Tubinger Stift

The Tübinger Stift or Tübingen Seminary is a student residence and educational institution of the Protestant Church in Württemberg located in Tübingen. It was founded in 1536 by Duke Ulrich for native Württemberg students who wanted to become religious ministers or teachers. They receive a scholarship that covers support, lodging and other expenses. At the Stift, great importance has been attached to philosophy and philology since its inception. Among its students and teachers there have been famous theologians, philosophers, poets and scholars of other arts and sciences.

Famous students from the past

• Nikodemus Frischlin, poet, humanist (1547-1590)
• Michael Mästlin, astronomer, mathematician (1550-1631)
• Johannes Kepler, astronomer (1571-1630)
• Johann Valentin Andreä, theologian (1586-1654)
• Wilhelm Schickhardt, theologian, astronomer, universal scientist (1592-1635)
• Johann Albrecht Bengel, theologian (1687-1752)
• Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, theologian (1702-1782)
• Karl Friedrich Reinhard, French politician and diplomat (1761-1837)
• Karl Philipp Conz, poet, writer (1762-1827)
• Friedrich Hölderlin, poet (1770-1843)
• Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, philosopher (1770-1831)
• Friedrich Schelling, philosopher (1775-1854)
• Gustav Schwab, minister, poet, writer (1792-1850)
• Ferdinand Christian Baur, theologian (1792-1860)
• August Pauly, Philologist (1796-1845)
• Wilhelm Hauff, writer (1802-1827)
• Wilhelm Waiblinger, poet, writer (1804-1830)
• Eduard Mörike, Minister and Poet (1804-1875)
• Friedrich Theodor Vischer, writer, literature teacher (1807-1887)
• David Friedrich Strauß, theologian, philosopher, writer (1808- 1874)
• Hermann Kurz, poet, writer (1813-1873)
• Eduard Zeller, theologian, philosopher (1814-1908
• Georg Herwegh, poet, revolutionary (1817-1875)
• Ferdinand von Hochstetter, professor, theologian, mineralogist, geologist, naturalist (1829 - 1884)
• Albert Schäffle, economist, sociologist, politician (1831-1903)
• Eberhard Nestle, theologian, orientalist (1851-1913)
• Hans Vaihinger, philosopher (1852-1933)
• Johannes Hieber, politician (1862-1951)
• Karl Heim, theologian (1874-1958)
• Edwin Hoernle, politician (1883-1952)