The
Martin-Luther-University of Halle-Wittenberg is located in the
German city of
Halle, Saxony-Anhalt. It was merged in 1817 from the University of Halle (founded
1694) and the Universty of
Wittenberg (founded
1502, closed in
1813 by
Napoleon). It is named after
Martin Luther, and is the largest and oldest university in the
Bundesland of
Saxony-Anhalt, with ~14000 students.