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Tübingen

American  
[too-bing-uhn, ty-bing-uhn] / ˈtu bɪŋ ən, ˈtü bɪŋ ən /

noun

  1. a city in Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany, between the Neckar and Ammer rivers: known for a highly respected university.


Tübingen British  
/ ˈtjuːbɪŋən /

noun

  1. a town in SW Germany, in Baden-Württemberg: university (1477). Pop: 83 137 (2003 est)

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Georg Schild, a history professor at Tübingen University, near Stuttgart, remembers watching annual exercises by the U.S. military every fall when he was growing up in West Germany in the 1960s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

Benesch’s childhood in Tübingen, a German city southwest of Stuttgart, may have been tube-deficient, but it wasn’t movie-free, and she became fascinated with how films were made.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2024

It’s an important line of inquiry, says Patrick Schmidt, an archaeologist at the Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen who was not involved with the study.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 22, 2024

Two independent Russian media outlets, Mediazona and Meduza, worked with a data scientist from Germany’s Tübingen University to analyze Russian government data.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2024

Early in 1596, he was granted leave of absence from his teaching duties to visit his ailing grandparents, and took the opportunity to call in on Maestlin in Tübingen.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

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