This house sign probably once marked the "Großer Löwenhof", a seat of the university in the 15th century.
"Hotel of academic freedom"
The university carcer
Being locked up in a dungeon was once a shameful punishment - but then it was part of student life.
Body and mind
Medicine and the path to the university hospital
This "bone chainsaw" from the 19th century is one of the world-famous innovations of Würzburg medicine.
Studying, creating and collecting
History(s) of science
The damaged altar (around 1700) from the university's own church bears witness to the upheavals outside and inside the university.
"From four to many"
Faculties, subjects, students
In 1582, when Prince-Bishop Julius Echter revived the university, 80 people were enrolled in its register.
The treasure chamber
Highlights from the university's history
Not all of the university's material treasures, including its sceptres, have been preserved. Instead, it is rich in scientific treasures.
"Heavy with wisdom and wine"
The university, its forest and the wine
The university still manages its own traditional forest today.
Between perpetrators and rubble
The period of National Socialism and the Second World War
The firestorm following the bombing of Würzburg in 1945 caused stone to burst and metal to melt in the Old University.
"Science for society"
A university without borders?
For a long time, women were excluded from studying or sat in the back row. Today, the university delivers top performance in education and research for society as a whole.
UniWü today
Part of a changing world
Collaborative, interdisciplinary work and advancing digitalisation characterise everyday university life today.
The university campus
A meeting with historical personalities
The famous Japan researcher and botanist Philipp Franz von Siebold is still very popular in Japan today.
It continues!
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