German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina

German National Academy of Natural Sciences Leopoldina
	Main building of Leopoldina in Halle
Founded	1 January 1652, Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation
Type	National academy (since 2007)
Location	Halle, Germany;
Services	scholarships, awards, consultation, research
Fields	science, academics
Members	1,600 members
Key people	Gerald Haug (President)
Website	leopoldina.org

The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (German: Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften), short Leopoldina, is the national academy of Germany, and is located in Halle (Saale). Founded on 1 January 1652, based on academic models in Italy, it was originally named the Academia Naturae Curiosorum until 1687 when Emperor Leopold I raised it to an academy and named it after himself.^[1] It was since known under the German name Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina until 2007, when it was declared to be Germany's National Academy of Sciences.^[1]

^ ^a ^b Jedlitschka, Karsten (20 June 2008). "The Archive of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in Halle (Salle): more than 350 year of the history of science". Notes & Records of the Royal Society. 62 (2): 237–244. doi:10.1098/rsnr.2007.0009 – via JSTOR.

[:0-1] Jedlitschka, Karsten (20 June 2008). "The Archive of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in Halle (Salle): more than 350 year of the history of science". Notes & Records of the Royal Society. 62 (2): 237–244. doi:10.1098/rsnr.2007.0009 – via JSTOR.

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