Universitätsplatz (hall)
The University Square is located in the north of the old city of Halle (Saale) at the University ring on the site of the former Franciscan monastery (demolished in 1828) and the City Gymnasium. Its development for university use by the University of Halle-Wittenberg began with the construction of the so-called lion building between 1832 and 1834, an auditorium building designed in the late Classicist style by Ernst Friedrich Zwirner .
Structural design
In 1872 a new rectorate building, the so-called clock building , was added. In the period after that, the Robertinum (1889; Carl Hagemann & Otto Kilburger), the Melanchthonianum (1900–1902; Georg Thür & Hans Stever) and the Thomasianum (1910; Robert Huber) followed as seminar buildings , all in a classicist style.
More recently, the development on the edge of the square has been completed with the construction of the Juridicum with legal library (1998) and the new maximum auditorium (2002) (architect in both cases Gernot Schulz ). The square has a strong north-south gradient, which was overcome by the construction of a new wide staircase, which uses almost the full length of the square and does not only encourage students to linger. Gernot Schulz was also the architect. A ramp was also integrated into this so that the stairs do not represent a new obstacle. This is also the main entrance from the market. Previously, the rest of a bunker from the Second World War was located there underground . In this way, a harmonious ensemble of squares was created within 170 years, in which the new buildings always complemented the building fabric without dominating it. To this day, the lion building has also remained a dominant feature of the university square.
Works of art and monuments
In front of the main building there are two lions that were formerly part of the market fountain. They gave the building its popular name. They were created by Johann Gottfried Schadow for a memorial in the Silesian town of Bolesławiec (today Bolesławiec ), but the city of Halle acquired one of the casts in 1822 and integrated it into the new market fountain in 1823. After this was removed, the lions came in front of the main university building in 1868.
In the back of the Robertinum on the Universitätsring there is a commemorative plaque for Anton Wilhelm Amo (1975) and an African student couple (1964/65; Gerhard Geyer ), which is also dedicated to him. A statue (around 2004; Michael Weihe ) in front of the Kulturinsel , which closes the square to the southwest, commemorates the writer Curt Goetz . Heinrich Heine commemorates a reclining bust in front of the lion building (2002; Jens Bergner). It also commemorates the first Prussian Heinrich Heine monument, which was erected in the Trotha district of Halle in 1912 and destroyed in 1933. In 2008, a plaque in memory of the book burning was unveiled in the form of a floor plaque. A sculpture (1994; Lothar Sell ) commemorates the smear theater director Emanuel Striese from the comedy The Robbery of the Sabine Women .
Literature / sources
- Holger Brülls, Thomas Dietzsch: Architectural Guide Halle on the Saale . Dietrich Reimer Verlag, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-496-01202-1 .
- Holger Brülls, Dorothee Honekamp: City of Halle . List of monuments. Flugkopf Verlag, Halle (Saale) 1996, ISBN 3-910147-62-3 .
- Georg Dehio: Handbook of German art monuments. Saxony-Anhalt II: Dessau and Halle administrative districts . Munich 1999, ISBN 3-422-03065-4 .
- Angela Dolgner, Dieter Dolgner, Erika Kunath: The historic market square of the city of Halle / Saale . Halle (Saale) 2001, ISBN 3-931919-08-0 .
- Klaus Friedrich , Manfred Frühauf (ed.): Halle and its surrounding area . Geographic excursion guide. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) 2002, ISBN 3-89812-167-4 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A. Dolgner et al.: The historic market square of the city of Halle / Saale. 2001, pp. 179-182.
Coordinates: 51 ° 29 ′ 9.9 ″ N , 11 ° 58 ′ 8.6 ″ E