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1852

Wartburg College was founded in 1852 in Saginaw, Michigan, by Georg M. Grossmann, a native of Neuendettelsau, Bavaria.

1935

Also in 1935, St Paul Luther College of the Phalen Park neighborhood of Saint Paul, Minnesota merged into Wartburg College.

The location of the college moved many times between Illinois and Iowa until permanently settling in Waverly in 1935.

1937

St Paul-Luther merges with Wartburg College in Waverly, where the college remains to the present; Founding of the Wartburg Choir (1937)

1992

The agreement builds on the partnership established in 1992 by the cities of Waverly and Eisenach to become sister cities.

1996

The rivalry rose to new heights in October 1996, when two clever Wartburg cross-country runners rented a light plane, flew to Decorah, and dropped leaflets on the Luther campus.

2008

In 2008 the Wartburg-Waverly Sports and Wellness Center, an indoor athletic complex co-sponsored by the city of Waverly, opened.

2015

In 2015, Fitch Ratings "assigned a 'BB' rating to revenue refunding bonds issued by the Iowa Higher Education Loan Authority on behalf of Wartburg College," downgrading the college's financial rating.

2019

Endowment value: $76,456,824 (Fall 2019) 4-4-1 Calendar: Fall Term (4 courses), Winter Term (4 courses), May Term (1 course) Wartburg’s social work program is the oldest undergraduate program of its kind in Iowa.

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