Bornerianum
The Bornerianum was a building belonging to the University of Leipzig , built in 1870/1871 by Johann Ernst Wilhelm Zocher and destroyed in 1943.
history
In the 1860s there was a shortage of large lecture halls at the University of Leipzig. It was therefore decided to demolish the houses of the former Pauline monastery , which were still from the Middle Ages and adjoining the university church . In its place, i.e. in the inner courtyard of the university grounds, a new building was erected from 1870 onwards. A three-story building was created with a simple façade facing the courtyard, comprising eleven window axes. To the west it was connected to the Hardtsche Haus (part of the Princely House ), while there was a passage towards the university church. Construction was completed in the summer of 1871.
In addition to its lecture halls, the building accommodated the German Institute, the Philosophical Seminar and their library.
With regard to the name of the house, they wanted to remember the former rector of the University Caspar Borner , under whose aegis and through his initiative in 1543/44 the secularized Pauline monastery was not transferred to the city of Leipzig, but to the university. An application was made to the Saxon Ministry of Culture for the name “Bornerianum”, which was also approved.
During the bombing raid on Leipzig on December 4, 1943 , the Bornerianum was completely destroyed and not rebuilt.
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literature
- Catalog of the university buildings . In: Michaela Marek , Thomas Topfstedt (eds.): History of the University of Leipzig 1409–2009. Volume 5: History of Leipzig University Buildings in an Urban Context . Leipziger Universitätsverlag, Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-86583-305-1 , p. 615.
Coordinates: 51 ° 20 ′ 20.9 ″ N , 12 ° 22 ′ 42.6 ″ E