German Technical University in Brno (German: ''Deutsche Technische Hochschule Brünn'') was a technical university in

Brno Brno ( , ; german: Brünn ) is a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers, Brno has about 380,000 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the Czech Republic ...

. It existed from 1849 to 1945 and instruction was in

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. At the time, Brno was a multicultural city with both Czech and German populations. A technical university serving both nationalities was proposed, but fell through, resulting in the establishment of the

Czech Technical University Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU, cs, České vysoké učení technické v Praze, ČVUT) is one of the largest universities in the Czech Republic with 8 faculties, and is one of the oldest institutes of technology in Central Europe. I ...

in 1899. From 1860, the German Technical University was located on Komenského Square in Brno, and in 1910 a second building was built beside the first one. FSS MU 2010

During the Nazi occupation, it was planned for the university to be relocated to

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, but this did not happen. In 1945, the German Technical University in Brno was closed and its property transferred to the

Brno University of Technology Brno University of Technology (abbreviated: ''BUT''; in Czech: Vysoké učení technické v Brně – Czech abbreviation: ''VUT'') is a university located in Brno, Czech Republic. Being founded in 1899 and initially offering a single course ...

Literature

* ŠIŠMA, Pavel. ''Učitelé na německé technice v Brně 1849-1945.'' Praha: Společnost pro dějiny věd a techniky, 2004. 205 s. Práce z dějin techniky a přírodních věd; sv. 2. . * ŠIŠMA, Pavel. ''Zur Geschichte der Deutschen Technischen Hochschule in Brünn: Professoren, Dozenten und Assistenten 1849 - 1945.'' Linz: Trauner, 2009. ix, 192 s. Schriftenreihe Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften und der Technik; Bd. 13. .

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Teachers of physics and chemistry at the German Technical University in Brno

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