The suburb of Guben

A short distance behind St. Marien and the main building of today's Viadrina, we leave the former walled part of the city and enter the area of the suburb of Guben. Walking past the park at the church of St. Gertraud (former cemetery), which contains the tomb created by J.G.

Schadow for the famous Professor Darjes (12) and his wife, we arrive at Lindenstraße (13). In spring 1679, Professor J. Chr. Beckmann, the dean of the university, ordered the planting of lime trees in four rows along the hitherto exposed path to the former Carthusian monastery. Lindenstraße, which was under the management of the university for a very long time, became a very pleasant avenue. Indeed, it could be described as Berlin's tree-lined Unter den Linden in miniature. After 1700, professors and wealthy citizens had their houses built along this street. One of the most prominent houses is that of the professor of medicine Hartmann which was finished in 1785. Frankfurt's first observatory was located in this Türmchenhaus (turret house) (14).