Editing University of Bonn (section)

==Campus==
[[File:Poppelsdorfer Schloss seen from the East.jpg|thumb|265x265px|[[Poppelsdorf Palace]]]]
[[File:Friedrich-Hirzebruch-Allee Straßenschild.jpg|left|thumb|Sign for road named after mathematician [[Friedrich Hirzebruch]] on the Poppelsdorf campus, with the informatics forum behind it]]
The University of Bonn does not have a centralized campus. The main building is the ''[[Electoral Palace, Bonn|Kurfürstliches Schloss]]'', the former residential palace of the prince-elector of Cologne in the city center. The main building was built by [[Enrico Zuccalli]] for the prince-elector of Cologne, [[Joseph Clemens of Bavaria]] from 1697 to 1705. Today it houses the faculty of humanities and theology and the university administration. The {{Lang|de|Hofgarten}}, a large park in front of the main building is a popular place for students to meet, study and relax. The Hofgarten was repeatedly the place for political demonstrations as for example the demonstration against the [[NATO Double-Track Decision]] on 22 October 1981 with about 250,000 participants.<ref>{{cite web
 | author = Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
 | title = Weg der Demokratie – Path of Democracy
 | url = http://www.wegderdemokratie.de/tour/15_hofga.htm
 | access-date = 8 February 2008}}
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The school of law and economics, the main university library and several smaller departments are housed in modern buildings a short distance south of the main building. The department of psychology and the department of computer science are located in a northern suburb of Bonn.

The science departments and the main science library are located in Poppelsdorf and Endenich, west of the city center, and housed in a mix of historical and modern buildings. Notable is the [[Poppelsdorf Palace]] (German: {{Lang|de|Poppelsdorfer Schloss}}), which was built from 1715 to 1753 by [[Robert de Cotte]] for [[Joseph Clemens of Bavaria]] and his successor [[Clemens August of Bavaria]]. Today the Poppelsdorf Palace houses the university's mineral collection and several science departments; its grounds are the university's [[botanical garden]] (the [[Botanische Gärten der Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn]]).

The school of medicine is located on the Venusberg, a hill on the western edge of Bonn. Several residence halls are scattered across the city. In total the University of Bonn owns 371 buildings.

===University Library===
[[File:2014-07-02 Hauptgebäude der Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, Adenauerallee 39-41, Bonn-Südstadt IMG 2082.jpg|thumb|Building of the University Library|243x243px]]
The university library was founded in 1818 and started with 6,000 volumes inherited from the library of the closed [[Gerhard Mercator University|University of Duisburg]]. In 1824 the library became [[legal deposit]] for all books published in the Prussian Rhine province. The library contained about 200,000 volumes at the end of the 19th century, and about 600,000 volumes at the outbreak of [[World War II]]. An [[Strategic bombing during World War II|air raid]] on 10 October 1944 destroyed about 200,000 volumes and a large part of the [[library catalog]]. After the war the library was housed in several makeshift locations until the completion of the new central library in 1960. The new building was designed by [[Pierre Vago]] and Fritz Bornemann and is located close to the main building. In 1983 a new library building was opened in Poppelsdorf, west of the main building. The new library building houses the science, agriculture and medicine collections. Today, the university library system comprises the central library, the library for science, agriculture and medicine and about 160 smaller libraries. It holds 2.2 million volumes and subscribes to about 14,000 journals.<ref>{{cite web
 |author       = Universitäts-und Landesbibliothek Bonn
 |title        = Geschichte der ULB Bonn
 |date         = October 2003
 |url          = http://www.ulb.uni-bonn.de/bibliothek/wir-ueber-uns/geschichte/index.htm
 |access-date   = 8 February 2008
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20071127114733/http://www.ulb.uni-bonn.de/bibliothek/wir-ueber-uns/geschichte/index.htm
 |archive-date = 27 November 2007
 |url-status     = dead
}}
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===University Hospital===
{{main|University Hospital Bonn}}
[[File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F001141-0003, Bonn, Universitäts-Kinderklinik.jpg|thumb|A nurse attending to an infant in the University Hospital of Bonn in November 1953]]The university hospital (German: {{Lang|de|Universitätsklinikum Bonn}}) was founded at the same time as the university and officially opened on 5 May 1819 in the former Electoral Palace (German: {{Lang|de|Kurfüstliches Schloss}}), the main building, in the western wing (internal medicine) and on the second floor (obstetrics). In its first year, the hospital had thirty beds, performed 93 surgeries and treated about 600 outpatients. From 1872 to 1883 the hospital moved to a new complex of buildings in the city center of Bonn, where today the Beethoven Concert Hall stands, and after [[World War II]] to the [[Bonn#Districts|Venusberg]] on the western edge of Bonn. On 1 January 2001 the university hospital became a public corporation. Although the university hospital is since then independent from the university, the School of Medicine of the University of Bonn and the university hospital closely collaborate. Today the university hospital comprises about thirty individual hospitals, employs more than 990 physicians and more than 1,100 nursing and clinical support staff and treated about 50,000 inpatients.<ref>{{cite web |author=Universitätsklinikum Bonn |title=Homepage of the University Hospital Bonn |url=http://www.ukb.uni-bonn.de |access-date=8 February 2008}}
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===University Museums===
[[File:Akademisches kunstmuseum bonn.jpg|thumb|254x254px|Akademisches Kunstmuseum]]
The [[Akademisches Kunstmuseum]] (English: 'Academic Museum of Antiquities') was founded in 1818 and has one of the largest collections of plaster casts of ancient Greek and Roman sculptures in the world. At this time collections of plaster casts were mainly used in the instruction of students at art academies. They were first used in the instruction of university students in 1763 by [[Christian Gottlob Heyne]] at [[University of Göttingen]]. The Akademisches Kunstmuseum in Bonn was the first of its kind, as at this time collections at other universities were scattered around universities libraries. The first director was [[Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker]], who also held a professorship of archaeology. His tenure was from 1819 until his retirement in 1854. He was succeeded by [[Otto Jahn]] and [[Friedrich Wilhelm Ritschl]], who shared the directorship. From 1870 to 1889 [[Reinhard Kekulé von Stradonitz]], nephew of the organic chemist [[Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz]], was the director. In 1872 the museum moved to a new building that was formerly used by the department of anatomy. The building was constructed from 1823 to 1830 and designed by [[Karl Friedrich Schinkel]] and [[Hermann Friedrich Waesemann]]. Other directors of the museum were [[Georg Loeschcke]] (from 1889 to 1912), [[Franz Winter]] (from 1912 to 1929), [[Richard Delbrück]] (from 1929 to 1940), [[Ernst Langlotz]] (from 1944 to 1966), Nikolaus Himmelmann (from 1969 to 1994) and Harald Mielsch (since 1994). All directors, with the exception of [[Friedrich Wilhelm Ritschl]] held a professorship of archaeology at the university.<ref>{{cite web
 |author      = University of Bonn
 |title       = Official Homepage of the Akademisches Kunstmuseum
 |date        = January 2008
 |url         = http://www.uni-bonn.de/Die_Universitaet/Museen/Antikensammlung.html
 |access-date  = 8 February 2008
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20080210132052/http://www.uni-bonn.de/Die_Universitaet/Museen/Antikensammlung.html
 |archive-date = 10 February 2008
}}
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[[File:Arithmeum (Bonn) jm01671.jpg|left|thumb|Arithmeum]]
The [[Bonn Egyptian Museum|Egyptian Museum]] (German: {{Lang|de|Ägyptisches Museum}}) was founded in 2001. The collection dates back to the 19th century and was formerly part of the Akademisches Kunstmuseum. Large parts of the collection were destroyed in World War II. Today the collection comprises about 3,000 objects.<ref>{{cite web
 | author = Egyptian Museum of the University of Bonn
 | title = Official Homepage of the Egyptian Museum
 | date = September 2006
 | url = http://www.uni-bonn.de/en/The_University/Museums_and_Academic_Collections/Egyptian_Museum.html
 | access-date = 8 February 2008
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071124134912/http://www.uni-bonn.de/en/The_University/Museums_and_Academic_Collections/Egyptian_Museum.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive -->
 |archive-date = 24 November 2007
}}</ref>

The [[Arithmeum]] was opened in 1999. With over 1,200 objects it has the world's largest collection of historical [[History of computing hardware|mechanical calculating machines]]. The museum is affiliated with the Research Institute for Discrete Mathematics.<ref>{{cite web
 |author      = Arithmeum
 |title       = Official Homepage of the Arithmeum
 |url         = http://www.arithmeum.uni-bonn.de/en/home
 |access-date  = 8 February 2008
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20080218213126/http://www.arithmeum.uni-bonn.de/en/home/
 |archive-date = 18 February 2008
}}</ref>

The Teaching Collection of Archaeology and Anthropology (German: {{Lang|de|Archäologisch-ethnographische Lehr- und Studiensammlung}}) was opened in 2008. The collection comprises more than 7,500 objects of mostly pre-Columbian art.<ref>{{cite web|last=University of Bonn |title=Museums and Academic Collections |url=http://www.uni-bonn.de/Die_Universitaet/Museen.html |access-date=8 February 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118041505/http://www.uni-bonn.de/Die_Universitaet/Museen.html#Arithmeum_ |archive-date=18 January 2008}}</ref>

[[Image:Balaenoptera acustorostrata - Zwergwalskelett.jpg|right|thumb|[[Minke whale]] skeleton, [[Museum Koenig]]|256x256px]]The [[Botanical Garden, Bonn|Botanical Garden]] was officially founded in 1818 and is located around the Poppelsdorf Palace. A garden existed at the same place at least since 1578, and around 1720 a Baroque garden was built for [[Clemens August of Bavaria]]. The first director of the Botanical Garden was [[Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck|Nees von Esenbeck]] from 1818 to 1830. In May 2003 the world's largest [[titan arum]], some 2.74 meters high, flowered in the Botanical Garden for three days.<ref>{{cite web
 | author = Botanic Garden of the University of Bonn
 | title = Official Homepage of the Botanic Garden
 | url = http://botgart.uni-bonn.de/o_inter/engl01.php
 | access-date = 8 February 2008
 | archive-date = 16 December 2013
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131216195842/http://www.botgart.uni-bonn.de/o_inter/engl01.php
 | url-status = dead
 }}</ref>

The natural history museum was opened in 1820 by [[Georg August Goldfuss]]. It was the first public museum in the Rhineland. In 1882 it was split into the {{ill|Mineralogical Museum of the University of Bonn|lt=Mineralogical Museum|de|Mineralogisches Museum der Universität Bonn}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Das Mineralogische Museum|url=http://www.steinmann.uni-bonn.de/museen/mineralogisches-museum|website=uni-bonn.de|publisher=Uni Bonn|access-date=8 July 2012|archive-date=5 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505175608/https://www.steinmann.uni-bonn.de/museen/mineralogisches-museum|url-status=dead}}</ref> located in the Poppelsdorf Palace and a museum of palaeontology, now named {{ill|Goldfuß Museum|de|Goldfuß-Museum}}.<ref>{{cite web
 | last = Institute of Paleontology
 | title = Geschichte des Museums und des Gebäudes
 | url = http://www.paleontology.uni-bonn.de/Geschichte.html
 | access-date = 8 February 2008
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080126193502/http://www.paleontology.uni-bonn.de/Geschichte.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive -->
 | archive-date = 26 January 2008
}}</ref>

The Horst Stoeckel-Museum of the History of Anesthesiology (German: {{Lang|de|Horst Stoeckel-Museum für die Geschichte der Anästhesiologie}}) was opened in 2000 and is the largest of its kind in Europe.<ref>{{cite web
 | author = University Hospital
 | title = Horst-Stoeckel-Museum für die Geschichte der Anästhesiologie
 | url = http://www.ukb.uni-bonn.de/quick2web/internet/internet.nsf/vwUNIDLookup/7B886711928F6CC5C1256F25003F1327
 | access-date = 8 February 2008
 | archive-date = 19 April 2015
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150419220533/http://www.ukb.uni-bonn.de/quick2web/internet/internet.nsf/vwUNIDLookup/7B886711928F6CC5C1256F25003F1327
 | url-status = dead
 }}</ref>

The [[Museum Koenig]] is one of the largest natural history museums in Germany and is affiliated with the university. The museum was founded in 1912 by Alexander Koenig, who donated his collection of mounted specimens to the public.<ref>{{cite web
 | author = Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig
 | title = Official Homepage of the Museum Koenig
 | url = http://www.zfmk.de/index.en.html
 | access-date = 8 February 2008
}}</ref>