In 1871 the first Chair for Physical Chemistry in Germany was created. Between 1887 and 1897 Wilhelm Ostwald worked in the so called second chemistry institute at the Brüderstr. 34 at the university, which was also called the Physical Chemistry Institute. On January 3rd, 1898, Ostwald inaugurated a new Institute at the Linnestrasse 2, which was named Ostwald Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and which became a Mekka for Physical Chemistry in the first Half of the 20th centrury. Together with Nernst, and Arrhenius Ostwald founded the field of Physical Chemistry. Ostwald was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1909 for his groundbreaking work on reaction equilibria and -rates and its implications for catalysis.