Nobel Prize Winners

The Academic Society has supported generations of emerging researchers. Six of the ten Nobel Prize winners from the University of Freiburg were among their number:

Heinrich Otto Wieland Wieland (1877-1957), Nobelpreis für Chemie 1927
Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus (1876-1959), Nobelpreis für Chemie 1928
Hans Spemann (1869-1941), Nobelpreis für Physiologie oder Medizin 1935
Georg von Hevesy (1885-1966), Nobelpreis für Chemie 1943
Hermann Staudinger (1881-1965), Nobelpreis für Chemie 1953
Hans Adolf Krebs (1900-1981), Nobelpreis für Physiologie oder Medizin 1953

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A hundred years: Chairpersons

Since its beginnings under the stewardship of its founder, Privy Councillor Dr Albert Bürklin, the Academic Society has always been headed by a member of the university. Over the past century, the office of chairperson has been held by:

Geh. Rat Dr. Albert Bürklin (1911-1924)
Prof. Dr. Franz Himstedt (1924-1933)
Prof. Dr. Ludwig Aschoff (1933-1941)
Prof. Dr. Friedrich Oltmanns (1941-1945)
Prof. Dr. Joseph Sauer (1946-1948)
Prof. Dr. Friedrich Oehlkers (1948-1960)
Prof. Dr. Sigurd Janssen (1960-1966)
Prof. Dr. Heinrich Görtler (1966-1972)
Prof. Dr. Helmut Holzer (1972-1997)
Prof. Dr. Rainer Greger (1998-1999)
Prof. Dr. Heinrich Vahrenkamp (2000-2007)
Prof. Dr. Eberhard Schäfer (2007-2010)
Prof. Dr. Karl-Reinhard Volz (seit 2011-2024)
Prof. Dr. Sabine Dabringhaus (seit 2024)