it is the third-oldest university in Germany in continuous operation, the oldest in continental northern Europe and the Baltic Sea area, and the fifth established in the Holy Roman Empire. It has been associated with four Nobel laureates: Albrecht Kossel, Hans Spemann, Karl von Frisch and Otto Stern. In the 16th century it was the first university to teach Copernicanism, introduced by Professor Duncan Liddel, and it became Protestant in 1542.