Estonia

2019

Commemorative coin

The centenary of the University of Tartu

Official Journal of the European Union

The coin will mark the centenary of the University of Tartu as being established as the first Estonian language university. It was founded in 1632 by Swedish King Gustav II Adolf and is one of the oldest universities in northern and eastern Europe. In 1919 it became the first Estonian language university. The design depicts a motif of the main building of the university. It also bears the inscriptions ‘RAHVUSÜLIKOOL 100’(National University 100) and ‘UNIVERSITAS TARTUENSIS’, the year ‘1632’, the issuing country ‘EESTI’ and the year of issuance ‘2019’. The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.

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As one of the oldest universities in Northern and Eastern Europe, the Academia Gustaviana was founded in 1632 by King Gustav II Adolf of Sweden in Tartu (then Dorpat). with Latin as the language of instruction. In 1802 - with reference to the Russian Tsar - it was re-founded by Alexander I as the Imperial University of Dorpat, with German as the first language of instruction and Russian as the language of instruction from 1893. Since 1919 the University of Tartu is the first Estonian-language university.

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