New University (Würzburg)
New University (also called Sanderuni ) is the name of the main building of the Julius Maximilians University in Würzburg, which was inaugurated in 1896 . It is located at Sanderring 2 in the Sanderau district and today mainly houses the Faculty of Economics and the university management.
history
construction
The buildings of the old university with the new church in the Neubaustraße and the institutes founded on the Röntgenring were overloaded due to the sharp increase in student numbers in the 19th century. The building site was chosen in 1876 after many political and infrastructural considerations, but the project was forgotten.
The university professor Georg von Schanz submitted a renewed application for a new building to the royal state ministry in 1885. Originally, the New University was supposed to house the library, as it seemed impious to move the administration from the premises of the Old University. Schanz contradicted this and at the Senate meeting on March 9, 1885, pleaded for airy rooms for students instead of books. There is a lack of lecture halls in the Old University. The architect Rudolf von Horstig was commissioned to design the building. The neo-baroque building was built between 1892–1896. On October 28, 1896, the old university, which is now the school for interpreters, was handed over to the library and the museum of art history and the new university was inaugurated. The group of figures by the Munich sculptor Hubert Netzer, which is installed above the entrance to the New University, was only placed later due to a delay. The building was named "New University" by the Senate, because the building, which was new at the time, was to accommodate the Kollegienhaus, the main building of the university with all office rooms and lecture halls for the theological, legal and philosophical faculties. After the building was destroyed in World War II , it was rebuilt in a simplified design.
The second World War
On the evening of March 16, 1945, the New University, like the rest of the city, was destroyed by a bomb attack. The figure of Prometheus was beheaded. In the summer of 1945, the clean-up and reconstruction work began by volunteers. As of autumn 1946, teaching was resumed on the construction site on a makeshift basis. The Audimax should not be rebuilt in its original form with marble columns and stucco , but in a purely functional style.
Fourth wing
In 1960 the University Building Office officially handed the New University over to the university. Because the number of students rose again, space had to be created. In addition to laying the foundation stone for the first building on the Hubland campus, the main building was also to be expanded. In addition to a few other suggestions, it was decided to add a fourth wing, which, together with the three wings of the old building, was to result in a large hall in the middle, today's atrium. The fourth wing now provides space for the offices of the chairs of the business administration faculty. The main staircase, which was damaged but not completely destroyed in World War II, had to give way to the extension. The renovation work took place from 1966 to 1973. In October 1970 the topping-out ceremony for the new extension of the New University took place.
Todays use
The New University has always been the main building of the Julius Maximilians University, despite the construction of the campus on Hubland . Since the Faculty of Business and Economics was founded in 1968, the New University has had lecture, seminar and administrative rooms, as well as the Business Library. The Audimax offers around 424 seats. The former gymnasium is now the cafeteria. The university president's office is now in a former lecture hall on the first floor.
Architectural style
The university building is a three-storey monumental building with a central pavilion and side wings with corner projections and rich sandstone cuboid structure and an attic in the neo-baroque style. The architect Rudolf von Horstig was commissioned with the construction. From 1892 he was a member of the board of the royal university building inspection. Two busts are attached to the facade above the main entrance. One shows the second founder of the university and Prince-Bishop Julius Echter , the second the Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria . A bust of the first founder, Prince-Bishop Johann von Egloffstein, is placed above the side entrance. The building was originally asymmetrical and only had side wings of the same size after an extension from 1915–1918.
Prometheus
The group of figures above the main entrance of the New University shows the work of the sculptor Hubert Netzer, who won the tender with his design. It shows Prometheus holding up the torches of spiritual progress against the dark forces of ignorance and rawness, for truth and right. On the bronze plaque under the figure is the inscription "Veritati" (means something like "the house should be consecrated to the truth" or "committed to the truth"). The then rector of the university and theologian Herman Schell chose this motto.
Modern sculptures in the atrium
After the addition of the fourth wing was completed in 1970, the atrium was designed with modern sculptures . In the east and west side of the atrium you can see Adam and Eve opposite the tree of knowledge . The historical seal of the university and the Bavarian state coat of arms also face each other. In addition, a stone portrait of Julius Echter by the Würzburg sculptor Helmuth Weber, as well as a mobile that should represent the globe and the city of Würzburg, has been attached.
Sources and literature
- Robert Emmerich: The New University on Sanderring. A journey through the history of the house .
Web links
- WürzburgWiki: New University
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heinrich Ragaller: to art of the 19th and 20th centuries in Würzburg. In: Heinz Otremba (Ed.): 15 Centuries of Würzburg. Echter, Würzburg 1979, ISBN 3-429-00641-4 , pp. 353-373, here: p. 356.
- ↑ Winfried Schenk, Rüdiger Glaser , Moritz Nestle: Würzburg's environment in the transformation from the pre-industrial era to the service society. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2 (I: From the beginnings to the outbreak of the Peasant War. 2001, ISBN 3-8062-1465-4 ; II: From the Peasant War 1525 to the transition to the Kingdom of Bavaria 1814. 2004, ISBN 3 -8062-1477-8 ; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 ), Theiss, Stuttgart 2001–2007, Volume III (2007), Pp. 351-368 and 1295 f., Here: p. 354.
- ^ Robert Emmerich: Foray through the 110-year history of the New University. In: Tempora mutantur et nos? Festschrift for Walter M. Brod on his 95th birthday. With contributions from friends, companions and contemporaries. (= From Würzburg's city and university history. Volume 2). Edited by Andreas Mettenleiter , Akamedon. Pfaffenhofen 2007, ISBN 978-3-940072-01-6 , pp. 257-262.
Coordinates: 49 ° 47 '17.3 " N , 9 ° 56' 7.4" E