🇩🇪 8 August 2026. In 1812 Samuel Hahnemann became a lecturer (“Privatdozent”) at Leipzig University. It was here that he developed his ideas on medicine, and where he gave lectures on homeopathy. He advocated for careful empirical studies of the effects of medications, and opposed the treatments commonly used at the time, such as bloodletting and purgatives. This makes him an important pioneer of modern medicine. In 1833, the first homeopathic hospital was opened in Leipzig, and exactly 175 years ago, on August 10, 1881, the Hahnemann Monument was inaugurated on today’s Richard-Wagner-Platz. In our tour we will explore Hahnemann’s contributions to establishing modern medicine in the 19th century, and we will revisit his sustained influence till the present day.

8 March 2025. 50 years ago the United Nations celebrated the International Women’s year, where they declared women’s rights, and addressed peace, education and development. On this occasion the tour revisited the agenda of the feminist movement and its important activists in Leipzig. We took a look back at the 1970s, and at Leipzig’s female Students, Teachers, Researchers, and strong women who contributed to the constitution of the Women’s Day.

8 February 2025. As concluding event of the studium universale, we took a walk through the city that addressed our blind spots: Which gems of our scientific knowledge and traditions are hidden on our daily routes through Leipzig?

10 August 2024. We took a first run of the entire Wissensspur with team members and friends.