Palaestra Albertina
The Palaestra Albertina was a pioneering for their time multifunctional equipment of the University of Königsberg for Konigsberg students and citizens.
purpose
The word palaestra is derived from the Greek pale ( πάλη " wrestling ") and originally referred to an area covered with sand for training in wrestling matches or for the corresponding competitions . The building, completed in 1896, was located at 3rd Fließstraße 3–5. It housed an indoor swimming pool, a gym , several fencing rooms and a bowling alley . A tennis court was set up in the courtyard .
Friedrich Lange , a former Albertina student, had made a considerable fortune as a surgeon in New York . Out of gratitude, he donated the Palaestra Albertina to the university . In 1894 he laid the foundation stone with the inscription :
IM DIENSTE DES GUTEN UND SCHÖNEN ZU ENTWICKLUNG GUTER KRAFT
The building was planned and executed by the Königsberg architect Friedrich Heitmann , the inauguration took place in 1896. After the First World War , a cafeteria was set up here, as in almost all university towns . From 1927 the institute for physical exercise moved in. The building was partially destroyed in World War II. Today it serves as a swimming and sports facility for the Russian armed forces stationed in Kaliningrad .
Student associations
The Palaestra Albertina housed:
- Academic Sports Association Curonia in the Association of Academic Sports Associations
- Academic Gymnastics Association Ostmark in the Academic Gymnastics Federation
- Burschenschaft Arminia (IV) in the general German Burschenbund
- Cheruscia fraternity in the ADB
- Fraternity Gothia (II) in the German fraternity
- Historical-political connection Hohenstaufen in the Dornburg cartel and the German Association of Scientists
- Gymnastics club Cimbria in the representative convention
- Gymnastics Federation Frisia in the VC
- Turnschaft Markomannia in the VC, from 1909 fraternity Arminia in the ADB
literature
- Robert Albinus: Königsberg Lexicon. City and surroundings. (Licensed edition) Flechsig, Würzburg 2002, ISBN 3-88189-441-1 .
- Richard Armstedt: History of the royal capital and residence city of Königsberg in Prussia. Hobbing & Büchle, Stuttgart 1899. (= German land and life in individual descriptions, Volume 2, city histories)
- as reprint: Melchior-Verlag, Wolfenbüttel 2006, ISBN 3-939102-70-9 . (= Historical library .)
- Fritz Gause : The history of the city of Königsberg in Prussia. 3 volumes. 2nd / 3rd supplemented edition, Böhlau, Cologne et al. 1996, ISBN 3-412-08896-X .
- Jürgen Manthey : Königsberg. History of a world citizenship republic. Hanser, Munich et al. 2005, ISBN 3-446-20619-1 .
- Gunnar Strunz: Discover Königsberg. On the way between Memel and Haff. Trescher, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-89794-071-X . (= Trescher series of trips .)
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Coordinates: 54 ° 43 ′ 7.4 " N , 20 ° 30 ′ 34.6" E