Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane () is a private university in Germany. The university is named after the German novelist and poet Theodor Fontane. History. The Brandenburg Medical School "Theodor Fontane" was founded in 2014 by municipal and non-profit institutions in Bernau, Brandenburg an der Havel and Neuruppin to train more physicians for the region of Brandenburg. The first cohort of 36 physicians graduated in August 2021.