Birth Place of Albert Einstein : Name of The University
As Albert Einstein was born in Ulm in 1879, it was suggested repeatedly that the university be named after him. In November 2006, the senate of the university finally decided to rename the university. As this decision was however not confirmed by the Ministry of Science, Research and Arts of the State of Baden-Württemberg, the university will not be called Albert Einstein University Ulm (German: Albert-Einstein-Universität Ulm) as of July 2007 but simply Ulm University. However, the street on which the main buildings of the Ulm University are located - and thus, the physical address of the university - is called Albert-Einstein-Allee in honor of the great physicist.
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