Burse (Tübingen)

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The longitudinal front of the Burse facing south towards the Neckar, with its forecourt overgrown with plane trees
The modest-looking narrow side of the Burse, seen from the Klinikumgasse, from the northeast
The narrow side of the Burse from the Klosterberg, seen from the west, in the picture on the right the Bursagasse opens up to the plane tree-covered Bursaplatz
The double staircase to the Burse
The Bursaplatz with a view of the Klosterberg

The Burse (also: Alte Burse or Bursa ) is a building in the south of the old town of Tübingen , slightly elevated above the Neckar . The original meaning of the facility can be read in detail in the article Burse . The Tübingen Burse was built between 1478 and 1482. Construction began just one year after the Eberhard Karls University was founded . Mechthild von der Pfalz, mother of Eberhard im Bart , made a significant contribution to the establishment of the Tübinger Burse . The palm tree and Eberhard's motto: "Attempto" are carved into the middle girder of the entrance area of ​​the Burse and are still the logo of the University of Tübingen today.

The four-storey building with a half-hipped roof was built in its current form between 1803 and 1805 and, after the renovations, housed the first clinic in Tübingen. From September 1806 to May 1807 Friedrich Hölderlin was treated there by Johann Heinrich Ferdinand Autenrieth . The two staircases from the square in front of it, which is overgrown with old plane trees, are a characteristic of the building .

Since 1972 the Burse has housed the Philosophical Seminar and the Art History Institute of the University of Tübingen. According to § 12 DSchG, the building is a cultural monument of particular importance . The owner is the state of Baden-Württemberg .

The Bursagasse is named after the Burse and branches off to the west from the Neckargasse and passes below the Burse. The Burse has the address Bursagasse 1 . The Clinicumsgasse northwest of the building is a reminder of the function of the clinic . The Burse commemorates the reformer Philipp Melanchthon , who learned and taught there, with a plaque on the south side .

See also

literature

  • Volker Schäfer: Five centuries of the Tübingen Burse. An exhibition of the University Archives Tübingen on the occasion of the rededication of the Alte Burse, April 28 - May 1, 1972. Tübingen 1972.

Web links

Commons : Burse Tübingen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 48 ° 31 ′ 9.8 ″  N , 9 ° 3 ′ 18 ″  E