Collegium Novum, front entrance

Collegium Novum (Latin for New College) is the Neo-Gothic main building of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland, built in 1873-1887. Based on a design by architect Feliks Księżarski to match the oldest building of the University, it was opened for the 500th anniversary of the University's foundation. Collegium Novum replaced a former academic boarding school called Jeruzalem, consumed by fire in the mid 19th century. Latin was the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... Neo-gothic architecture is an American branch of the Gothic revival style that was imported from England in the 1830s. ... Jagiellonian University (Polish: Uniwersytet JagielloÅ„ski, often shortened to UJ) is located in Krakow, Poland, and has been ranked by the Times Higher Education Supplement as the best Polish university. ... Wawel Hill, Old Town, Kraków. ...

The building contains lecture rooms including an impressive assembly hall (called Aula), Rector’s, Deans’, and other university authorities’ offices as well as those of a number of prominent professors. It is the Jagiellonian University's administrative centre.

Collegium Novum was opened on June 14, 1887, commencing several years of debate and construction. The decision regarding the allocation of subsidies was made in the Austro-Hungarian capital of Vienna, with the University’s vital interests defended by Julian Dunajewski, the then Austrian Finance Minister. The work might not have begun at all had it not been for his commitment including that of his brother Cardinal Albin Dunajewski. Austria-Hungary, also known as the Dual monarchy (or: the k. ... Vienna (German: , see also other names) is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. ... Cardinal Albin Dunajewski (b. ...

Already at the time of its grand opening the assembly hall (Aula) of the new building was too small to accommodate all guests on all occasions, even though the number of students did not exceed 1200 with approx. one hundred professors. A debate arose whether it was necessary to invite professors’ wives to grand ceremonies. Most academics, in keeping with the prevailing trend of the time, were against the inviting of women guests. In the University’s archives there’s one formal invitation reading: “Zoll requires no ticket and wishes the ceremony to be exclusively male.” In another archival statement, Edward Janczewski “expresses his opposition to the idea of admitting ladies to the ceremonies.” [1]

Aula of the Collegium Novum

Until the end of First World War, a portrait of His Imperial Majesty Franz Joseph I of Austria, painted by Kazimierz Pochwalski, hung in the Aula of the Collegium. On October 31, 1918 a group of the Jagiellonian University students tore it to pieces, manifesting their determination for the recreation of an independent Republic of Poland. However, a number of other paintings did survive, including portraits of the University’s founding fathers Casimir the Great and Władysław Jagiełło dating back to the early 1860s, a picture of Queen Jadwiga painted in 1900 to celebrate her Jubilee, as well as the works of the great master Jan Matejko, including his famous painting entitled "Copernicus: Conversation with God." The comfortable chairs in the assembly hall were designed by Tadeusz Stryjeński. Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... Franz Joseph I. Francis Joseph I (in German Franz Josef I. (August 18, 1830 – November 21, 1916) of the Habsburg Dynasty was Emperor of Austria and King of Bohemia from 1848 until 1916, and Apostolic King of Hungary from 1867 until 1916. ... Casimir the Great Casimir III or the Great (Kazimierz Wielki), (1310-1370), King of Poland , son of Władyslaw I Łokietek (Wladyslaw the Elbow High), 1305-1333 and Jadwiga. ... Wladislaus II on Jan Matejkos painting Wladislaus II Jagiello (Polish WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw II JagieÅ‚Å‚o, Lithuanian Jogaila, Belarusian Jahajla (Ягайла)) (c. ... This article is about the 14th-century queen and saint. ... Jan Matejko , self-portrait. ... Nicolaus Copernicus (in Latin; Polish Mikołaj Kopernik, German Nikolaus Kopernikus - February 19, 1473 – May 24, 1543) was a Polish astronomer, mathematician and economist who developed a heliocentric (Sun-centered) theory of the solar system in a form detailed enough to make it scientifically useful. ...

At the upper floor of the College there's a lecture hall named after Józef Szujski – now used by historians – with the commemorative plaque in remembrance of the events surrounding Nazi German action called Sonderaktion Krakau where 183 professors were arrested and later sent to camps in Sachsenhausen and Dachau. The commemorative plaque reads: For the freedom of spirit and service to science and nation of Jagiellonian University professors deceitfully and forcefully taken away from this hall and imprisoned by the Nazi occupant on November 6, 1939." National Socialism redirects here. ... Rector of the Jagiellonian University, Tadeusz Lehr-SpÅ‚awiÅ„ski Sonderaktion Krakau - is the codename for a German action against scientists from the University of Kraków and other Kraków universities at the beginning of World War II. It was carried out as a part of the plan to... Sachsenhausen may refer to a quarter of Oranienburg in Germany, see Sachsenhausen (Oranienburg), and a detention facility here a quarter of Frankfurt am Main in Germany, see Sachsenhausen (Frankfurt am Main) a municipality of Weimarer Land, see Sachsenhausen (Thüringen) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which... poo ...

The restoration of the Neo-Gothic architectural structure took place at the end of the 20th Century. It was faced with a number of challenges, notably, the task of reviving the original form of the building, while simultaneously improving its functionality as an educational facility. The restoration was carried out on its façade in 1994 along with the modernization of the assembly hall, which was completed in 1999. The collaboration of specialists from various disciplines allowed for both restoration and functional needs of the Collegium to be met successfully. Modern technologies provided solutions unattainable in the past. The work was a testament to the notion that the only way to preserve historic structures in keeping with their present day functionality is through the close collaboration of various disciplines.

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References

• About the history of Collegium Novum at www.uj.edu.pl
• About Collegium Novum at krakowpl.ags.myareaguide.com
• Conservation challenges, Collegium Novum in the late 20th century