Much of the university campus can be found in the Schloß (palace). It is of a baroque design and everyone seems to be proud of studying in a palace. Although not as grand as the Versailles Palace at the south of Paris, I heard one of the staff mention that this palace has "one more window" than Versailles. From the main entrance below, if you were to walk straight out of the gates for 5 minutes, you'd arrive at Paradeplatz (pronounced not as parade but "Pa-Ra-Duh"), which is the "orchard road of Mannheim".
The main entrance of the palace currently houses the law and economics faculty library. It has two wings, the east-wing and the west wing. So the whole design looks like a horseshoe acutally.
... to the main wing... which is joined to the...
... west wing.
Inside the palace. Notice that the ceiling is very high, as a result, to reach every higher level, we gotta climb up quite a long fleet of stairs. Also, the university receives a lot of donations from big firms (both German and MNCs) and as a result the lecture theatres are named after individual donors and the names of the firms, for eg: KMPG Hörsaal.
Outside the corridor of the west wing. Most students ride a bicycle to school, because of other faculties which are not in the palace itself as well as they live somewhere nearby.
The Palace Church
At the end of the west wing, you could see a Schlosskirche (Palace Church). It was built between 1720-1731 but was destroyed during WWII, and after which from 1952-1956 it was built up again to restore the way it used to look like.
It seemed that no students visit the church. 
It was mentioned that Wolfgang Mozart used to attend services here and towards the end of 1777 he played the church organ.
The church ceiling
What a cultural place to study in! And to think the students (local and foreigners) only pay 500 Euros per Semester! Much more cheaper than NUS, well although it must be mentioned here that in the past university education is provided free from the state, which is why this 500 Euros has been quite an issue for some students. On a more sian note.... I have a lecture at 8.30am tml!
2 comments:
Wow...your school is beautiful!!! So envious. hehe.
How's your first day of school? Are the modules tough?
corporate finance is damn tough! hope i can pass the module man! and i think the holiday mood is still very evident in most of us....
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