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Old University, Heidelberg
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The Old University (Alte Universität) is an important baroque building of the University of Heidelberg located between the Hauptstrasse and the Universitätsplatz in the old town of Heidelberg. It contains the Hall of the University, once the main assembly hall and lecture theatre of the University, as well as the Heidelberg University Museum and the old University gaol.
The Old University was built over a period of 23 years between 1712 and 1735, based on plans by the baroque architect Johann Adam Breunig. The structure replaced a four-story college building belonging to the university called the "Casimirianum," which had been erected in 1591 by the Count John Casimir. The construction work was part of the rebuilding effort following the destruction of the city of Heidelberg in the War of the Palatine Succession (1688-1697). The building was at first named Domus Whilhelmiana, after the donor, Elector Johann Wilhelm. In 1886, on the occasion of the 500 year anniversary of the founding of the University of Heidelberg, the Alte Aula ("Old assembly hall") in the west wing was remodelled in the Renaissance Revival style. The current name, "Old University" came into use in the early 1930s following the erection of the lecture hall building known as de on the opposite side of Universitätsplatz.
The Hall of the Old University, Heidelberg Aula der Alten Universität is the central hall of the Old University. It was originally built as an assembly hall and lecture theatre, in the baroque style and decorated with a stucco ceiling. Hierarchically arranged seating for individuals and groups was traditional in university halls and so the front part of the hall, with its characteristic rounded rows of seating and a podium in the centre was reserved for the representatives of the four faculties of the university and the inner Senate.
On the five hundredth jubilee of the University in 1886, the hall was redecorated in the Renaissance Revival style, following a plan by Josef Durm.
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