Schinkeltor
The Schinkeltor at the west entrance to the New Augusteum of the University of Leipzig is the only remaining building fragment of the university complex on Augustusplatz from the 19th century. It is named after the Prussian master builder Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781–1841). It is a listed building.
description
The Schinkeltor is a three-part portal made of sandstone , in which the unadorned side parts, which were later added to the original work, have rectangular blind surfaces above the door openings. Their cornice is adapted to that of the central part.
The protruding middle section is a classically proportioned portal wall with pillar-like pilasters and a straight lintel . The pilasters are richly decorated in relief . Acanthus tendrils with fruits and birds fill the side faces and the lower parts of the front faces. In the upper front parts, young figures are shown in thinking and writing poses and in speech gestures, which embody science and art. Above them hovers on the left the genius of fame with a laurel wreath and palm branch and on the right that of immortality with an hourglass and cornucopia.
The middle part bears a balustrade , on the lateral borders of which the muses Calliope and Polyhymnia stand. Calliope, left, the Greek muse of poetry , philosophy and rhetoric , has the attributes of a writing board and pen. Polyhymnia as the muse of hymn poetry , pantomime but also geometry is considered serious and thoughtful, which is expressed by her pose with her finger in front of her mouth. Under the cornice, two female figures hold a banner that used to read AUGUSTEUM in gold letters. On the outside of the side parts there is an acrotery .
The entire symbolism of the gate characterizes it as the entrance to a "temple of science".
history
From 1831 to 1836, the Augusteum of the University of Leipzig was built on Augustusplatz according to plans by Albert Geutebrück . Karl Friedrich Schinkel had redesigned the facade in a classical style. A high column-framed portal was created with the word AUGUSTEUM in gold letters. Schinkel designed a picture ornament for the pillars, which was realized by the Dresden sculptor Ernst Rietschel (1804–1861).
- Locations of the Schinkel Gate
Original at the Augusteum in Geutebrück
(1836–1895)
Between Augusteum and Uni-Rentamt
(from 1897)
Same place after the Second World War
(until 1965)
In the courtyard of the Karl Marx University
(1981-2007)
When the Augusteum was fundamentally redesigned by Arwed Roßbach (1844–1902) from 1891 to 1897 , the old Augusteum entrance was extended by two side parts and the balustrade and set up as access to the garden area on the southern front of the Johanneum between the southern corner of the Augusteum and the University Rent Office . Now the name Schinkeltor has also become established.
The Schinkel Gate was damaged in the Second World War . The balustrade and figures of the muses were lost. In 1965 the Schinkel Gate was demolished and stored. After a partial restoration, it was erected in 1981 as a separate structure between the new seminar and lecture hall buildings on Universitätsstrasse.
The Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat (* 1956) used it on the west side of his new Augusteum building as an entrance from the Leibnizforum . For this purpose it was extensively restored by the Leipzig sculptor Markus Gläser (* 1960), with the figures of the muses on the balustrade also being recreated.
literature
- Cornelia Junge, Simone Tübbecke: A jewel of classical art . In: Journal of the University of Leipzig . No. 5 , 2012, p. 24 .
Web links
- Cornelia Junge, Simone Tübbecke: The Schinkeltor. In: Leipzig reading. Retrieved October 16, 2016 .
- Art treasures in the New Augusteum. Retrieved October 16, 2016 .
Individual evidence
- ^ List of cultural monuments in the center of Leipzig
- ↑ The Schinkel Gate . In: Leipzig reading
Coordinates: 51 ° 20 ′ 19 ″ N , 12 ° 22 ′ 43 ″ E