Events

As a venue for academic events, university church services, university concerts and events with our partners, the Paulinum is a stimulating meeting place for university members, residents of the city of Leipzig and guests from all over the world.

Church services

University vespers during the lecture period: Wednesdays at 6pm

University vespers on Sundays and public holidays: 11am, then open to the public until 1pm.

Blick auf den Altarbereich. Am Rand stehen Personen, die dem Gottestdienst beiwohnen und durchführen.
Celebratory service during the opening of the Paulinum in the year 2017. Photo: Christian Hüller

Visiting

The altar area is open to the public from

Tuesday to Friday between 11am and 3pm and on
Saturdays between 10.30am and 2.30pm.

Last admission: 10 minutes before closing.
Subject to change!

Individual campus tours are also available from our partner Leipzig Details.

Due to bookings at the Paulinum

  • the oratory will be closed on 22 and 23 February 2019
     
  • the altar area will be closed all day on Wednesday, 6 March 2019.

 

 

Would you like to organise an event with us at the Paulinum?

Our event management team will be happy to offer a personal consultation and answer any questions you may have.

Event overview

  • SUNDAY | 3 February 2019 | 11am
    Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
    Sermon service with Prof. Alexander Deeg
    Bach in der Box ensemble (HMT students)
    Direction: Prof. Martin Krumbiegel
  • FRIDAY | 8 February 2019 | 7.30pm
    Organ + silent film
    Faust – A German Folktale (Friedrich Murnau 1926)
    Johannes Gebhardt – organ
  • FRIDAY | 22 March 2019 | 8pm
    Leipzig Book Fair concert
    Works by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Richard Wagner, Johannes Brahms, Gustav Mahler and Arnold Schönberg
    Guest performance by the MDR choir
    Direction: Risto Joost

Your contact person

Tobias Eckart

Tobias Eckart

Event manager

Stabsstelle Universitätskommunikation
Augustusplatz 10, Room A.126
04109 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 97-35034
Fax: +49 341 97-35039


About the Paulinum

The Paulinum – Assembly Hall and University Church of St. Paul is the resurrected intellectual and spiritual centre of our university. Architecturally reminiscent of the university church demolished in 1968, it houses numerous art treasures that were saved from destruction.

Paulinum facts and figures

A light slit 50 metres high …

… cuts through the whole building.

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The Paulinum boasts …

… two movable floor-to-ceiling glass panels.

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The transparent glass columns …

… are fitted with 912,000 LEDs.

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Blick auf das Paulinum und das Neue Augusteum mit dem Bronzemodell der alten Paulinerkirche im Vordergrund.

Modern. Striking. Central.

A publication on the Augustusplatz campus presents the imposing buildings in the heart of Leipzig. To accompany the book, we created a website packed with multimedia content to attract visitors and provide fascinating background information. Take a look!

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