Zurück zur WebsiteAuditorium of the Old University Heidelberg
The auditorium of Heidelberg’s Old University, redesigned in 1886 in the Neo-Renaissance style, is one of the main venues of the Heidelberger Frühling Festival for chamber music and art song. The auditorium is located in the Old University’s Baroque building, constructed between 1712 and 1735, which in turn is situated in the heart of Heidelberg’s Old Town. Even today, the auditorium, with its outstanding acoustics, remains the University of Heidelberg’s main ceremonial hall. The opulently decorated hall is adorned with portraits and busts of its most important scholars from its earliest days through the 19th century, including the chemist Robert Bunsen and the physicist Hermann von Helmholtz.
