Die neue Kölner Rechtswissenschaftliche Fakultät von 1919 bis 1950

In 1919 Konrad Adenauer succeeded in establishing a second university to sit alongside Bonn in Prussian Rhineland. In a short space of time and thanks to its founding members - F. Stier-Somlo, H. Lehmann, H. Planitz, G. J. Ebers, A. von Tuhr, A. Baumgarten, and G. Bohne - Cologne University's Faculty of Law developed into an eminent institution. However, when six of its members (G. J. Ebers, H. W. Goldschmidt, F. Haymann, H. Kelsen, L. Waldecker, and L. Wieruszowski) were forced to resign during the National Socialist regime, closure threatened. The faculty's fortunes were revived after 1945 by scholars such as H. C. Nipperdey (Labour Law), H. Jahrreiß (Constitutional and International Law), G. Kegel (International Private Law) and B. Rehfeld (History of Law), who renewed and expanded the range of disciplines. Federal Presidents Gustav Heinemann and Karl Carstens were among later faculty members.