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The Seal of the University The University of Kiel bears the name of its founder, Duke Christian Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf, who established the university for his Duchy in the year 1665 – only seventeen years after the end of the Thirty Years' War. The Seal also looks back to this time. It depicts a female figure holding a palm branch and a cornucopia filled with wheat, symbolizing peace. The Seal bears the motto: Pax optima rerum (Peace is the greatest good).

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