Carolinum, Zürich
Carolinum | |
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Romanesque Revival | |
Location | Zürich, Switzerland |
Address | Kirchgasse 9, CH-8001 Zürich |
Coordinates | 47°22′12″N 8°32′39.12″E / 47.37000°N 8.5442000°E |
Construction started | 1843 |
Completed | 1849 |
Owner | City of Zürich |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 3 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Gustav Albert Wegmann |
The Carolinum Zürich (sometimes Prophezei or Prophezey) is the predecessor educational institution of the theological faculty of the
History
An institutionalized academic education in Zürich dates back to the medieval collegiate and city schools. In the late European Middle Ages, a Carolinum associated to the Grossmünster priory and its canons was mentioned. On occasion of the Reformation in Zürich, it even became an important rule for the training of prospective Protestant theologians. As other educational institutions, it is named after Charlemagne (Carol or Swiss-German Karl).
The reformer
After the abolition of the Chorherrenstift congregation in 1832, the building was sold to the Canton of Zürich. In 1849 the structures were widely demolished and replaced by Gustav Albert Wegmann's building. The Grossmünsterplatz schoolhouse of the girls' gymnasium (Töchterschule, as of today Kantonsschule Hohe Promenade), an urban high school for girls, was established in 1875 and located in the building until 1976, when the Theological faculty of the University of Zürich moved in.[3]
The present University of Zürich bases on the Carolinum and uses its former logo, the silhouette of the Grossmünster church. The university claims to be established in the tradition of the canons of the Carolinum's institutions.[4]
Notable personalities
- Theodor Bibliander, faculty
- Johann Jakob Bodmer, faculty
- Heinrich Bullinger, faculty
- Conrad Gessner, faculty
- Konrad Pellikan, faculty
- Josias Simmler, faculty
- Peter Martyr Vermigli, faculty
Architecture
The building is located at Kirchgasse 9 at the Grossmünsterplatz square – attached to the Grossmünster church on its eastern side – in the southeast of the Neumarkt respectively northwestern of the Münsterhof squares in Zürich.
Cloister and Carolinum
The
The cloister was renewed in 2009, its sandstone elements were cleaned, and the interior garden redesigned in corporation with the ProSpecieRara foundation. The compilation of the cultural and historical ornamental plants is inspired by the natural scientist and polymath Conrad Gessner who found his final resting place in the cloister.[5] Gessner dealt inter alia with the elements of teaching, therefore the renewed courtyard garden is dedicated to the thema earth, fire, water and air, cultural-historical ornamental plants in the four beds,[6] analogous to the Gessner-Garten in the Old Botananical Garden.
Present status
After the abolition of the Chorherrenstift congregation in 1832, and to 1849 the structures were widely demolished and replaced by Wegmann's building in the
Cultural heritage
Grossmünster and Carolinum (Ehemalige Mädchenschule am Grossmünster) are listed in the
Literature
- Daniel Gutscher: Das Grossmünster in Zürich. Eine baugeschichtliche Monographie. Beiträge zur Kunstgeschichte der Schweiz, Volume 5. Redaction by Catherine Courtiau, Stefan Biffiger, Gian-Willi Vonesch. Gesellschaft für Schweizerische Kunstgeschichte Stäfa, Bern 1983, ISBN 3-85717-017-4.
References
- ^ Emidio Campi (2008). "175 Jahre Universität Zürich und ihre Vorgeschichte" (PDF) (in German). UZH. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
- ^ Sebastian Brändli (28 January 2011). "Universität Zürich" (in German). HDS. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
- ^ a b "Kantonsschule Hohe Promenade" (in German). alt-zueri.ch. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- University of Zürich. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
- ^ a b c "Kreuzgang Grossmünster – Oase der Besinnung" (in German). Hochbaudepartement Stadt Zürich. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ a b "Sanierter Kreuzgang Grossmünster" (in German). Hochbaudepartement Stadt Zürich. 29 October 2009. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ "A-Objekte KGS-Inventar" (PDF). Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft, Amt für Bevölkerungsschutz. 1 January 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
External links
- UZH Theologische Fakultät (in German)
- Sebastian Brändli: Universität Zürich in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, 28 January 2013.