New Augusteum and Paulinum

The New Augusteum and Paulinum are buildings belonging to the University of Leipzig and part of the new university campus. Both are adjacent to each other and were designed as part of the new campus construction in 2007. While the Augusteum was completed in 2012, the Paulinum - the auditorium and university church of St. Pauli - was only opened at the end of 2017. It offers 550 seats and a further 120 on the gallery. There is also a prayer room with 120 seats, which is separated by a glass wall. The epitaphs and the altar that were salvaged from the Paulinerkirche before it was blown up have found their place again in this prayer room.

Both buildings stand on the same spot where they were blown up in 1968. The only fragment from the 19th century that was integrated into the new building was the so-called Schinkel Gate of the old Augusteum. Today it serves as the entrance to the building from the inner courtyard of the Leibniz Forum.