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Plans in the Era of the German Empire: A “German Oxford” in the Southwest of Berlin. Around the turn of the 20th century, Dahlem was proposed as a site for academic enquiry. In the early years of the Weimar Republic, a new building was constructed for Berlin’s collections of Asian art and artefacts after plans by Bruno Paul.
The Plans under the Empire: A “German Oxford” in Southwestern Berlin. Around the turn of the twentieth century, Dahlem was conceived as a location for the sciences. In the “German Oxford,” parts of the university, scientific institutions, museums, and other educational facilities would be located.
Nuclear fusion, the first uranium reactor, the electron microscope – a surprising number of scientifc discoveries and inventions have emerged from Dahlem. From 1912, the elegant residential district evolved into a mecca for creative brains from around the world.
100 years of science in the "German Oxford" │The classic introductory tour highlights the milestones of the history of Dahlem and follows in the footsteps of the 14 Nobel Prize winners who lived and worked in Dahlem from 1911 onwards - including Otto Hahn and Albert Einstein. On request, we are happy to focus on the history of biology ...
Academic activity in Dahlem was supported by Friedrich Althoff, Ministerial Director at the Prussian Ministry of Culture, who proposed the founding of “a German Oxford” at that time. The first new buildings housed government academic and scientific agencies and new institutes of the former University of Berlin.
Dahlem, Domain of Science: A Walking Tour of the Berlin Institutes of the Kaiser Wilhelm/Max Planck Society in the "German Oxford", Volume 16, Part 2 Eckart Henning , Marion Kazemi Archiv der...
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Jan 30, 2019 · Immerse yourself in the fascinating world of science and go on a journey in time through “Germany’s Oxford”, now the Dahlem Campus in Berlin. Ten stations inform you about the former research institutes of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society (now the Max Planck Society) and about the people who made pioneering discoveries there.
