The Leopoldina has received new glass windows for the main staircase in the building on the Jägerberg in Halle. On the south side of the headquarters, the new window panes had already been installed in 2018. The window on the north side (photo) has now also been completed. The windows were designed by Halle artist Christine Triebsch, who studied at the Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle and is now a professor of painting/glass there. Triebsch's design is a geometric interplay of triangular and square shapes that combine to form ever new patterns and at the same time follow a geometric regularity. The project was financed by the Leopoldina Academy Circle of Friends reg. ass..
New north window in the Leopoldina’s main building Photo: Thomas Meinicke
Even the MZ (local newspaper) has made a report on the design of the glass windows. You can download the pdf file of the article, which was published in the MZ on the 10th of October 2019, here: