Quedlinburg, world heritage and home town of Dorothea Erxleben, the first graduated lady doctor Quedlinburg

In Quedlinburg, which was founded in 922 by the Saxon King Henry I, there was a convent for unmarried daughters of the European highest nobility. This Imperial Ladies’ Convent (936-1802) helped many a girl to build self-confidence. It is no wonder then that the first German lady physician, Dorothea Erxleben (1715-62) was a Quedlinburgian. After being granted the right to take medical examinations by Frederick II, King of Prussia, on 12 June 1754, Dorothea Erxleben received a medical degree from Halle University as the first woman to do that in Germany, long before 1899 when women were first admitted to medical state exams.Quedlinburg, koji je 922. utemeljio saksonski kralj Henrik I., imao je samostan za djevojke koje su pripadale vrhu europskog plemstva. Taj je tzv. Carski samostan za dame (936. – 1802.) pomogao mnogim djevojkama da izgrade samopouzdanje. Nije stoga slučajno što je prva njemačka liječnica, dr. Dorothea Erxleben (1715. – 1762.) rođena Quedlinburžanka. Dana 12. lipnja 1754., odobrenjem pruskoga kralja Fridrika, Dorothea Erxleben dobila je diplomu iz medicine na Sveučilištu Halle, dakle puno prije 1899. kada je Njemicama prvi put omogućen pristup državnim liječničkim ispitima