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University and Campus

… that TU Dresden

was even immortalized on the Dresden Procession of
Princes? The third person in the final group – following a
pupil from the Dresden Kreuzschule and a student from
Leipzig University – is a student from TH Dresden waving a
flag.

… a particular curiosity

of university history can be visited? Engineer Walther Pauer
was taken prisoner of war in France during the First World
War and was forced to write his doctoral thesis in shorthand
on a toilet roll. A replica of the so-called “Pauer Roll” has
been hanging in the Center for Energy Technology since
2021, while the original has been part of the Custody‘s
University History Collection since 2015.

… there is a memorial for
professors

of the TH Dresden at the Alter Annenfriedhof? During the
bombing of Dresden in February 1945, many of the
… with Max Foerster and Fritz cemetery‘s gravestones were destroyed, including those of
Foerster professors who had taught at the TH Dresden before 1945.
From 1979 to 1983, TUD remodeled the ruined family grave
two brothers were rectors of the university, each one once? site of Hermann Hettner, professor of art history at the TH,
Max Foerster presided over the THD in 1913/1914, while into a memorial for eight other professors whose graves
Fritz Foerster, who was one year older, headed the had been destroyed. The memorial was designed by TUD
university in 1917/1918. graduate, Jürgen Schieferdecker.

… the GFF

was founded on December 7, 1921 as the Gesellschaft von
Förderern und Freunden der Technischen Hochschule e.V.?
At its founding meeting, the GFF already had 450 members,
including industrialists and bankers. Deleted from the
register of associations in 1949 by decree of the state
government, it was re-established in 1991 as the
Gesellschaft von Freunden und Förderern der Technischen
Universität Dresden e.V. (Society of Friends and Supporters
of the TUD Dresden University of Technology).

… the post office

of TU Dresden has its own postcode, 01062?
As a result, postcards and letters to your alma mater can be
sent without the street name. However, for parcels, express
and courier deliveries, the usual address rules apply.

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