Old Chemical Institute (Bonn)
The Old Chemical Institute in Bonn district Poppelsdorf was built from 1864 to 1867 than at the time the largest institution building in the world. It is located at Meckenheimer Allee 166–168 in the immediate vicinity of Poppelsdorf Castle . The building now houses the Institute for Microbiology and the Geographical Institute of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität .
history
The first chemical institute of the university, founded in 1818, was located in Poppelsdorf Castle from 1822. When Professor August Wilhelm Hofmann was appointed from London to Bonn in 1864, this gave the impetus to end the cramped spatial conditions and to plan a new building. According to Hofmann's suggestions, the university master builder August Dieckhoff designed the institute building, which was carried out from 1864 to 1867. The construction costs for the largest institute building in the world at that time amounted to over 400,000 marks.
The building was used until 1972 and is since 1983 as a monument under monument protection .
description
The rectangular building has four wings and a longitudinal wing in the middle. An additional transverse wing creates four inner courtyards. The main wing facing the street is two-story and is closed off by two two-and-a-half-story corner pylons. The side and rear wings were originally single-storey. The one and a half story large lecture hall was housed in the wide longitudinal wing in the middle. The main entrance was in the east side wing. The institute director's room was symmetrically located in the west wing. The architectural style shows numerous antique elements and temple-like motifs, which were intended to express the importance and dignity of the public building and the appreciation for the burgeoning science.
In front of the building is the statue of the chemist Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz , created in 1903 by the sculptor Hans Everding , who worked at the Chemical Institute from 1867 to 1896. On May 9, 2014, a memorial plaque in honor of Kekulé was unveiled as part of the Historic Chemistry Sites program .
literature
- Andreas Denk , Ingeborg flag : Architectural guide Bonn . Dietrich Reimer Verlag, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-496-01150-5 , p. 28.
- Gisbert Knopp : The self-portrayal of the University of Bonn in its buildings during the 19th century . In: Bonner Heimat- und Geschichtsverein , Stadtarchiv Bonn (ed.): Bonner Geschichtsblätter: Yearbook of the Bonner Heimat- und Geschichtsverein , ISSN 0068-0052 , Volume 39 (1989), Bonn 1992, pp. 235-271 (here: p. 259-270).
- Gisbert Knopp and Wilfried Hausmann: University buildings in Bonn. Rheinische Kunststätten , issue 190, 1987, ISBN 3-88094-568-3 .
Web links
- Entry on Altes Chemisches Institut, Meckenheimer Allee 166-168 in the database " KuLaDig " of the Rhineland Regional Association
- Kekulé Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry - History (eng.)
- University of Bonn: history of the building
- Gary L. Catchen and Julian M. Catchen - Germany's Architecture - University's Old Chemical Institute
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of monuments of the city of Bonn (as of March 15, 2019), p. 41, number A 171 .
- ^ Society of German Chemists : Historic sites of chemistry .
Coordinates: 50 ° 43 '34.9 " N , 7 ° 5' 28.6" E