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Gießen District

Old University of Marburg

Gießen District

Old University of Marburg

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Old University of Marburg

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Location: Marburg, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Gießen District, Hesse, Germany

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Stephan N

October 20, 2021

They are definitely old, the foundations of the Dominican monastery, founded in 1291, on which the building known today as the "Old University" was built in the last third of the 19th century in neo-Gothic style. And knowledge has been intensively cultivated in this place since 1527. In that year, the Hessian Landgrave Philipp the Magnanimous founded the Marburg University - the oldest Protestant university to be founded, which has survived to this day. The former Dominican monastery was chosen by Philip to be its first building.
If the first 17 teachers and 88 students got along well with the space, it soon became quite tight. In addition, the old buildings fell into disrepair over the centuries. The new building, built in several construction phases according to plans by the architect Carl Schäfer from the years 1873–1891, was therefore welcomed with joy. Today it houses the Department of Protestant Theology.
Source:
marburg.de/portal/seiten/alte-universitaet-900000969-23001.html

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Stefan Rüger

December 1, 2020

The old university is a secular building of the Philipps University of Marburg in neo-Gothic style. It was built in 1873–1879 (west wing / seminar and auditorium wing) and 1887–1891 (main wing) according to plans by the university architect Carl Schäfer. The building blends in almost seamlessly with the monastery church built from 1291 and integrated into the ensemble, later the university church, the sacristy of which was even taken over directly into the new building complex and for a time provided space for the university archive; the complex is now the seat of the Protestant Theology department.

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September 6, 2021

The Old University is a secular building of the Philipps University of Marburg in the neo-Gothic style. It was built in 1873–1879 (west wing / seminar and auditorium wing) and 1887–1891 (main wing) according to plans by the university master builder Carl Schäfer. The building blends almost seamlessly with the monastery church built from 1291 and integrated into the ensemble, later the university church, the sacristy of which was even taken over directly into the new building complex and for a time provided space for the university archive; the complex is now the seat of the Protestant theology department. Source: Wikipedia

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Location: Marburg, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Gießen District, Hesse, Germany

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