Unter den Linden 6: Humboldt Universit?t zu Berlin main building
This main building, originally built between 1748 and 1766 as the prince’s palace, was granted to the university when it was founded in 1809-10.
Berlin University began its first semester with 256 students and 52 teachers. From 1828 to 1945, it bore the name ‘K?nigliche Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universit?t zu Berlin’. The building was almost entirely destroyed during the Second World War, but by 1946 operations had partially resumed.
In 1949, the university was renamed after its founder Wilhelm - and his brother Alexander - von Humboldt, and the building was reconstructed according to historical records.
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- Figure: Heike Zappe
As well as housing the President’s Office and Administration, the Unter den Linden main building is now also home to the 750-seat Auditorium Maximum (the university’s largest lecture hall), a modern Student Service Centre, and the Departments of Philosophy, English/American Studies and Classical Archaeology.
Facilities
- University Management
- Student Service Centre
- Department of Philosophy
- Department of English and American Studies
- Department of Classical Archaeology
- Hermann von Helmholtz-Centre for Cultural Techniques
- Classical Archaeology Library
Adress
Unter den Linden 6
10099 Berlin (postal address)
10117 Berlin (street address)
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