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When was the University of Cologne founded?

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Cologne The Hohenzollern rail and pedestrian bridge over the Rhine River, Cologne, Germany, with the city's cathedral in the background.

The University of Cologne was originally founded in 1388 as a municipal university.12

Following its dissolution by the French in 1798, the institution was later refounded in 1919 by Konrad Adenauer, who served as the lord mayor of Cologne at that time.12