Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities

The Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig is an institute which was founded in 1846 under the name Royal Saxon Society for the Sciences. It has its headquarters in a villa in neighbourhood.
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  • Type: Research
  • Description: scientific academy in Leipzig, Germany
  • Also known as: “Saxonian Academy of Sciences”
  • Address: Karl-Tauchnitz-Straße 1, Leipzig, 04107

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include University of Music and Theatre Leipzig and Villa Tillmanns.

University
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The University of Music and Theatre "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig is a public university in , , Germany. Founded in 1843 by Felix Mendelssohn as the Conservatorium der Musik, it is the oldest university school of music in Germany. is situated 280 metres southwest of Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities.

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is an university.

University
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The Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst or Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig is one of the oldest art schools in , dating back to 1764. The academy has four colleges specializing in fine arts, graphic design, photography and new media art with around 500 students. is situated 200 metres southwest of Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Musikviertel and Südvorstadt.

Neighborhood
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is a neighbourhood in , . The 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 .

Suburb
is a locality in the south borough of , . The is crossed from north to south by the Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse. Due to its proximity to the city centre, but also to larger green spaces, it is a popular residential area with old buildings of the Gründerzeit period.

Neighborhood
is a neighbourhood in the north west of borough Mitte in , . It is considered one of the largest complete areas of Gründerzeit buildings in Europe and is therefore considered of important cultural and heritage status.

Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities

Latitude
51.33469° or 51° 20′ 5″ north
Longitude
12.36943° or 12° 22′ 10″ east
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أكاديمية ساكسون للعلوم”
  • Armenian: “Սաքսոնիայի գիտությունների ակադեմիա”
  • Azerbaijani: “Saksoniya Elmlər Akademiyası”
  • Bashkir: “Саксония фәндәр академияһы”
  • Basque: “Saxoniako Zientzia eta Humanitateen Akademia”
  • Belarusian: “Саксонская акадэмія навук”
  • Catalan: “Acadèmia de Ciències de Saxònia”
  • Chinese: “萨克森科學與人文學院”
  • Cornish: “Akademi Godhonieth Saxon”
  • Czech: “Saská akademie věd”
  • Danish: “Saksiske Videnskabernes Akademi”
  • Dutch: “Saksische Academie van Wetenschappen”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اكاديمية ساكسون للعلوم”
  • Esperanto: “Saksa Akademio de Sciencoj”
  • Estonian: “Saksimaa Teaduste Akadeemia Leipzigis”
  • French: “Académie des sciences de Saxe”
  • Georgian: “საქსონიის მეცნიერებათა აკადემია”
  • German: “Königlich-Sächsische Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften”
  • German: “Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig”
  • German: “Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften”
  • Hebrew: “האקדמיה הסקסונית למדעים”
  • Hungarian: “Szász Tudományos Akadémia”
  • Irish: “Acadamh Sacsanach na nEolaíochtaí”
  • Italian: “Accademia sassone delle scienze”
  • Italian: “Accademia Sassone delle Scienze”
  • Japanese: “ザクセン学術アカデミー”
  • Luxembourgish: “Sächsesch Akademie vun de Wëssenschaften”
  • Macedonian: “Саксонска академија на науките”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Det saksiske vitenskapsakademiet”
  • Norwegian: “Det saksiske vitenskapsakademiet”
  • Portuguese: “Academia de Ciências da Saxônia”
  • Romanian: “Academia Saxonă de Științe”
  • Russian: “Саксонская академия наук”
  • Scots: “Saxonian Academy o Sciences”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Acadamh Shagsannach nan Saidheansan”
  • Serbian: “Саксонска академија наука”
  • Slovenian: “Kraljevo saško znanstveno društvo”
  • Slovenian: “Saška akademija znanosti”
  • Spanish: “Academia Sajona de Ciencias de Leipzig”
  • Spanish: “Academia Sajona de Ciencias”
  • Swedish: “Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig”
  • Swedish: “Sachsiska vetenskapsakademin”
  • Tatar: “Саксония фәннәр академиясе”
  • Ukrainian: “Академія наук Саксонії”
  • Ukrainian: “Саксонська академія наук”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Sakska akademija wědomosćow”
  • Urdu: “سیکزن اکیڈمی آف سائنس”
  • Uzbek: “Saksoniya fanlar akademiyasi”
  • Vietnamese: “Học viện Khoa học và Nhân văn Saxon”
  • Welsh: “Academi Sacson y Gwyddorau”

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