Skip to content131/1/849 · TsDIAL, Lwów
Charter of Emperor Joseph II on the foundation of the university in the city of Lviv
Title: Polish adaptation of the TsDIAL inventory description.
Entry from the TsDIAL inventory, quoted verbatim (OCR reading):
· 21.10.1784
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131/1/849
den ein und zwanzigsten Monatstag Oktober im siebenzehnhundert vier und achtzigsten, Unserer Reiche des Römischen im ein und zwanzigsten, und der Erbländischen im vierten Jahre
Edition available · check statusJoseph II Habsburg, Roman Emperor → All subjects / inhabitants of the Kingdoms of Galicia and Lodomeria and the Duchies of Auschwitz and Zator (university in Lviv)
Roman Emperor Joseph II elevates the existing Lviv scientific institutions to the rank of a full university with four faculties and a gymnasium, granting it equal rights with other universities of the monarchy. The document also specifies the university's subordination to national authorities and approves the official coats of arms and seals of the university and individual faculties.
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1817 [the text breaks off at the seventh point; the date 1817 results from the text of the seal design]
Edition available · check statusFrancis I Habsburg, Emperor of Austria → Inhabitants of the Kingdoms of Galicia and Lodomeria (university in Lviv)
Emperor Francis I transforms the Lviv Lyceum into a full-fledged university named Universitas Francisca, regulating the institution's structure, the composition of the academic senate, and the faculties' authority to grant doctoral degrees. The document also contains a meticulous heraldic and iconographic description of the newly established seals of the university and its individual faculties.
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