Royal anatomy

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Anatomical institute in Pettenkoferstraße

The Royal Anatomy (Munich) in Munich was built from 1905 to 1907 as a new anatomical institute according to plans by the architect Max Littmann . Due to the extensive use of reinforced concrete as a material for the facades and walls, ceilings and outdoor facilities, the building is one of the first large reinforced concrete structures in Germany .

Building history

The "New Anatomical Institution" in Pettenkoferstraße is the successor to the anatomy built by Leo von Klenze between 1824 and 1825 in today's Schillerstraße , which at that time was already completely overloaded (Klenze's building was later demolished after being destroyed in the Second World War ).

The building owner of the new building was the Ministry of Churches and School Affairs , the senior site manager was senior building officer Ludwig von Stempel , and site manager Maxon was the site manager. Head of State and thus patron of the arts and sciences in Bavaria was his “ Kgl. Your Highness, Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria ”. The construction cost was 1,300,000 marks for the building and 450,000 marks for the facility.

The building survived the Second World War without any significant destruction and has largely been preserved in its historical substance. From 2004 to 2006 the west wing was supplemented by an extension to the south.

The complex is now a listed building and is still used in the originally intended function as anatomy by the medical faculty of the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich .

Comprehensive maintenance work and a general renovation led to the award of the Bavarian Monument Preservation Prize in gold in 2014.

Building description

Stair hall in the main entrance area

The floor plan of the building consists of a central building in an east-west direction with a length of around 90 m. The west wing with a length of 41 m and the east wing with a length of 50 m (in north-south direction) adjoin the ends of the central building.

The building is divided vertically into the basement, basement and three upper floors with a maximum height of around 27 m above the site.

The interior of the building is overall very representative, among other things, the hallways were decorated with paintings from the state art treasure at the opening.

Architecturally revolutionary for the university building was the design of the centrally arranged, two-storey, semicircular dissecting room as a classroom with five rosette-shaped and open apsidal rooms for the work of the students.

The dome above the microscope room has a diameter of around 22 m with a height of 5.75 m with a 10 cm shell thickness and is thus the second reinforced concrete dome in Germany and in the world after the related dome of the Army Museum in Munich (see also Bavarian State Chancellery ). Both domes were built by the same planning team with Ludwig Zöller and Wilhelm Maxon around the reinforced concrete company, the Max Littmanns company.

Other rooms in the anatomy are the “amphiteatrically” designed lecture hall by Littmann, the microscope room, the anatomical collection (display and teaching collection), library, stairwell, laboratories and study.

literature

  • The new building of the Kgl. Anatomy in Munich . Siegfried, Zeitschrift Beton und Eisen , 1908, pp. 116–119, 1909, pp. 146–148;
  • Dr. J. Rückert The new anatomical institute in Munich . Published by JF Bergmann, Wiesbaden 1910;
  • S. Mollier: The historical-embryological institute of the new anatomical institute Munich . Published by S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1912;
  • Dr. Georg Jacob Wolf: Max Littmann, 1862-1931 . Publisher Knorr & Hirth GmbH, Munich 1931;
  • Dr. Marco Ogacnik: The dome as a technical, architectural and urban planning element in Munich between 1900 and 1914 . Specialist lecture for the Munich conference 1900 - 1914, The secret capital of reinforced concrete on October 6, 2006 in the Deutsches Museum in Munich;

Web links

Commons : Königliche Anatomie (Munich)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. bayika.de: Bavarian Monument Preservation Prize 2014 - The Prize Winners ( Memento of the original from September 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bayika.de

Coordinates: 48 ° 8 ′ 2 "  N , 11 ° 33 ′ 35.8"  E