Saxon Psychiatric Museum
The Saxon Psychiatric Museum is a small museum in Leipzig and deals with the history of lunatic asylums and psychiatry. It is organized by the Durchblick association, an initiative for people affected by psychiatry in Leipzig.Photo: Freddo213, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Opening hours: Wednesday—Saturday 1:00 PM—6:00 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Leipzig
- Also known as: “Saxon Museum of Psychiatry”
- Address: Mainzer Straße 7, Leipzig, 04109
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Red Bull Arena and Marschner bridge.
Red Bull Arena
Stadium
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Red Bull Arena is a football stadium located in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany, in the Zentrum-Nordwest locality. It is the largest football stadium in Eastern Germany, and has also hosted music concerts as well as football. Red Bull Arena is situated 1¼ km northwest of Saxon Psychiatric Museum.
St. Thomas School, Leipzig
School
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St. Thomas School, Leipzig is a co-educational and public boarding school in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. It was founded by the Augustinians in 1212 and is one of the oldest schools in the world. St. Thomas School, Leipzig is situated 300 metres east of Saxon Psychiatric Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Musikviertel and Waldstraßenviertel.
Musikviertel
Neighborhood
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Musikviertel is a neighbourhood in Leipzig, Germany. The Musikviertel is part of the locality Zentrum-Süd in the borough of Leipzig-Mitte.The name goes back to the first music institutions built in the neighbourhood, the second Gewandhaus and the new building of the Royal Conservatory of Music.
Waldstraßenviertel
Neighborhood
Waldstraßenviertel is a neighbourhood in the north west of Leipzig's borough Mitte in Saxony, Germany. It is considered one of the largest complete areas of Gründerzeit buildings in Europe and is therefore considered of important cultural and heritage status.
Plagwitz
Suburb
Plagwitz is a western locality of Leipzig in Saxony, Germany. It is part of the borough Südwest. The former village in Saxony, located 3 km west of Leipzig's city center, was granted the status of a rural municipality in 1839 and was attached to the city of Leipzig in 1891.
Saxon Psychiatric Museum
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Leipzig, Leipzig Lowlands-Central Hills, Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
51.33656° or 51° 20′ 12″ northLongitude
12.35516° or 12° 21′ 19″ eastOpen location code
9F3J89P4+J3OpenStreetMap ID
node 1493544275OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q32469493
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In Other Languages
From French to Turkish—“Saxon Psychiatric Museum” goes by many names.
- French: “Musée saxon de la psychiatrie”
- German: “Sächsisches Psychiatriemuseum”
- Turkish: “Saksonya Psikiyatri Müzesi”
- Turkish: “Saxon Museum of Psychiatry”
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Highlights include Studentenwohnanlage Max-Kade-Haus and Funktionsgebäude.
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