. . "The University of Helmstedt, official Latin name: Academia Julia (\"Julius University\"), was a university in Helmstedt in the Duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenb\u00FCttel that existed from 1576 until 1810.Founded by and named after Duke Julius of Brunswick-Wolfenb\u00FCttel on 15 October 1576, the first university of the duchy and the first Protestant university of the northern Holy Roman Empire quickly became one of the largest German universities."@en .